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So for the first 40 minutes of this flight, up to that point, everything has been routine. >> mm-hmm, yes. >> everything was routine until now. two minutes after talking with air traffic control, 40 minutes into the flight, the planes transponder goes dark. >> the planes transponder is effectively the instrument by which sends out a signal to air traffic control. it tells you what height its at, which direction, and what speed its traveling. suddenly, this giant 777 is blind to the world. >> and...

To all of this when the plane disappeared, that they werent sensitive to the families? do you think they are being particularly cautious. >> no. i think they are following the investigation protocol. not deeonly do they have to identify the part. boeing has said, yes, it is a flapperon and it is a 777 flapperon. there can be a lot of evidence on the part. there is a protocol that you have to follow. literally, every step they do in examining this part will be filmed and photographed. they are go...

Reputation. >> captain zaharie, we go way back. >> my wife is a chief stewardess. so my wife is on board the aircraft, i would like zaharie to fly the plane, because i have great confidence in the guy. >> and there is real confidence in the aircraft theyre about to fly. the boeing 777. >> its a great airplane. its got a sterling record of safety. >> that aircraft, of all the aircraft i have flown. and the automation is just fantastic. >> for any critical electric of hydraulic system that would f...

Pleading not guilty to u.s. charges of racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering. those charges are in connection with the corruption scandal that has shaken fifa. the executive is among 14 people accused of receiving and paying bribes to secure lucrative contracts. also in the u.s., the young man accused of a deadly mass shooting at a predominantly black church in charleston, south carolina has pleaded not guilty to federal charges. dylann roof entered his plea to the 33 charges stemming ...

Believe trongly that its from a 777 and many make the leap as well. we are waiting for confirmation, but believe it could be from mh 370. im curious to know your thoughts. >> i would agree with everything being said since this debris washed ashore. at the end of the day, no other boeing 777 has fallen out of the sky into an ocean. this is by all accounts from a 777. the only 777 that has fallen out of the sky is mh 370. >> a lot of people around the world will be waiting anxiously to find out wh...

Death. some of the hottest temperatures ever recorded on earth as a heat wave sweeps parts of the mideast. im george howell. this is cnn newsroom. good day and welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. we begin with the latest on mh 370. the debris that could belong to the missing plane is in france on the way to a lab where it will be scoured for clues. officials are becoming more and more confident this debris that washed ashore from the indian ocean is from a boei...

In a sealed box. also seeing a flurry of other people arriving not sure if they are scientists but they are here in this state-of-the-art fast ill the facility. is it from a 777 aircraft experts say they believe it is. is it one that belongs to mh370, we know thats the only missing aircraft in the world at this point and we believe went down in the indian ocean but there are other part thats sometimes get exchange sod they dont want to say they believe it is for sure until they take a closer loo...

Another 777, its almost zero. i will say for me its 99% sure. but, of course the experts, they want to see the serial number. but say, of course, its mh370. >> all right, paul thank you, appreciate your expertise. >> you are very welcome. thank you for having me. coming next zimbabwe wants the american dentist extradited for killing one of africas most treasured lions, so will it happen? plus brand-new video revealed in the shooting death of an unarmed black man. a campus cop says he was dra...

Crash, how could you just walk away from the potential, however small it is, that some miracle has happened. >> identifying the debris would mean that mh-370 didnt simply vanish. >> if this is part of mh-370, then it confirms that flight mh-3 e7 mh-370 ended in the southern indian oex. it doesnt tell us where, but it gives you that closure for the families. it tells you the plane ended up there the water. >> but it doesnt tell us why. a preliminary ind kats the plane was deliberately steered off...

>> the faa puts limits on drones where they can fly and operate. they are not supposed to go above 400 feet and not within five miles of a commercial airport. we just heard back and they are still investigating this incident and looking for the person operating this drone. christie? >> nick valencia we appreciate it. thank you. >> you bet. a potentially crucial clue in the missing air malaysian flight. a piece of a planes wing called the flapperon. they are confident it is from the boeing 777....