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gaping hole, it s stunning. pete muntean, thank you very much. joining us is cnn safety analyst and former faa safety inspector. first of all, i m never going to take off my seatbelt anymore on an airplane, even for a few seconds, especially if i m sitting near the window. there are so many questions about how in the world does this happen, and does it come down to maintenance or manufacturing? what s your take on this? well, there s a couple of things that need to be answered before we answer that question. as pete was saying, it is a door plug, if you call it that. it could be used for maintenance, it can be reconfigured, the aircraft can be reconfigured with the higher pitch seating to utilize that door later. so the structure is there. it s important to point out that this failure was not a structural failure of the fuselage. if you remember you may not remember, but the aloha airlines
it s seconds. just within about two minutes everybody was up and out of their seats and starting to exit. here is the issue with this and the reason it came so quickly. is the fact it was a solid enough collision that not only the tip of the wing hit but the structure, the spar, the main wing spar is cracked. you can tell that that happened because the fuel cells go through there and the connection to the fuel cells are in the fuselage of the aircraft underneath where people are sitting. it ruptured some fuel cells or fuel attachments and that started pouring fuel into the area. combine that with some winds that were going on at the time, too. and that can spread the fire much more rapidly. so we are talking about just second to react, to get out of there, leave your personal belongings behind and get out of that airplane as quickly as possible. david, as a safety inspector, former safety inspector, can you talk about what are the next steps in terms of an