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Had similar circumstances, and in fact, a crew had reported a cargo shift. when we did the investigation, we found they had a flight controlled problem with the elevators that controls the pitch of the airplane. at this point it's too early to speculate whether it's cargo shift. >> we do know that at bagram, the nature of the base there, the planes have to take off in a much steeper gradient than a normal 747 would have to. we also know it's carrying five armored vehicles. to be taken to afghanistan. each one of those weighing 27,000 pounds. so as you say, the most likely scenario may well tur...

Expected on the takeoff. there is speculation that there may have been a cargo shift. but, again, because they were climbing at such a steep angle to get away from any ground threat, they were closer to stall than we would normally be in a normal takeoff. >> that's interesting you say that. you know, they're not on a 747 but on military aircraft and the takeoff and landings are shockingly steep. coming in and out of that very airfield now that you say that. i'm thinking about that. i want to play the part where you talk about first the plane leans one way a little bit and then, you know, looks...

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Spin to develop. i think the pilot was trying to roll the wings over. there was 1500 feet. that's not enough for a 747 or anything else. >> i've flown on plenty of c-130 cargo planes. they work really hard to make sure the cargo is, you know, exactly where it should be on the aircraft, that it's roped down from all different angles. do you think it likely that this is some sort of a cargo shift? how much would it have to shift to make a stall like that? >> i can see a scenario. this has happened a couple of times in the history of large planes. imagine the vehicle brakes free, hits another one...

Joining me now -- what is your theory of what would cause a 747 to go into a rapid plunge like this? >> one of the things of coming up with a theory this early in an investigation, it's probably going to be wrong. it's up to the invest gators to collect all the facts and circumstances. when you look at that video, the obvious cause right now, or at least that's what's being publicized by a lot of folks is that there may have been a cargo shift that resulted in the inability of the flight crew to actually get the nose to get over to maintain that air speed. the airplane went into an aerodynamic...