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Disclosing it, does that now pique your interest as a possibility of what went on here. >> not as much at this point in time. i have trouble getting around the conversation of the pilots. sothat this sequence this started sometime before that calm communication. >> meaning at probably 1:07. this conversation was at 1:19. all right. good night. but at 1:o07 the acar system was turned off. the communication system. >> right, right, right. >> is that what catches your attention? >> yeah. absolutely...

Smoke, somebody would he be saying may day one of the pilots. we need preferential treatment finds us a runway. >> this theory relies on acars was not shut off but mechanical failure. it has a different inter presentation of the timing, because it would have required that the transponders as well be shut off because of an emergency. no indication given by the pilots of any kind. >> except that the last time there was any contact was, i think, at 1:37 when there is that automatic contact when pil...

Transponder and the acars actually zoned in a little bit. but the positive thing the black boxes were under the ocean for two years before they were discovered. and that means the gps which has a 30-day battery life would have run out. >> we had a smaller indication where it went down, that is a huge difference, two years later. >> exactly, as mike points out. >> and from facebook, dan writes, if flight 370 continues to go undiscovered, how much longer will they search? >> sal, i imagine they ha...

So-called acars system that weve heard a lot about in this investigation that allows the system to communicate with ground control. that was shut down on this aircraft. but you have managed -- your satellites managed to continue to communicate with the airplane anyway, how? >> okay, in very simple terms just like a cellular phone system if you imagine the satellite network, whoever you choose, the box on the plane, the classic arrow product from inmarsat, is the project, and then there are vario...

They can look at the read out on the screen and it shows this fire is emanating from the front cargo area. could be that the front wheel overheat and there is a fire in the electrical system. so the pilots immediately one of them might go down one level below us into that unit and look at the problem. you could be going to another airport. that is what commences the turn. while that is happening, the transponder shuts off. maybe the fire affected that or the copilot is unplugging the wires to sh...

Or at least tried to get it to safety. >> we want to look at what folks on twitter are asking. we thought we would put some questions to you guys. well ask one question from the viewer. assuming the transponder and acars were disconnected deliberately, is it possible the recorders would have been switched off zoo. could they be turned off manually from inside the plane. >> according to these guys, they had advised me, there is nothing on that airplane they shouldnt be able to turn off if it is a...

Saying may day one of the pilots. we need preferential treatment finds us a runway. >> this theory relies on acars was not shut off but mechanical failure. it has a different inter presentation of the timing, because it would have required that the transponders as well be shut off because of an emergency. no indication given by the pilots of any kind. >> except that the last time there was any contact was, i think, at 1:37 when there is that automatic contact when pilots said good night, all rig...

Turned off, they said good night. ac acars went off, transponder, take the line from the last transponder hit and then take the line from the thai radar skin paint and draw that line and see where it goes. it heads straight for india. it doesnt go to the indian ocean and the south. why would anybody be so clever to do that, and fly the airplane for seven and a half hours and then let it flame out? i dont believe that. >> you know, i know youre such a serious person. you make such a compelling ca...

Cnn has not been able to independently confirm that the transcript is genuine. this is what we are getting. joining me now, aviation and government correspondent and miles obrien, pilot and cnn aviation analyst. i will kick it off with you. me what you have seen. does anything jump out as unusual? >> i havent seen enough to make a at the same time. they got ahold of the acars transmission. thats the automatic e-mail component. it talks about it being a technical conversation. what you get are th...

Going to settle is what are they going to find on the hard drives on those computers? is there any kind of telltale sign that would give any indication as to the motive of somebody intending to take this airplane and turn off the transresponders and acars and fly it into a place in the world that is literally no mans land. >> bob hager, what can you tell us about those so-called black boxes on board the passenger planes? they seem like almost the only piece of hope that we can look for. >> its o...