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Recording. both british and u.s. officials have said intelligence suggests a bomb may have brought it down. these revelations are sparking changes in security. how safe is it to fly? joining us, a former nas official joins us with the latest. first the obvious question, are you convinces of the likelihood this was a terrorist act? >> it sounds more likely than not. theres only a certain number of explanations for why a plane would blow up, obviously. and the investigators have to rule out all of...

Early to make a concrete determination, but so far there really isnt much evidence to support other theories. have a listen. >> there is only certain number of explanations for why a plane would blow up, obviously. and the investigators have to rule out all the different options. and the more they find out, the forensics will help and then obviously the intelligence that is being collected, but it sounds more likely than not given what has been stated thus far. >> russia announcing friday it was...

Uk and the u.s. have apparently concluded. >> i think it does represent a significant move. this may be more than just an abundance of caution. this may be something to do with the analysis of the black boxes. this may be something to do with the forensics on the ground testing for explosives and that kind of thing. i think were going to hear more answers as this day progresses. its very, very fast moving right now. >> theres always been suspicion that one of the weak links at airports not neces...

We also have a pilot joining us. cnn senior international correspondent matthew chance is we many as well. and richard quest is in the building as well. so there we dpo. dick, let ne go to you first. as an investigator into pan am, when you hear about the details now that they have the black boxes and the information they can get from that, you didnt have any of that when it came to locker by. you just went by forensics. totally different. >> well, about five days after the plane crashed, invest...

Russia are still pushing back saying its too soon to know if terrorism was at play. and u.s. officials say no final assessment will be made about the cause until forensics evidence and results from the black boxes are made available. erin? >> pamela, thank you very much. were also getting some disturbing new intelligence about the group that claims responsibility for the bombing. paul cruickshank, our terrorism analyst, is "outfront" tonight. >> the intelligence is pointing to an insider at sh...

There are indications, peter, that egypt may be next to suggest or at least have strong suspicions that a bomb may be the cause, as more and more countries join in, if you like, this theory, bad news for egypt and it looks more like a bomb rather than technical difficulties, because the investigation on the ground isnt yielding much. the black box flight recorders, one of them is clearly broken. one of them appears to be yielding no data. this will be proved either way by the forensics, by the e...

Week or so, after the forensics, the aviation experts get done. maybe theyll find pieces of a detonator. maybe theyll find residue of explosives. but im not sure they can sit on this one. its not going to be like the malaysian airliner where were waiting to find answers for weeks. i think its going to come quickly. at some point, one of these groups will conclusively identify themselves as the responsive party if that was what it was. >> if thats what it was. thank you. >> we always appreciate h...

Leaning that way. but egypt and russia theyre saying not so fast. but the planes black boxes possibly damaged and yet to reveal a single secret and no physical forensics yet confirming this theory from u.s. and british intelligence sources. our reporters along with our terrorism and aviation experts are all standing by. were going to lead off with cnns barbara starr who broke the news about the u.s. intel yesterday. she joins us live from the pentagon. barbara, what are your sources saying today...

>> listen, all along we have said there are two distinct possibilities. number one a bomb. number two the possibility that metal fatigue led to catastrophic. the reason i say that is because the full forensics of the investigation is ongoing. when you have the president of the united states and the prime minister of the uk both saying that we think there is a very high likelihood that a bomb brought down this plane they must have intelligence that they feel is very compelling. i would make this ...

Increase in chatter picked up by the u.s. intelligence community after that plane went down. that suggested the group could have been responsible for planting a bomb on board. officials ive been speaking with said they didnt pick up anything before the plane went down to suggest that this was going to happen. and i want to make it clear, this chatter alone, be it online, through phone conversations, that alone does not carry a lot of wait without corroboration and officials are looking for foren...