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Downing the group. >> they will not see if the leader was involved in the crash. they insist it's too soon to know if a terror attack brought the plane down. the u.s. and britain are all but certain the blom blew the plane apart killing all 224 people onboard. >> from more let's go to ian lee from sharm el sheikh. comments made are given further weight to the theory the bomb brought down this plane. >> that's right, asia. he said it's likely the bomb did. the slowly more senior officials in both the uk and the u.s. governments are saying that they are getting -- that they do believe that a bom...

Martha: officials say that a u.s. satellite detected a heat flash over the sinai desert at the same time the plane fell out of the sky. investigators are analyzing cat a to figure out what caused the plane to crash and took the lives of 224 people. is there an explanation? where did that heat flash come from? do they know? reporter: there are theories and possible explanations. but nothing concrete. no hard proof. as for some of the possibility being kicked around at this point. something catastrophic such as an engine fire, engine explosion, fuel tank explosion and now the discussion and conv...

>> let's talk about the next stages of this investigation then. we've heard from both the russians and the egyptian officials that terrorism cannot be a credible or reliable possibility for this. they're pointing to technical difficulties. beyond the -- >> yes. >> simply absence of another explanation, is there something that points to that, in the data that you're reviewing? >> absolutely. you know, the plane takes off. it flies for 22 minutes. and for some reason unknown, falls out of the sky. now, remember, planes are designed to fly. everything about the plane is designed to keep it in the...

The engine explosion out of singapore. they have enormous experience in their own right doing searches. you know this better than i will, john. as a maritime nation, as an island, albeit a continent, australian has exceptionally good maritime searching abilities. so what the prime minister says, look, i can't say it is and i can't say it isn't. but having done this long enough, you get a feeling of what might be happening and the pm speaking to the house in that way is very strong, credible evidence. >> absolutely. richard, stand by for us. i would like to go back to andrew stevens. andrew, it...

Not the result of an engine explosion or electrical failure which was the possibility. the company gave a press conference and believe this was the consequence of human error on the part of the ship's captain. he made some unauthorized decision to make the ship off course and bring it closer to an island where it struck a rock causing all of this. they say they believe this was all for show and he wanted to bring it closer so people on the island could get a better look at this big, beautiful ship. investigators say the captain was on shore while passengers were still on board scrambling to ge...