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Significance of what paul was reporting and barbara is reporting is that this was one of the roads, the options that was always on the table and now is the prime reason or possibility. remember, jake, when the plane fell out of the sky in the cruise there was only a certain limited number of options. and top of the list from day one was always terrorist activities because planes dont crash. but you needed something to hang it on. otherwise you are looking at structural failure, pilot error, what...

Dissent and the previous information, the ascent as they were climbing, was there something abnormal going into that particular situation. >> they have the ambient recording as well. the rate of ascent at the beginning of the flight is a question of confusion. what do you see in the data? >> what i see is that theres -- its a little bit anomalous, a little different than what you might see. each pilot as you take off, various things can affect the ascent, whether or not theres traffic in the are...

Or human error. >> translator: there are not such faults as engine failure. system failure, there is no such combination of system failures that could lead to a plane breaking up in the air. >> reporter: but investigators have not ruled anything out, including structural failure. in-flight breakups are rare but have happened in the past. and the metrojet plane had suffered but there is growing speculation tonight that the plane still, a local egyptian branch of isis claims it shot the plane out ...

Anthony, how were they able to reach this conclusion specifically about this piece? >> well, through forensic examination, of course. they physically inspect it and they use forensic techniques such as microscopic examination, chemical examination. and they also may use fiber optic examination with cameras on them to inspect the internal components of the part. there is also gross examination of the external portions to determine whether or not there may have been evidence of an explosion, evide...

Question why two aircraft could have should have fallen out of the sky in what is traditionally, if you look at the last months safety numbers, the cruise part of the flight is by far the safest part. so youre looking at just going to throw them out there, youre looking at structural failure. something dramatic happening to the aircraft. youre looking at all of those sort of incidents that could be involved. >> richard, we do understand that the french authorities must be getting information abo...

Not on impact. they ruled out technical flaws or human error. >> translator: there are not such faults as engine failure. system failure, there is no such combination of system failures that could lead to a plane breaking up in the air. >> reporter: but investigators have not ruled anything out, including structural failure. in-flight breakups are rare but have happened in the past. and the metrojet plane had suffered but there is growing speculation tonight that the plane still, a local egyptia...