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If it is c-4 and the detonator. >> and once the ntsb and the investigators that are now invited get to the actual scene at the sinai, and the egyptian, and the russians and others, matthew, when you get, there how hard to have evidence of some sort of bomb out there among the dee brie? >> well, you know, this cabin was compromised at a high altitude and so the physical evidence could be miles and mile miles throughout the scene, but however, the evidence of the wreckage, they can sift through the reckawreckage and identify explosives, and maybe not find the pieces of the timer or the detonat d...

Protect your belongings. let geico help you with renters insurance. egypt now saying it will accept help from the united states on the metrojet crash investigation. the ntsb will be the first americans directly involved. it appears though that is strictly for the engines which were pratt and whitney. >> a military explosive was likely used to take down the flight. only explosives of that strength could have blown the passenger jet out of the sky. terrorists in sinai have easy access to those types of explosives, including c-4. they've been used in other attacks. how difficult would it be to ...

Been seized. what do you think about how easy the access had been to it? >> we know this group stock piled c-4. they used it this year in operations. a major insurgent operation where they used c-4. they claimed responsibility for this attack. it would fit. why would they use c-4? it packed a powerful punch. they need less of it. it's easy to mold so you can have a shape that projects outwards in a particular direction. it's stable so it's not going to go off prematurely when taxiing to the runway. many reasons to use c-4. >> in terms of the amount of it, ten tons, am i correct saying we are c...

This year, and so it would be consistent with isis in sinai to carry out the attack rather than the airport. it reports away from the lone wolf scenario, because it is difficult for an individual without connections to the wlished terrorist outfit to obtain this military-grade explosive, wolf. >> and matthew, there is a suggestion that the timing on the bomb may have caused the detonation of 30,000 feet about 23 minutes into the flight. here is the question. what if that plane had been delayed in takeoff? >> if that is the case, it wouldn't have mattered, wolf, because if it is c-4 as the expl...

The revelation of the report led to the reassignment of the tsa director. the department also saying travelers are protected by multiple layers of security, baggage screening, only one of many seen in unseen ways tsa evaluates risk. tsa also says they go through some 2 billion bag as year, checked and the stuff you carry through airport security. they've caught c-4 going through security before in arizona back in 2011. an army private had a little tiny amount, 1/2 ounce in a checked bag. they caught it on his hands when they did a secondary screening on his hands. they then went back and check...