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Authorities collected thousands of pieces of fragments over an area hundreds of miles wide. using these pieces they reconstructed the aircraft. using detailed analysis as well as airline recordings from the pilot's head set they were able to confirm the type of weapon used. here is what the lead investigator told the media. >> states participating in the investigation the conclusion that the crash was caused by this the detonation of a close proximity to the airplane the point this specific type of missile doesn't hit the aircraft just next to it and shrapnel from this specific type was found ...

Passengers would have been conscious for a terrifying 9seconds after impact. that more must be done to avoid airspaces over conflict zones. it concluded that 168 commercial planes flew over the area that day. the report however, did not seek to place became on anyone. that is up to an ongoing criminal investigation. but other evidence has pointed towards russia as the culprit. this was a russian-made buk system. it was fired from a plot of land controlled by russian-backed separatists it and system of its kind was photographed returning towards the russian border soon after the event. jon. jon...

Federal buildings, important federal buildings, our national leaders. we want to stay one step ahead of every incident like this. then again, you don't want to overreact either. >> we start with luke russert on the hill. this pilot was hoping to get congress talking about moigbig money and politics. instead he has us talking about something entirely different. homeland security. >> indeed. and almost to a t, every member i've spoken to said it was particularly alarming that this pilot was able to get so close to the capitol for a variety of reasons. one, you guys mentioned the age of drone war...

Mission. what we are seeing now is we have no leads. we are no nearer to solving this mystery than we were on day one. it warrants us having to look at it. we have to look at it. we can't go anywhere else. the problems are the satellite date we first received from the u.s. satellite it went straight down a couple days later and found a freighter it could be a refraction of light. >> why aren't we -- why are we putting all of our eggs in one basket? >> we need to be looking at other evidence to support why we are down in that part of the world. what i mean by that is let's look at the track of ...

Who and why is very much unchlor. the brb trying to then put planes in the air to try to prevent any further attacks. these are after all open airspaces for the most part. it's difficult for the u.s. military we put them in the air. according to officials, then do what? is this area of course according to officials here is obviously going to be declared off limits in terms of air traffic. right now officials here at the pentagon are simply scrambling to find out 50 what happened and what potential reaction the military could provide in terms of protection against any further potential attack. ...