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Stand that kind of fire for seven hours and stay in the air. as we saw the ups flight out of dubai only lasted about 30 minutes. i think that's a pretty consistent theory there. >> they seem to be zeroing in on the theory that someone on board, perhaps the pilots. whoever did this would have had to control the airplane and would have had to know a lot about it, and would have had to be a sew twist indicated pilot. the focus is now more and more on the senior captain. how are we doing as far as you know, our fbi in trying to find the deleted files on this man's flight simulator. >> they are wor...

Search? >> we will stay on the search as long as we're needed. right now we're focused on -- on the mission itself, the crews from the p-8 and the p-3. these are long days for these pilots and air crews. these are dedicated professionals that will continue looking as long as we're needed. >> are all u.s. assets directed to the search near the australian coast or are there more places along? >> the p-8 flight out of perth is directed to the -- the identified search area by the australian authorities. the other aircraft, the p-3 that's flying out of malaysia is still searching another portion of...

Then you have the ubs flight out of dubai in 2010. that was due to the batteries. it was basically fire that just filled the cockpit with smoke, either overcame the pilots or made it impossible to navigate. so inhappt happens definitely. >> what steps would pilots take to try to con taitain the fire? >> if we were flying at altitude the first indication would likely be the alarms that would be going off. the moment that alarm goes off there are a number of things that begin to go into play. the pilot and copilot would measly go for a checklist and begin to figure out who's going to fly, who's ...

Saturday. not a lot of snow, but still expecting more rough weather out here. >> i'm ignoring that 'cause -- if you don't mind. >> i'm giving you a heads up. >> i don't want the heads up. i'm tired of my head being up. thanks, maria. doug luzader is live at reagan national airport with the latest. doug, break it down for us. we know it can't be great. >> reporter: it's cold here and windy. that doesn't help. inside the terminal where it's much warmer, you sit there and watch the cancellation board, it's one cancellation after another. there are some people that came to the airport this morni...

On. >> according to the faa, the plane came safely to a stop at the edge of the runway. to. >> we were sitting on the runway, everyone pulled out their phones. there was a large gasp, because they saw the plane land. >> reporter: the scare comes on the heels of the crash landing of asiana flight 214 earlier this month. three people died. the incident closed the airport to incoming flights for just over an hour, but caused a ripple effects. these photos obtained, where passengers waited hours for luggage from a stranded plane, and this morning, many passengers from other canceled flights were s...