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Situation. if they were trying to find this and that screen went blank, now they have to refer to a standard, lets call it a paper checklist. and now its an abnormal on top of an abnormal and they have got a real tough situation on their hands. but once again, its conjecture, i dont know. but i still assert from the very beginning that they were dealing with some sort of problem. >> fran, you still think, you still look obviously at the terrorism angle or sabotage angle, some sort of human invol...

Mechanical failure, fire on board, for instance, which gradually shut down systems or the pilots felt like they had to shut down systems, correct? >> anything is up for grabs at this point. we can go back to twa 800 where it was attributed to fuel pumps in one of the tanks, because of dry tanks to ignited the vapors. that could be a possible scenario. i very much doubt it because these airplanes have been modified so that never occurs. but, you know, when we talk about catastrophic failure, it p...