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Terrorism is out of the picture and hijacking is out of the picture, the list comes down to very few things which you then have to look at more closely. i have to admit at the beginning of this, i discounted the idea of some kind of structural failure because it seems so unlikely the safety record of boeing 777 is very impressive. but when you stop to look at the short list of possibilities, i took a look again of something which is called explosive decompression, which is when the plane is at cruise altitude usually and when the fuselage, cabin that we sit in in an airplane, basically what's ...

Can the air talk about that fast? >> if you talk about explosive decompression, we're trained to deal with that. that's why he has an oxygen mask next to his shoulder so he gets that on before any kind of problem occurs. i don't think it was explosive decompression. >> okay. won't be that. back to you, evan. what's left? where do we go with this? the man, ali, say, what was your motive in giving free tickets to the two guys? i assume as a civilian, why would a guy come forward and say i gave them the ticket money if he was a terrorist or involved in terrorism in any way? >> that's a reasonable...

Emergency situation. one of the other things, of course, is pressurization issues. if you have a high altitude pressurization problem, catastrophic decompression, the time of useful consciousness in the 20,000 to 30,000 foot range is a matter of seconds. while crews are trained to deal with these emergency situations, these rapid decompressions or explosive decompression situations, again it's all a matter of timing. and similar to a -- where he was flying the crew passed out because of oxygen deprivation. so there's a lot of possible scenario. but to speculate as to which one is the likely wi...

Just as it's supposed to. but something else expands, too, those cracks in the 737s fuselage. suddenly, there's an explosive decompression. its force is so powerful, a flight attendant is sucked out of the plane. >> i saw what i think was the stewardess' feet as she was being sucked out of the plane. magazines, briefcases, shoes, you name it, anything that wasn't tied down was going out that hole. >> an 18-foot section of the plane is gone. passengers sitting nearby can see the sky above and the ocean below. all that's holding the 737 together and just barely are the floor beams and the plane'...

Suddenly, there's an explosive decompression. its force is so powerful, a flight attendant is sucked out of the plane. >> i saw what i think was the stewardess' feet as she was being sucked out of the plane. magazines, briefcases, shoes, you name it, anything that wasn't tied down was going out that hole. >> an 18-foot section of the plane is gone. passengers sitting nearby can see the sky above and the ocean below. all that's holding the 737 together and just barely are the floor beams and the plane's belly structure. >> about 2 rows in front of me i could see the floor was buckling up, the p...