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Sophistication put into constructing it through this timer device. it just wasnt successful from the terrorists point of law. >> thankfully on that. matthew chance thank you very much. joining me paul crew zang. paul in terms of the bomb itself, the fact that it didnt work is a huge blessing for investigators, in order to figure out the signature of the maker if that i have seen one like this before. >> thats absolutely right, i think the forensics and the lab thats there is excellent. they got ...

On the aircraft. that is a huge risk. i would think of going in the other direction. requiring travelers put a laptop into the belly of an aircraft so you dont have a system that requires every screener to be perfect every time. thats a lot of risk. >> cant you just blow it up from the belly of the aircraft? >> thats right. you could. it could be on a timer device. >> how does that solve the problem? >> a couple ofs things make it difficult for the terrorist ex-ploet in the belly. you need highe...

Theyre not examining a repair job on the tail that was damaged hitting the ground 14 years ago. theyre also searching the airport where the plane took off, questioning those who serviced it, caterers, cleaners, baggage handlers. the terror group isis is active in egypt and claims it downed the plane. the truth will likely emerge from the two flight recorders, investigators analyzing these now, but making nothing public. and indeed making it clear that they wont make anything public for a long ti...

Terrible injuries and hospitals reported seeing shrapnel wounds. >> theres a lot of small metal debris. some people have -- have asked already about whether these were bbs or parts of bombs. i just dont think were able to say whether these were small bits of metal placed there intentionally or part of the environment. >> reporter: shrapnel is just one of the clues investigators will be looking at. >> there are fragments everywhere, there are fragments everywhere, there are fragments within the v...

Ahold of a pressure cooker, fill it up with shrapnel. a very common anti-personnel device that does just what this did. to injure, maim and create terror. >> to your point, 1976, a croatian nationalist place ad pressure keerk bomb in a locker in grand central terminal. that device went off as technicians attempted to dismantle it, killing one nypd officer and badly injuring another. that was in 1976. these types of explosive devices have been used many times, including as you said, with the bomb...

Suspects, the bombs caused terrible injuries and hospitals reported seeing shrapnel wounds. >> theres a lot of small metal debris. some people have -- have asked already about whether these were bbs or parts of bombs. i just dont think were able to say whether these were small bits of metal placed there intentionally or part of the environment. >> reporter: shrapnel is just one of the clues investigators will be looking at. >> there are fragments everywhere, there are fragments everywhere, there...

This is not a picture from baghdad. this is a picture from america. you remember i.e.d.s? improvised explosive devices. that the terrorist use as their most prolific weapon in iraq? it caused most of the problems for our troops. if you remember, most of the i.e.d.s were made in iran. oh, wait a minute. hang on. before we get to the birth certificate thing, lets not forget about the training manual. found in the arizona desert, along a known smuggling route that celebrates suicide bombers. fox re...

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