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A method is provided for diagnosing an aircraft. The method includes: determining a location of a fault in the aircraft; determining a zone of the aircraft that is associated with the location of the fault; and generating an interactive three-dimensional user interface based on the zone, wherein the

A method is provided for diagnosing an aircraft. The method includes: determining a location of a fault in the aircraft; determining a zone of the aircraft that is associated with the location of the fault; and generating an interactive three-dimensional user interface based on the zone, wherein the interactive three-dimensional user interface provides fault data of at least one of historical faults and current faults associated with the zone.

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1. A method for a diagnosing an aircraft, comprising: determining a location of a fault in the aircraft;determining a zone of the aircraft that is associated with the location of the fault; andgenerating an interactive three-dimensional user interface based on the zone, wherein the interactive three

1. A method for a diagnosing an aircraft, comprising: determining a location of a fault in the aircraft;determining a zone of the aircraft that is associated with the location of the fault; andgenerating an interactive three-dimensional user interface based on the zone, wherein the interactive three-dimensional user interface provides fault data of historical faults and current faults associated with the zone. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining comprises determining the zone of the aircraft based on a geographic location of the fault. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the zone of the aircraft comprises determining the zone based on a power supply zone of the aircraft. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the zone of the aircraft comprises determining the zone based on pneumatic zone of the aircraft. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the zone of the aircraft comprises determining the zone based on a hydraulic zone of the aircraft. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the zone of the aircraft comprises determining the zone based on a communication zone of the aircraft. 7. The method of claim 1, further comprising maintaining a knowledge base datastore with the historical fault data associated with the zone, and wherein the three-dimensional user interface provides fault data of the historical faults associated with the zone. 8. The method of claim 1, further comprising maintaining a knowledge base datastore with current fault data associated with the zone, and wherein the three-dimensional user interface provides fault data of the current faults associated with the zone. 9. The method of claim 8, further comprising generating at least one recommendation for future design based on the data in the knowledge base datastore. 10. The method of claim 8, further comprising generating maintenance decisions based on the data in the knowledge base datastore. 11. The method of claim 8, further comprising correlating one or more faults of systems within the zone based on the fault data. 12. A diagnostic system for an aircraft, comprising: a computer readable medium comprising: a first module that determines a location of a fault in the aircraft;a second module that determines a zone of the aircraft that is associated with the location of the fault; anda third module that generates an interactive three-dimensional user interface based on the zone, wherein the interactive three-dimensional user interface provides fault data of historical faults and current faults associated with the zone. 13. The diagnostic system of claim 12, wherein the interactive three-dimensional interface includes an image of the aircraft. 14. The diagnostic system of claim 13, wherein the image includes the aircraft having a transparent skin. 15. The diagnostic system of claim 12, wherein the zone of the aircraft is based on at least one of a geographic location of the fault, a power supply zone of the aircraft, a pneumatic zone of the aircraft, a hydraulic zone of the aircraft, and a communication zone of the aircraft. 16. The diagnostic system of claim 12, wherein the third module generates an interactive timeline of historical faults associated with the zone of the aircraft. 17. The diagnostic system of claim 16, wherein the timeline includes an adjustable slider bar that runs along the timeline. 18. The diagnostic system of claim 17, wherein when the slider bar is set to a particular time along the timeline, the third module generates the three-dimensional user interface having fault data associated with the zone and that occurred at that time. 19. The diagnostic system of claim 12, wherein the second module maintains a knowledge base datastore with the historical fault data associated with the zone, and wherein the three-dimensional user interface provides fault data of the historical faults associated with the zone. 20. The diagnostic system of claim 19, wherein the second module maintains a knowledge base datastore with current fault data associated with the zone, and wherein the three-dimensional user interface provides fault data of the current faults associated with the zone.