CNN CNN Special Report July 16, 2014 04:45:00
The whole airplane breaking apart. >> we believe the nose broke off forward to the wing. that came right down, straight down and the engine is still producing the same amount of power, so it's going to go up because it's lighter. the airplane rose and continued to climb for a few thousand feet more ending up in the 16,000 foot range and you have a lot of fuel being mixed with air and already a fire from the center fuel tank is now the fire gets to be quite large and noticeable. >> there were some witnesses that saw a rising streak of light. we believe this is from the nose section coming off, ...