Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140311:05:20:00
And that is very, very important. >> reporter: among the questions tonight, why would the plane turn back and why didn't the crew radio ear traffic controllers? a former senior ntsb investigator says a sudden loss of cabin pressure could have incapacitated the crew and passengers within seconds while the plane continued flying. >> you really have to start looking at a trajectory path, at a speed and an altitude that they were at, how far could this airplane go? well, of course it had 7 1/2 hours of fuel on it, but you have to be realistic. you have to come up with at least a rate of descent. >...