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Fire explosion in mexico, families waiting on word of loved ones. thanks for joining us. i'm john vause. this is "cnn newsroom" l.a. a europe wide manhunt is on for a new suspect. authorities say 24-year-old anis amri is armed and dangerous, arrived in germany and has ties to terror groups. i.d. found into the truck used for attack. and arrested previously but judge ordered his release. chris joins us with the latest. europe-wide hunt. where are they focusing the

Tell. on the pieces of the aircraft, in was a fire explosion, there's pitting and characteristic pit marks depending on what caused the explosion. on the wreckage itself, there's a crumbling and tearing pattern. and whether the motion in which they were torn apart it's all very important. experienced investigators can tell preliminarily from looking at the pieces. in this case, they're taking them back to perth and they will decide what to do. there will be clues right away from the wreckage. the key, of course, is to get it and determine it's from the plane. >> that's what i meant. if there a...

Have been for the past several days. >> that's very important. absolutely. not only that, they start with the naked eye but more than one aircraft picked it up. so it is something that is there. they will be able to find it. they have marked the position and will be able to send the ships there to finally haul it up on the deck of the ship. >> there will be tear patterns on the metal. if there was any kind of a fire explosion, explosions leave a pitting pattern on the metal and then other things including on remains. there is just lots of things you can tell by hauling it up on the deck of the...

Took. we got information overnight, david. cnn reporting that it looks like the plane descended to 12,000 feet. that would be too high to evade radar but that descent is significant to you why? >> couple reasons. if they did turn back because they had a problem, they probably would have initiated a descent. if you had a fire in the plane, you're going to go to the nearest suitable place to land. >> i've heard mary and other pilots say it also, if one of the possibilities we've been talking about is a rapid decompression, getting to that lower altitude is important? >> if is. in the area where ...

Now that we learn they did not program that in, things start to make more sense and at the last communication it appears they are didn't realize or whatever it was hadn't started yet, they didn't realize they were headed for a problem. >> so this really speaks to intent. we've been hearing this word on cnn a lot, nefarious. so this sounds less nefarious to you two? >> it does to me. >> i agree. >> it's interesting talking to our colleagues and a lot of you, frustration obviously from families, and we understand that, frustration from even media about the lack of information from officials. why...