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SO WHAT COULD HAVE POSSIBLY
HAPPENED TO THIS PLANE?
LET'S BRING IN CNN'S TOM
FOREMAN.
YOU'VE BEEN DIGGING DEEPER INTO
WHAT POSSIBLY COULD HAVE GONE
WRONG.
WHAT DO YOU COME UP WITH?
>> WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT
ABOUT TERRORISM.
IT'S TRUE.
A BOMB COULD CAUSE INSTANTANEOUS
FAILURE TO AN AIRCRAFT AND NO
TIME FOR A DISTRESSED SIGNAL.
IF A BOMB WAS THE CASE, WE'D SEE
DEBRIS SCATTERED ALL OVER THE
OCEAN AND AS THOSE PIECES WERE
RECOVERED, THEY MIGHT SHOW
SCARRING FROM THE BLAST.
BUT HERE'S ANOTHER POSSIBLE
SCENARIO.
CATASTROPHIC EQUIPMENT FAILURE.
IT'S RARE FOR A WING OR A TAIL
TO RIP OFF A PLANE BUT BEAR IN
MIND THIS WING HAD DAMAGE THAT
HAD TO BE REPAIRED.
SHOULD BE SAFE BUT YOU NEVER
ENTIRELY KNOW AND IF SUCH A
THING HAPPENS, IT CAN LOOK LIKE
TERRORISM.
FOR EXAMPLE, A LOT OF PEOPLE
THOUGHT THAT A TERRORISM MISSILE
BROUGHT DOWN THE TWA FLIGHT IN
LONG ISLAND IN 1996.
ALTHOUGH, INVESTIGATORS LATER
CONCLUDED A SHORT CIRCUIT NEAR
THE FUEL TANK IS THE MOST LIKELY
REASON THAT IT EXPLODED.
HERE IS ANOTHER TYPE OF FAILURE.
EXPLOSIVE DEPRESSURIZE.
IF A DOOR OR WINDOW WAS TO FAIL,
THE CABIN WOULD BE FILLED WITH A
DE
DEAFENING ROAR AND EVERYTHING
WOULD BE SUCKED TOWARDS THAT
OPEN.
THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE IS SO
COLD, SOME 60 DEGREES BELOW
FARENHEIT THAT THE MOISTURE IN
THE PLANE WOULD TURN TO A COLD,
FREEZING FOG AND THE CREW WOULD
ACTUALLY ONLY HAVE SECONDS TO
GET THEIR OXYGEN MASKS ON OR
RISK DISORIENTATION, BLURRED
VISION AND COMPLETE
INCAPACITATING PROBLEMS.
THE AIR FRANCE FLIGHT THAT
CRASHED OVER SOUTH AMERICA, SOME
EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTION BUT THE
PILOTS RESPONDED IMPROPERLY AND