away on you. in this case they were packed well. we go back to what martin and others have said. it's hard to imagine a scenario where they couldn't get off at least one call to air traffic control saying we've got trouble here. we've got a fire. could it have cut key communication, power cables and wiped out all their communication capability? it seems unlikely. i would have to, arthur, not only disable those things but allow the plane to be structurally intact and fly. yes. and we know the plane flew for another 6 hours. we know at 8:00 a.m. in the morning, a ping, a handshake with a satellite was made so at least a portion of the electrical system was still working. i don't buy into that scenario. >> jeff, is this a case again of dropping the ball on the investigators? a week ago the u.s. officials say there were these battery on board. now the malaysians say it. first there's that gap. but also what else was in this cargo hold? as richard points out, some of this stuff is known by investigators and not being released for reasons close to the investigation that makes