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Incapacitation seems to be the leading theory right now. the pilots didn't react in a way that would be considered normal in a circumstance such as this. what you have on several possibilities, criminal intent by passenger or crew member. the other possibility is some catastrophic failure. the pilots are trained to dawn those masks. at 38,000 feet you have mere seconds to get that oxygen mask on. could the problem have been so great and startling and physically overcoming because an explosive decompression is a physical event on the body. it feels like you're being kicked in the stomach. >> i ...

You refer to at duration of the plane, how long it's been in use or the kinds of flights it's been in if it's long haul or short haul does that affect it differently? >> alex i flew this plane for six years as a captain. it's been in service as a fleet-type since the '80s. it's a well-proven design and has not shown a history of metal fatigue. i think the idea of anything along that line is pretty speculative. we don't have any information and if they had a problem and needed to come down once they had their oxygen masks established, one of the things they will do is advise air traffic control...

One of two missiles, one that entered the fuselage of the aircraft and exploded inside. the other would be something that exploded outside and sprayed shrapnel, which then punctured the fuselage, explosive decompression. it would be helpful to know from that which type of missile it was. lessons can be learned for future construction of aircraft which might reduce this sort of risk. that's the main thrust of the investigation. they want to know why it happened. they also want to learn lessons from it. >> also the big lesson here is, can we fly a plane -- i mean, obviously we can't in a particu...

Flight plan and turned north and was not communicating. in that particular instance, there was no warning given to the pilots or by the pilots to traffic control, accommodaticom simply stopped. they passed the word on from air traffic control to their authorities and fighter jets were scrambled. they observed the aircraft basically crash as the engines ran out of fuel. the ultimate determination was there was a decompression. they never determined whether it was an explosive decompression all at once or an insidious decompression that essentially put the people to sleep. we know it continued t...

Altitudes over various tracks so they would have a better idea where that aircraft might have come down, do it with explosive decompression, do it with potential fires of the lithium batteries and the cargo compartment and run all these scenarios and see what makes the most sense, then eliminate those and try to focus on where the rest -- >> you know boeing. that's a pretty responsible company. a huge operation. no one has more at stake right now, their reputation, on the line. i assume they're doing all that. >> i can guarantee they have hundreds of people working on this investigation 24/7. ...