Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130427:22:55:00
They knew it had departed the plane early. you ask the question what could cause a decompression, control problems and the loss of a vertical fin. >> looking at the plane's maintenance history, investigators learn there was previous damage to the aft pressure bulkhead. that is the structure at the back of the cab than keeps the cabin pressurized. it was cracked seven years before the crash. when the plane's tail dragged along the runway in an accident known as a tail strike. >> the tail strike with occur in one of two phases of flight, either on takeoff, when the plane is on the runway and it'...
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