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Plane was involved in some sort of a tail strike or the tail scraping the ground in cairo 14 years ago, and it was reportedly repaired by airbus itself. this is of course an airbus a-321 plane. so they will go back and look at who did the repairs, how thoroughly was it repaired and subsequently, have they done any thorough metallurgical examinations of the entire fuselage section that was repaired and that tail section to see whether there was any cracking because we have seen time and time again, the tiniest hairline fractures you might not even see to the eye can turn out to be catastrophic....

Isis claimed responsibility for shooting the plane down. officials have dismissed that as impossible saying isis doesn't have the tools to do that. joining me is clive irving, author of "wide body." and a daily beast contributor. good to have you with us. let's talk about what you wrote about the fact in 2001 there was an injury, an accident with this plane, that may have doomed it in modern day. explain what happened then, how it was repaired and why that might be pivotal information now. >> what happened in 2001 was the plane made what's called a tail strike which means it came in to land an...

Nobody's mentioned this but there are a number of air forces operating generally in the area as well. so one can't discount the fact that it might have been shot down by another aircraft. i mean, i'm not saying that was the case, but, you know, clearly when an aircraft comes down suddenly like this it's either going to be an explosive device or mechanical -- some mechanical destruction on the aircraft. people have mentioned the tail strike. that's clearly worth looking at. but it could also have been an explosive device planted on the aircraft. sharm el sheikh has had a number of incidents, pu...

They are going to have to look very closely at whether that tail strike 14 years ago played a role in this accident or whether there might be some sort of explosive that was used to bring down this plane, or even crew error. all the possibilities are wide open right now. >> nbc's tom costello reporting in washington. thank you. want to move on to breaking news we have been following. a week's long mystery surrounding a vessel lost at sea. the ntsb confirms wreckage found at the bottom of the ocean belongs to el faro, the u.s. cargo ship sank east of the bahamas during hurricane joaquin. the ...

Fact to the fact that this tail strike -- and it seemed to me that it's quite possible that some kind of structural damage went or may have simply manifested itself very late after the last inspection and not been detected. >> wow, it's an incredibly troubling thought, considering how much so many of us fly all the time. clive, thank you very much. for those of you who want to know, you can read clive's article about exactly this today. just go to the dailybeast.com. thank you, clive. >> you're welcome. it is a phrase that we have all heard before, a house divided against itself cannot stand...