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Because its the cycles, its that constant pressurization, depressurization, the working of the fuselage, if you will, that really accounts for the life cycle of the aircraft. so in this particular instance -- >> so wait, greg, a question. would a life cycle of an aircraft that is a longer-haul aircraft, is that a -- is that less stress on a plane than one thats taking off and landing so many times because they do shorter distance trips? >> yes. when you look at the number of cycles, like with so...

Whether its boeing or airbus. so, there are a lot of lessons to be learned. but for right now, i think that with the 737 out there, its a very stout aircraft, its been in service a long time, has a very good track record, and i fly constantly. i wouldnt -- it wouldnt be a problem for me to get on a 737 tomorrow. >> okay. well, its good to hear from you. thank you very much, greg feith. >> take care, alex. whats happening behind the scenes at the white house to prevent a government shutdown? a ...

Fuselage section that burst apart midflight to further examine it. greg fike is a former investigator for the ntsb. very good morning to you, greg. >> hi, alex. >> okay, first thing, as a former ntsb investigator, what are they doing right now on the ground as they look for the clues as to what happened here? >> theyre doing a very careful examination of the failed part of the fuselage. theyre looking for those kinds of cracks that have been talked about in the past with aging aircraft issues, b...

And a routine check last tuesday. nbcs francis co-has more. >> reporter: an investigation is under way into what caused a large hole to rip open in a southwest airlines 737-300. >> our mission is to determine not only what happened, but figure out why it happened so that we can prevent things like this from happening in the future. >> reporter: flight 812 to sacramento from phoenix had just reached cruising altitude when a large section of the planes roof panel tore open. as the aircraft lost ox...