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That had to divert. they have a burn bag on board of the plane, and they are able to put these batteries if they heat up and catch fire into the bag. this is the reason why you are not supposed to put the lithium batteries in the laptops and digital cameras with on board checked baggage, and keep it with you on board of the airplane itself, according to the air lines, because this is the risk, and they can address it in the airplane cabin but not below. >> can you imagine below and checked in and not a good thing. pete muntean, appreciate you, and you have been in the air talking about these m...

That we may not be able to eliminate risk but we can reduce risk in many situations. if someone has been exposed in your orbit or circle, has been infected, you don't have to assume everybody has it. do continue to do things like wearing masks around people or testing. i think as you travel, you want to think about where are the weak links in the chain. it is not necessarily the actual airplane itself, it might be the airport line in the bathroom where you need to be extra careful with masks and mitigation measures. there are a lot of places you can let the virus in, and there are things you c...

They're trying to letter more. they've ruled out weather being a contributing factor to the crash, they've ruled out the runway. they're now investigating the airplane itself, the pilot and the low-budget indonesian air company operator, lion air. >> boeing 737, one of the most popular planes in the world. they've got to figure out what happened. ivan watson, thank you very much. meanwhile, there's a very gr grisly story coming out of new york city. two sisters from saudi arabia were found dead, tied together in the hudson river. ♪

17 months later for this plane, u.s. intelligence is saying most likely theory it was brought down deliberately, but no reason why? >> no. because let's just put this in perspective. airplanes do not go missing. i know we talk about airplane crashes and terrorism. they do not go missing. airplane accidents are still relatively rare. so anyone looking at this case would have to believe that something horrible happened in the absence of evidence of a catastrophic failure by the airplane itself, which generally is a pilot or a co-pilot saying may day or the equivalent of it. we don't have any of ...

Altitude would that 777 have to be in order for that co-pilot's cell phone to register in that tower? >> a lot has to do with the airplane itself, how well it's shielded. i think generally it's assumed that anything above say 4,000 or 5,000 feet be pretty unusual for a cell phone communication to take place. i just -- i've been on airplanes when there's been passengers who wanted to make a phone call to their driver to let them know they were about to land. i found it very irritating and, frankly, i considered to it be a breach of the protocol. but, you know, i just -- i can't make a great dea...