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They are supposed to be limited to no more than a handful in a single box. but a loophole allows them to get around the rules. >> there are a handful of lithium batteries packaged in small numbers but the limit on the number of packages is not there. so it is a concern. we know it has been a concern in cargo airplanes. >> dozens of fire incidents have been langed to lithium batteries. in july of 2011 an eye on battery exploded a ups plane causing it to crash near dupuy killing the pilots. not all incidents are deadly but can still be quite frightening. this cargo plane barely made it in 2006 a...

Going to bring you the new information just minutes and our aviation experts will be here to talk about it. and today malaysian shah airlines after days of denial confirming that flight 370 was carrying highly flammable lithium batteries in cargo hold. what could that mean to the the administration. former administration pipeline safety administration also a pilot. he joins us. good evening, sir. >>g, greta. >> well, the ceo of malaysia airlines sort of sat on this one for about four days. he knew about this cargo. of course we know there have been lithium batteries, a u.p.s. plane, 787 drea...

Flight to beijing, this aircraft would have flown straight for seven hours until it ran out of fuel and ran straight into the ocean. >> and martin, the pilots have said that the priority is to stabilize the plane and navigate before they communicate back with the ground. but would there not be any opportunity in there just to make it clear to those on the ground that something was happening or would there even with be an automatic signal to the ground that there is an emergency on board? >> well, both of those could have happened. the acars system if it was working is an alternate communicatio...

Preestablished thing that goes on if you know that there is a fire on board? >> yes, there is, your previous guest i heard the tail end of that conversation. that's the way it operates. one pilot focuses on the airplane. the other pilot focuses on the checklist and they may share the communications, it just depends on the work load of the pilot working through the checklist at the time or trying to figure out, you know, plug it in a route to some place they want to go to quickly. and but those duties are -- the difference between who is going to do those duties is pretty well established, you ...

Going to bring you the new information just minutes and our aviation experts will be here to talk about it. and today malaysian shah airlines after days of denial confirming that flight 370 was carrying highly flammable lithium batteries in cargo hold. what could that mean to the the administration. former administration pipeline safety administration also a pilot. he joins us. good evening, sir. >> hi, good evening, greta. >> well, the ceo of malaysia airlines sort of sat on this one for about four days. he knew about this cargo. of course we know there have been lithium batteries, a u.p.s....