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>> shepard: what else are you hear something. >> the ntsb inspected the failed left engine after the emergency landing and said one of the 24 blades was missing. take a listen to the chairman of the ntsb. >> the fan blade was broken at the hub. and our preliminary examination of this was that there's evidence of metal fatigue where the blade separated. >> the flight was headed from new york to dallas where this happened. a piece of the engine covering was found 70 mile west of philadelphia. you can see in these pictures how the damage is similar to another southwest incident where a fan blade ...

Team from german engine maker tour quito want to change that they're meeting with thai tourism officials to convince them that going electric might be the answer they've brought along a test motor. when most people's mind when they switch from a combustion to an electric is how long will my battery last. but i think for areas like this where. you don't go too fast an electric motor they can go all day without recharging. before they can go for a spin the conventional motor needs to be removed. and the much lighter torpedo engine is mounted to the boat it takes just a few flicks of the wrist. a...

On a teeter totter and descend immediately. 40,000 feet, when you hear something like that, going down 40,000 feet in one moment, for myself, that makes me very skeptical that that is accurate. >> we are hearing from the engine maker, that may be an false reading. but if it goes back down do 23,000 feet and then goes back up again and levels off and then flies on a relatively straight path as barbara starr is reporting, is that something as a pilot that would believe conceivable? >> not really. let's just take the premise that even if these numbers are close to where the altitudes would have b...

Descent. 40,000 feet, when you hear something like that going down 40,000 feet in one moment, for myself, that makes me very skeptical that that really is a very accurate report. >> right. we are hearing from the engine maker, that may be an erroneous reading. >> absolutely. >> if it were able to get up there, to your!64+çpoint, then goes back down to 23,000 feet and then it goes back up again and levels off and flies on a relatively straight path as barbara starr is reporting, is that something you would think as a pilot would be conceivable? >> not really. let's just take the premise that e...

Isn't perfect on it, but they say that the engine sent some initial information back to the engine-maker. >> right. >> which is part of the service contract with malaysian airlines. >> right. >> the rolls royce engine company, they do this with a lot of airlines, and that they did get early ones, but they don't know for sure that it sent it afterwards, certainly after the transponder quit working. >> but again, conflicting information, again. >> thanks to jim for chasing that down. we'll be back with him. now, as this search for the plane goes on at sea, the investigation continues into the pl...