the cabin holding passengers, opened up and exposed them to the clear blue sky and the need for oxygen. preliminary on sight examination reveals preexisting fatigue along the entire fracture surface. harris: serious injuries to the flight attendants and passengers and people were fainting from the lack of cabin pressure. they didn t make it to a commercial runway, they had to touch down at a marine air station. fox report is live with our casey stegall. casey. reporter: yeah, harris, the southwest airlines jet in question behind me over my shoulder. we are extremely close, ab that is where tonight n.t.s.b. investigators are working closely with southwest maintenance personnel, and what it is that they re doing back there is cutting away and removing a large portion of the plane s fuselage, specifically around the area that split open as the jet cruised along at 36,000 feet