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Begins a turn to the left. maybe we're heading back to where we came from or to an emergency airport. at the same time, i would be firing off what is the fire system here, that's designed to dump fire extinguishers into the cargo area in the hopes of extinguishing the fire. we would have oxygen masks on and maybe at times be struggling to control the airplane due to the fire or whatever else is going on. flight could become erratic. but eventually the theory would be that we do regain control of the aircraft, that we are able to level it off. and then, most important, we are able to engage the...

Extinguishing the fire. we would have oxygen masks on and maybe at times be struggling to control the airplane due to the fire or whatever else is going on. flight could become erratic. but eventually the theory would be that we do regain control of the aircraft, that we are able to level it off. and then, most important, we are able to engage the automatic pilot again. and then what happens is either due to a lack of oxygen or maybe due to too much smoke, we're knocked out. not only are we knocked out, but everybody in the airplane. but because we left with seven hours of plane, and this plan...

Inaction to cause the plane to fly down to the ocean. here we may have had a breakup of the airplane due to the storm. >> is that what happens, then? we talk about the danger of thunderstorms, the thunder can actually break up the plane, is that the actual threat? what is the real threat here? >> a couple threats. one is the updrafts and downdrafts in the thunderstorm. the updrafts feed the storm the downdrafts are the result of a storm. you can find yourself in a strong updraft and immediately thereafter in a strong downdraft. it will crack any airplane. i don't care what size it is. >> well ...