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Place. the important point, the moment before the plane fell off of radar or all their tracking devices, there was a noise that was heard. he did not speculate. he did not talk about what kind of noise that was. it certainly does confirm a lot of the reporting over the last several days there was some type of inflight explosion caused this plane to go down. >> let me ask you a question about timing. the timing of an investigation, to be able to do this work carefully, to be able to say something definitive is quite different sometimes than the timing of politipolitics. part of what i'm wonderi...

Mechanical failure or a small bomb inside. >> u.s. officials are saying it is a catastrophic event in flight. you believe a bomb is a possibility? >> i do, anderson. and i harken back to pan am 03 over lockerbie. a bomb near the tail section of an aircraft, in this case all evidence would support that given the fact where the tail section was found in proximity to the rest of the wreckage. a bomb would not have to be a large device as a matter of fact. you wouldn't get this idea of explosive residue or burn marks on passengers as a result of an explosion. all you have to do is knock the tail o...

Or something like that. it just went down. >> you saw the two wings come off. and the fuel coming out of the wings. it was on fire. >> this pilot was on a different plane and he thought it was a bomb or inflight explosion. whatever it was killed off 230 on board. >> some said it was fireworks and some said a missile. >> the fbi and ntsb looked at every possibility. the black boxes were in good condition but offered little since both stopped recording. >> i spent hours and days looking at every piece of metal looking for the telltale signs of a missile and there were none. the fbi spared no exp...

Was a brief noise which they analyzed in excruciating detail which they realized had to do with the explosion in that case. and in mh17, investigators there spent time using the acoustic information to isolate how that missile struck and where it struck. so that kind of information is very useful and those strange noises will be poured over with the right expertise and can tell a lot. >> miles, and david soucie, thank you. more parallels between this and twa 800 and the lessons that apply 20 years later. later donald trump unloads on the competition in ways you have to see to believe. and he...

Also two children and as we know by now the u.s. is also heavily involved in this search. the u.s. navy helping out from the very beginning. >> a very difficult situation there especially for the family members who want some kind of answer. pauline, thank you for that update. while no one knows what happened to flight 370 one of the leading theories it was deliberately diverted. what changes could this incident prompt? we bring in aviation security expert glen scoon for more answers. what are the possible areas that seem most likely to you? >> reporter: several are open but when we start loo...