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Something from these type of tragedies and thats one of the reason aviation is as safe as it is. recognize even in the face of this tragedy, i haveaviation har been safer so weve done a lot of things right over the years. and one is to take all the lessons that we can from a tragedy. are there some security issues that will be improved? yes. once we understand what happened to this flight, then we can ascertain if theres something that needs to be done to the airplane, although this airplanes be...

Decompression, low cabin pressure and that plane descended, either automatically or by the pilots to get down to a level where the passengers could actually breathe. >> and what sort of events would lead to a rapid depressurization? >> its usually a structural failure. even a fire if there were lithium batteries in the cargo hold as reporting, a fire could cause a rapid decompression, any kind of structural failure of the airplane. and, you know, depending on how quickly that cabin pressure was ...

So before we move away from a proven technology, i think we immediate to think about it long and hard because this has been a success over decades. >> thats a really interesting point and, john cox, you said it best this weekend. you said the last time the world was this captivated by a missing airplane the pilots last name was earhart. thank you so much for joining us. and more "cycle" right after this. can you start tomorrow? yes sir. alright. lets share the news tomorrow. today we failrly bus...

Mission a success because they carried it out and they cleared a lot of area where there was no debris. so by a process of elimination, they have now cleared that area of debris. so a very dramatic day above the indian ocean. krystal? >> thank you so much for that report. and here with us now is kyle bailey, an aviation analyst and pilot. and kyle, given what we know at this point about where the plane went down and the ocean about that additional right-hand turn, that was taken about the plane ...

>> thats correct. >> and you raise the possibility of potentially a fire onboard, which is something that folks have been speculating about. >> sure. >> if there had been a fire on board that really was a problem and created issues for the crew and the passengers, would the plane have been able to proceed another seven hours until it ran out of gas? or would typically a fire be so damaging to the plane that it wouldnt continue to fly? >> well, there is very high-tech fire suppression equipment o...

I mean, basically, its above the service ceiling of the airplane, which means theres a thin margin within about 5 knots of the stall versus overspeeding the airplane. i dont believe the plane went up to 45,000 feet. >> okay. >> at this point right now, im leaning towards any kind of structural failure or loss of cabin pressure. >> what do we know now about the turn that took place? there have been conflicting reports. but what would cause the plane to go south, basically, the total opposite dire...

>> had at his home. >> yes, that leads me to believe he was a very dedicated captain. and im leaning more toward an intruder. >> now that were getting a little more information from the malaysian government and a little more feeling of at least closure about the fact that this is probably a downed airplane and not something else. what is the kind of view of sort of the pilot community on this as folks around the world who do this work, which is high-impact and can be risky. what do you think is ...