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Reports of it going 24,000 feet per minute in a descent and whether that's recoverable or not and whether there should have been a may day call a lot of unanswered questions. but from the debris pattern we're seeing here and from the way, specific parts are located, i'm thinking there was at the very least an attempted recovery almost a recovery and at that point, the aircraft did break in to pieces and was unsuccessful ditching. i do think there was an attempt to make this airplane a survivable accident. >> but miles, just based on the fact that there was not a may day call that leads many ex...

Very hard to you know determine from just a single piece. but there's no compression damage in this. which means that it was torn from the body perhaps on impact but we really need to wait another few hours to see what the underwater vehicles are going to tell us. it's just -- it's just too soon to be speculating. >> and it looks just from the break, it looks like this is the same item it's just flipped. yes, it is. >> you're seeing the interior and the exterior. so mary what do you look at? are you in agreement it's too early to try to discern anything? >> well i think i agree with peter, i t...

Action. and in that case determining who fired the missile is really the bottom line. that's going to be done by either a forensic analysis of the missile itself if they can find any remnants of it. again, i stress this as being in rebel-controlled territory already. or an analysis of the satellite images that the u.s. intelligence and military say point conclusively to a missile launch. >> tom costello, thanks very much for joining us. >> you bet. joining me now, retired four-star army general eric mccaffery and anthony roman. anthony, i want to go to you as a pilot. what do you make of the...

Much for joining us. >> you bet. joining me now, retired four star army general barry mccaffery and anthony roman. anthony, i want to go to you as a pilot. what do you make of the evidence we're picking up so far in the debris pattern we've seen? >> it's clear that a catastrophic midair event occurred, and in this case the intelligence officials are pointing to the probability of a surface-to-air missile. that particular missile was in range of this aircraft based on the information we have, has a range of about 19 miles and can travel about mach 3 to 46,000 feet. so it appears this airliner...

Malaysia airlines, how they store the pingers and everything but he noticed that the pingers were kept in a hot room, 120 degrees. we spoke with the manufacturer and it's recommended that it's in a cool and dry place. if it's being stored at a high temperature, then it can definitely -- it can dramatically reduce the life of that battery. so i'm concerned about that. there's no proof that that's the battery in this aircraft. but it gives me the indication that we may be looking for a ping that might not be there. >> david, there is no ping, how can anybody find the plane? >> well, he mentioned...