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Happens. >> we managed to come up with a wire bundle that was in fact involved in the lead event. >> the investigators identify microscopic points on two wires and determined that they were the first to experience a fault. but its still unclear why they malfunctioned and how they caused the crash. >> the md-11 was one of the very earlier planes to have personal in-flight entertainment and so in the first class cabin area, this system drew a lot of power and on this type of airplane, it has indiv...

Sense in a fire. how does that, fred -- so simple. how does that theory sit with you? >> well, i actually read that closely this morning because i was fascinating by his theory. let me tell you first and foremost, when youre a pilot and you have a fire onboard an aircraft, his premise is that there was a fire. first thing you do -- you dont try to get to the airport. you need to put the airplane on the ground as soon as possible. the jet crash in miami, that pilot, she tried to make it back to m...

Problems. famous air france flights that goes back in the atlantic. its the horrible kind of winning the wrong lottery after winning the wrong lottery after winning the lottery. you have -- >> im losing you. >> sorry, im totally -- >> i can talk to that. can you hear me? >> yeah, ive got you. >> lets take the fact that all pilot errors are -- mechanic kag are a combination of things. air france, the pilots werent trained how to compensate for it, in fact, made the wrong decisions. weve had that ...

Winning the lottery. you have -- >> im losing you. >> sorry, im totally -- >> i can talk to that. can you hear me? >> yeah, ive got you. >> lets take the fact that all pilot errors are -- mechanical are a combination of things. air france, the pilots werent trained how to compensate for it, in fact, made the wrong decisions. weve had that often. its normally not just a pilot error. something mechanical. the md-11 swiss air flight in nova scotia. the pilot decides to dump fuel off nova scotia as ...

We heard the four chief earlier this evening speak about when they first a arrived on the scene they saw people walking off of the plane. but we know there are two ifitalities involved in the crash and if it was, we dont know if it is a tail low landing, are there safety precautions put in place for the boeing triple seven that allows for less damage to be done. >> tail strikes are not something that is common with the triple seven. tail strikes happen occasionally on planes. there was a common ...

>> the faa has done extensive testing on in-flight fires and the research you may have as little as 20 minutes to get the fire under control or you may lose control of the airplane. >> over the years, aircraft had become heavily protected against fire. materials are tested for flammability, smoke detectors installed throughout, but these precautions are the product of hard lessons. fires often start in areas of the plane that are not visible to the crew. in this hour, dramatic animations will sh...

Crew. >> the faa has done extensive ç testing on in-flight fires and the research you may have as little as 20 minutes to get the fire under control or you may lose control of the airplane. >> over the years, aircraft had become heavily protected against fire. materials are tested for flammability, smoke detectors installed throughout, but these precautions are the product of hard lessons. fires often start in areas of the plane that are not visible to the crew. in this hour, dramatic animatio...

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