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Thank you so much. peter goal, he's a c separation specialist. >> mar xwr, let me start with you. and the ntsb as to saying this definitively belong to mh370, but there's really no other explanation, is there? >> no, and that's unfortunate. i think they should have explained their hesitation. i think people were hoping to find, because every airline has to keep track of the repairs on parts of their plane, by not explaining why think couldn't come forward and explain what it is. no serial numbers, et cetera, i think it left a lot of -- but

Investigators go into the lab and take a look at this. it is true that the assessment from speaking to investigators, that the assessment of if it is connected to a 777 or mh-370 could come rather quickly. that could be an exterior examination, they might be looking for markings i mentioned, serial numbers and so on. what could take longer and what will take longer is analysis of the damage. they're going to take it apart. they're going to look at the barnacles, will have metal experts there to try to determine if it came off the aircraft in the air, or in the water. all of that could take som...

Part of the ocean. >> richard, i would think, aren't there serial numbers in parts of that debris. wouldn't there be some serial numbers there? to check serial numbers against records of aircraft? >> yes, there's lots of serial numbers. every part of that bit will have a number on this. .

Many. that's a good thing. these aircraft parts there's a variety of serial numbers on them. as soon as they get the piece they'll match up the serial number. >> there is no doubt in your mind. how significant it is that they did come out today and say they have a high degree of confidence that it's from a boeing 777. >> the photos were pretty clear. they could tell fairly rapidly this was a boeing protectduct. they want to confirm it and get their hands on it. i think they'll made the final confirmation. >> they're saying the barnacles on the wing look like something that may have been under ...

Variety of serial numbers on them. as soon as they get the piece they'll match up the serial number. they'll be able to find out exactly where this plane came from. >> there is no doubt in your mind. how significant it is that they did come out today, a u.s. official and say air safety investigators have a high degree of confidence that it is from the boeing 77 model which is the same model as the plane. >> the photos were pretty clear. they could tell fairly rapidly this was a boeing product. the guys at boeing obviously know their own product. they just want to confirm it. they want to get t...