Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120129:17:55:00
>> quite a distance from the crash site. so they gnaw it had departed the airplane earlier. now you begin to ask the question -- what could cause a decompression, control problems and loss of a vertical fin. >> reporter: looking at the plane's maintenance history investigators learned there was previous damage to the aft pressure bulkhead. that's the structure at the back of a cabin that keeps the cabin pressurized. it was cracked seven years before the crash. with the mane's tail accidentally dragged along the runway, in an incident known as a tail strike. >> the tail strike can occur in one ...
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