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Was an impact but it wasn't a black hole like catastrophic. >> maybe some kind of landing with a loss of fuel as people speculate over time. >> obviously, if this part was ripped off the airplane it was a very significant impact force. i think they could probably tell that it was an unsurvivable crash, if indeed they examine the wreckage but it is not something that a big part of the airplane still exists. >> what it doesn't tell us is about a big part of the plane that does exist, if it is still in the search zone. it won't help narrow down that area will it? >> it won't narrow down the area....

It helps turn the airplane. as the airplane is landing, it goes down like flaps. it changing the camber of the wing. >> i heard experts say it is a large piece of debris. that indicates that perhaps this plane had a somewhat controlled landing. that is to say it didn't drop from the sky in absolutely get obliterated as it hit the water. >> i think it came apart as a component. obviously there is damage on the part which indicates there was an impact with the water. the degree of damage is going to show that what you said. what was the impact force. it also confirms how the airplane went into t...

That was found, a compressed air cylinder. what does this tell us? and if i can draw attention to this that's a crack right there that we're seeing in this metal. so what does this tell us? >> this is the cylinder most likely attached to the escape raft and escape slide that was torn loose. and this just shows the tremendous impact force, again, of the plane. but it does not show compression damage. it's relatively intact. this might have been thrown loose early in the process. >> and you think -- >> along with the raft. >> you think it might have been by that slide? >> i think so. >> is it ju...

Transmitters are still active. after that, they can put underwater assets in place using side scan sonar and then start to look for the main body of the debris field. it's an incremental set of steps being done exactly as it should be. >> talk about why with the narrowing of the field so dramatically now, why is it still so difficult to locate that plane? >> well, there's a lot of small pieces for one. in all likelihood the plane hit the water with a lot of impact force. we're in 15,000 feet of water, about, and this is as deep as any recovery and search effort for an airliner has ever been at...