just blown apart. it was apparently some metal fatigue. it is the very same problem that happened to a southwest 737, same engine, same problem two years ago. and there was an air directive put out on that plane. it yesterday, martha, first u.s. airline fatality and nine years. and now, we have had to engine blows into days. but the planes are totally different in these cases. martha: that is so awful. a trace, thank you very much. okay, so also tonight, controversial u.s. attorney general eric holder is not thinking pretty seriously about running for president. to go i am not sure i will get the most honest answer, but is he running for president? is eric holder running for president? speak out i keep asking, i don t want to have to quit my job and was you i will. you could be my press secretary. you are considering it s. i m thinking about it, but i have not made any determination
and air france 447 flight that got clogged up with ice crystals and caused incorrect computer information to go to the autopilot and it disconnected. is it too early yet to determine if that s the case here that there has been a problem? just two months ago there was an air directive to fix these tubes and this air france crash that is back in 2009. how come not enough apparently has been done about that issue? these are very essential things especially on computer controlled aircraft. yes, they should be heedated and ice shouldn t form but as you mentioned, there was a big falling through the cracks when the air france disaster occurred and presumably we fixed those things. sometimes they don t get fixed. i think you already pointed out here that the weather should be very suspect. and it s my personal opinion
fire came into the avionics compartment, it could possibly explain then the time line of the transponder shutting off, the acars shutting off, the pilots turning back. we re taught from day one, ave yat, navigate and then communicate. i know a lot of people are questioning, why didn t they get a mayday distress signal out in time. they may not have had time unfortunately, that s what s concerning me at this point, that more focus is not being put in that direction. what about the possibility of decompression, that s happened before. the faa issued the following a air directive a couple weeks ago. it s supposed to take effect in april. this a.d. was prompted by cracking of the fuselage antenna adapter. this requires representative inspections of the fuselage to detect and repair cracking which could lead to rapid
wouldn t fly because they re frightening but they re not. reporter: michael gold goldfarb says if the faa thought it was significant enough they would have grounded the fleet. does that mean this air directive and history of this air directive or warning is irrelevant? it s very relevant. we don t know if malaysia airline had completed that repair. reporter: the ceo couldn t answer if flight 370 was checked for that issue. with this specific plane i will have to check on the record. let s just say malaysian airlines did not do the required inspection. does that change things at all? it only adds another piece of the puzzle. it only tells investigators that going in theory there may be a structural problem needs to be run to ground. renee marsh, cnn, washington. we ll have more on the missing flight. learning more about the passengers on board. we ll tell you their stories coming up. also deadly explosion, raging fire cause, chaos in new
directive and the history of this air directive or warning is irrelevant? no. it s very relevant. what we don t know is whether malaysian air completed that repair. reporter: wednesday malaysia airlines ceo couldn t answer if flight 370 was checked for that issue. for this specific plane i will have to check on the record. reporter: let s just say that malaysian airlines did not do the required inspection. does it change things? it only adds another piece of the puzzle. it only tells investigators that going in there may be a structural program needs to be run to ground. reporter: along with hunting down that potential lead they re also going to be looking at maintenance records, transmission from the plane s engines, and they re also going to be looking to learn all they can about the crew. wolf? certainly will. rene marsh, thanks very much. let s dig deeper right now. joining us, the pilot keith bolezinger, he flies 777s and patrick smith, author of the website askthepi