going down in the vicinity where last contact was. then we find out the plane continued to fly possibly for another seven hours. so what do you think could have happened to this plane? obviously, again, nobody knows right now. right. and all kinds of speculations. but what i probably would have done as an investigator, the first minute, literally the first minute, along with other investigation. along with looking nor airplane, i would go in the background of every passenger on that airplane, even the pilots. absolutely. even the crews, and what was in that cargo compartment. my partner in our consulting business just called me before you when we were talking he said they found out there was a shipment of lithium-ion batteries in the cargo apartment. it s been banned by united states on every commercial
crashed into waters off the southern coast of south korea. apparently that in that particular crash there was a report of a fire in the cargo component. so a compartment of that plane in 2011, caused from a cargo fire in the cargo compartment. this would be the third major crash involving asiana airlines. we don t know the extent of injuries nor do we know how many passengers were on board. gregg: weather conditions appear to have been calm. partly cloudy skies, light winds, temperatures in the 60s, 9 mile-per-hour winds so fairly calm having lived in san francisco for about eight years. it gets quite windy in the city. it s calmer to the south which is where this airport is located.
inchon airport and it was crashed into the ocean in south korea. apparently it had reported a fire in the cargo compartment. a history of fire there was one of the boeing planes. as the investigation tend to find out appears to be different circumstances individual circumstances. i m not trying to elude to the fire that could be the same sort of cause the fire today up in san francisco. the 777 itself has a good safety record. there has been 1105 put in service and low number of incidents. one of the reasons it s popular because of the range but also because of the safety record. it can take a large number of people and few incidents involved in that aircraft which is why boeing has been able to sell so many around the world.