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Explosive decompression, and literally you're at risk of losing the aircraft whenever you have that happen. so it could have been a very -- you know, could have been a fatal accident. >> yeah. the vast majority of this model are in the u.s. and with just two airlines, i believe, alaska and united. but several dozen are flying in other countries. do you see more groundings globally? >> i think probably what will laep is they'll look to the united states and also order the inspections. now, any airline can make these same inspections. the air warning directive the faa has published is public. i'...

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The ceiling of the Boeing 737 was torn off, and a large section of its fuselage then followed, exposing passengers in the 96-foot cabin to the open sky.

>> i think it's extremely unlikely based on at least the photograph. and it's difficult to make conclusive determinations based on that photograph, but i would guess based on the kind of weapons that these folks have in the sinai, they're more likely to actually have direct access to military-grade explosives. they could take a mortar shell, they could take an ied and simply take some of the explosives out of it and repurpose it. obviously, this must have been a very powerful explosive, because a small amount inside of a coke can was enough to cause explosive decompression on board the plane, ...

The controls as we had in the old planes with actual cables. it's all electronics. and electronics are a lot easier to destroy than the cables. but still, the point being at 30,000 feet, you blow a hole in the side of the plane, which if a soda can is, in fact, the container, the plane comes apart by the explosive decompression. the plane is not going to continue to fly. >> thank you very much for joining us tonight. >> coming up, the story of a woman who chose to run toward the sound of the guns on friday night. in paris. sup jj? working hard? working 24/7 on mobile trader, rated #1 trading a...