Fracture Surfaces News Today

Wreckage when it is confirmed that it comes from flight 370, is going to give just two basic facts. one, the plane is in the water. two, we are looking in probably the right space. >> does this tell us down -- >> its down off of perth. >> does this tell ug the plane crashed in the water while intact or there is a possibility this particular part dropped off ahead of the crash? >> well we dont know that yet. theyre going to look at the fracture surfaces. and see under an electron microscope theyl...

It, the forces applied at the point of impact when this flaperon separated from the airplane. those fracture surfaces are going to not be optimum because its been in the water for 17 months and has suffered corrosion. what the information they can extract were not going to know until the metalurjigists have a chance a look at it. they will get as much information from it as they can. were going to -- its going to be a few days before we have an answer to that. >> captain, talk about the challeng...

They can then take that little piece they have, determine fracture surfaces, and maybe then put it on to the -- buildup of the plane and determine something that -- which part of the plane it cam from. of. without physical evidence you can speculate until -- >> which we tree to avoid -- we try to avoid. going on prior cases and what you find in the search is that there are reports of people, in the case of air france -- people who remember seeing a lights in the sky, a fire, flames. their recoll...

Other issues have been raised about outsourcing and maintenance an this sort of thing. of course, southwest flies billions of miles. were awaiting the news conference. it should start any moment. >> jamie: all right. while we wait for the news conference. it looks like they may be beginning. well go straight there. lets listen in. >> im robert, a board member with the national transportation safety board. standing right here is joe sedor. s-e-d-o-r. joe is the investigator in charge for this acc...

This piece will undergo extensive follow-on inspection at the ntsbs materials lab in washington, d.c. to facilitate that inspection in washington today, the structures group will begin laying out exactly where they want to cut this part out. we expect they will begin cutting it today. maybe even have it completed by today. to give you an idea what were talking about, of course we said the fracture surfaces about five-by-one theyll go larger than that area. we anticipate the area to be cut out is...