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Almost 60 feet long. what kind of indication would come from the examination of these pieces that they are large pieces if indeed they are large pieces, what might that be able to tell investigators about the impact that this plane had, the cause of it going down? >> the fact that it is in pieces is relevant. because that would indicate high impact with the sea. with an incredibly high impact the aircraft is likely to fragment into many small pieces. but it doesn't mean that you can't have, you know one or two pieces that are potentially 60 feet long. that is effectively -- it is a single wing...

That pass through during monsoon season are a couple of things they're going have to continue to deal with. >> we've heard that the french teams with underwater listening devices arrived to the scene of that crash. how significant is that? what are they expected to do with the listening devices? >> well, what the acoustic pingers on the two recorders continuing to transmit. they need these specially sensitive hydrophones to be able to triangular the position. once they hear this and the pinging is actually a metallic clicking kind of sound. when they hear the clicks and they can locate the pos...

Findings to improve current security processes. a collision on the tarmac, an american airlines jet with 149 passengers on board, clipping wings with a southwest airline plane carrying 143 people. it happened tuesday morning. the southwest boeing 737 sustained extensive damage to its wing tip. nobody was injured. the faa is investigating. all right. the plot thickens for sony. "the interview" now getting its christmas day release after all. why did sony change its mind? and should theaters showing the movie be worried about threats? and a terrifying road rage incident caught on camera. a...

>> three, two, one. >> it's all part of airbus celebration of the first commercial delivery of the new a-350. the company says it already has orders to build more than 7,000 of them for airlines around the globe, but if you get on board one, you probably won't see another one off your wing tip. >> hopefully not. >> like these guys. >> those look awfully close together. does it make me nervous when i see a fighter jet los to another one? that does have -- how close together are those, do you think? >> i would think 50, 100 feet. something like that. >> is that safe for a plane like that? can th...

Failures that ultimately led to this plane's disappearance? >> it's a good question to ask and asked in every investigation and a group of people look at the maintenance records. there was a terrible accident in 1985 with a 7-year-old repair from japan where an aft pressure bulkhead failed and caused the depressurization of the airplane. this highly unlikely, talking about a wing tip hitting another wing tip or term, in aviation, there's a term called hangar rash, unfortunate things that happen on the ground and they're very very costly but you can repair an airplane now just good as new. typi...