61.   With a missing or loose plug, those gases could enter the passenger compartment and make passengers sick and possibly lead to death, NHTSA said.

62.   Both front and rear passenger compartments are separate and have their own radio, climate controls, luxurious seats, arm rests and center consoles.

63.   Electrical and electronic connections from the passenger compartment would dock into the platform the way a laptop computer snaps into a desktop docking station, Burns said.

64.   The passenger compartment was on the upper deck, isolated from the engine by a radiation shield.

65.   The pilot reported smelling petrol and other highly inflammable susbtances from the passenger compartment, officials said.

66.   The front portion of the plane, including a part of the door to the front passenger compartment, were first to fall into the Atlantic.