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Anything that happened inside the actual plane itself, the skin of the aircraft, the fbi will be involved. >> are they going to be looking into the background of the person that hijacked this plane? perhaps try to find out what his motivation was to take such a dramatic action? >> yes, i mean, let's look at this. i mean, you got a guy that takes off, not allowed to do that. and he does this going outside the realm of everything that you're supposed to do. understand what a plane is. the average aircraft weighs about 175,000 pounds. there's about 40,000 pounds of fuel on that. and understand jp...

Far south as the east coast of south africa. and yet you have all these little pieces of debris but they haven't found the plane itself, the main wreckage which of course is the final resting place for those 239 people. so for all of these families that have lived in a state of limbo ever since that day, march 8th, 2014, it seems sad that that state of not knowing is going to continue for the foreseeable future. >> that has to be really a living hell for these families and certainly we remember you starting to work for cnn at that time and all your reporting, will ripley, for us in hong kong. ...

Government is within the best of their abilities trying to provide a steady flow of information. the minister of -- the emergency minister, the transport minister, the aviation minister all in egypt, all in an effort to get more information and to pass that on to the families quickly. >> cnn's international diplomatic editor nic robertson live for us in st. petersburg, russia. thank you so much for your reporting there. for a little more background about the plane itself, here are details for you. it's an airbus a 321-200. that's the largest member of the airbus twin-engine a-320 family. it ...

Happens on the aircraft, weather related or mechanical related, and a poor decision is made on how to respond to it. the plane itself, even though it's 22 -- this one was 22, 23 years old, is not inherently dangerous or unsafe. the airline, however, has some very dubious qualities about it. >> all right. richard quest, thank you so much. all right, coming up, in this country raging wildfires forcing evacuations and destroying homes in three states now. the major challenges facing fief firefighters, next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

From that plane. and look at this. go close in, you can see the rough edges in here. they are barnacles consistent with something that has been in the water for close to 500 days. the big question in all of this, wolf, is where does this fit into a plane like this? if you look at the plane itself, our analysts have been looking at it and they say that's also something that's fully consistent with a piece that you might get out of here or out of here on the wing. there's an awful lot of evidence to suggest this thing seems to be tied to a 777. that's what kind of plane this is. is it the right ...