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Started in the cargo hold but no one knew how it could have spread. >> these types of compartments are designed to contain a fire. so why didn't the liner contain the fire? >> the investigators check records to see what was being transported in the hold. they find mail, three tires on their way to another valujet plane, and then something suspicious. >> there were oxygen generators in there. and they found evidence that some of the generators had been discharged. that suddenly would explain why the containment liner had not worked. >> inside the cargo hold, the charred remains of nine activate...

Started in the cargo hold but no one knew how it could have spread. >> these types of compartments are designed to contain a fire. so why didn't the liner contain the fire? >> the investigators check records to see what was being transported in the hold. they find mail, three tires on their way to another valujet plane, and then something suspicious. >> there were oxygen generators in there. and they found evidence that some of the generators had been discharged. that suddenly would explain why the containment liner had not worked. >> inside the cargo hold, the charred remains of nine activate...

And then something suspicious. >> they found there were oxygen generators in there. they found evidence that some of the generators had been discharged. that suddenly would explain why the containment liner had not worked. >> inside the cargo hold the charred remains of oxygen generators are found. >> oxygen generators use a process in the event that they are needed during depression. >> they were improperly secured for shipping. >> it turned out it was apparently shoddy workmanship. >> what causes the fire? according to the ntsb a disturbance like a bump on the run way makes the spring loaded...

Have found on the recorder, the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder. now, yesterday, was a very productive day for our investigators. we had a lot to do. and yesterday was very productive. we expect today to be equally as productive. our structures group, one of the activities that they did was to go through the airplane and look at each of the oxygen generators, overhead, each row of passenger seats. there are oxygen generators, each oxygen generator will supply oxygen for each row. three or four oxygen mask are attached to each oxygen generator. one of the activity of the inv...

Sparks flying out. can't see the five fingers in front of your face. fought for our lives for 14 minutes or so. then had to keep surviving. break down of the system. the russian space station was 13-years-old. oxygen generators breaking down. the threat of suffocation, low energy, couldn't turn on many lights. you know the dark tapbl-like situation the miners are in is very much what it was like up in space when you have a failing space station. i can feel for the people and i know what they are going through. jenna: what kept you going? >> it's sort of that light at the end of the tunnel. i k...