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Go into sinai and do some checking themselves. he said there is no role for the u.s. because it was a russian plane and this is egypt territory. is that a source of frustration for the fbi specifically? >> no, i mean, that's a legitimate excuse on their part. they have five countries involved and besides russia and egypt, he said ireland, france and germany and they have excellent capabilities of investigation. it's going to be hard, if this was actually a bomb that brought this plane down, they aren't going to be able to hide it. they have countries with forensic experts, explosive residue wi...

Mechanical issue. they believe that the reason why this the plane went down. maybe that is what triggered this response from the british government that they didn't believe that the e egyptian authorities were taking the proper security measures as we heard from phil, and they are sending a team here to as s.e.c. it, and to see if h anything needs to happen. and the united states government has also issued a warning to the traveling of the sinai peninsula as well. really, when you watch this investigation closely, wolf, it is at times like a pendulum, and on one side a mechanical issue, and on...

We were at the airport yesterday and today, no visible signs of heightening security in line with what the egyptian interior ministry was saying yesterday. they were saying that they were not increasing security, they were saying they were not interviewing employees at the airport because at that point, they said there was no indications that terrorism brought the plane down, though security situation at the airports throughout egypt changing today. the egyptian foreign minister saying they are heightening the presence to reassure people, not in response to conclusions from the investigation. ...

Sinai peninsula could be responsible. isis in the sinai peninsula is one of the most active isis affiliates. it has shown bomb making capabilities. but if it was able to put a bomb on the plane and bring a plane down, this would be an increase in the sophistication. this would be right up there with something that aqap could do. officials i've spoken to today say there's been no evidence thus far that this group has the same capabilities as aqap and has the sophistication level to do something like this. so this would be pretty significant if in fact it did pull this off. officials i've spoken...

That was plastic explosives and just a small amount. anything is on the table at this point. >> bob, the missile scenario being dismissed by many simply because the isis-linked groups would have been able to hit it at 31,000 plus feet. could a bomb have been possible? >> absolutely. it could have been put on the ground at sharm el-sheikh. they are very easy to put on and very destructive. as mary said, a very small amount of explosives can take this plane down, split it in half. >> and you're saying it could have been programmed at a certain altitude so once it hit this level, it exploded? >> ...