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NIGHT."
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT REPORT?
>> WELL, WE'VE HAD SO MANY
REPORTS THAT IT JUST SORT OF
LEADS US TO GREATER SPECULATION.
WHAT WE'RE HEARING IN THE LAST
24 HOURS IS -- RIGHT FROM THE
BEGINNING WE'VE KNOWN THERE WAS
A PROBABLE DELIBERATE ACT THAT
TOOK PLACE ON BOARD THE FLIGHT
DECK.
BUT WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL,
BECAUSE A DELIBERATE ACTION TO
DISABLE THE TRANSPONDERS DOESN'T
NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THERE WAS
CRIMINAL INTENT.
I MEAN, WE MAY HAVE A SITUATION
THAT THERE WAS A FIRE ON BOARD
THE AIRCRAFT AND THE PILOTS WERE
DESPERATELY IN A HEROIC EFFORT
TRYING TO SAVE THE AIRCRAFT,
SHUTTING DOWN SYSTEMS IN AN
ATTEMPT TO PUT OUT FIRES AND
PREVENT IT SPREADING FURTHER.
WE SIMPLY DON'T KNOW.
UNTIL WE FIND THE WRECKAGE OR WE
FIND BY SOME MIRACLE THE
AIRCRAFT AND THE PASSENGERS, WE
DON'T KNOW.
TERRORISM IS DEFINITELY ONE OF
THE OPTIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
AND WE'VE CERTAINLY LEARNED A
LOT OF LESSONS FROM THIS
INCIDENT, EVEN FOR AVIATION
SECURITY, WHATEVER THE OUTCOME.