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What can you tell us about this? >> we can't tell where it's from. that will be critical. but what we can see is along the top here and along the bottom there's no real compression damage meaning it didn't -- it was torn rather than crushed. and you see that there was some sort of tremendous force that tore it loose but it wasn't a compression. that's about -- you can see there's no sooting on it anywhere. so you don't see any evidence of fire. on the interior the change in color, that's adhesive from an interior liner of some sort. >> so if it's not a compression, does that tell you anything ...

That was found, a compressed air cylinder. what does this tell us? and if i can draw attention to this that's a crack right there that we're seeing in this metal. so what does this tell us? >> this is the cylinder most likely attached to the escape raft and escape slide that was torn loose. and this just shows the tremendous impact force, again, of the plane. but it does not show compression damage. it's relatively intact. this might have been thrown loose early in the process. >> and you think -- >> along with the raft. >> you think it might have been by that slide? >> i think so. >> is it ju...