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One of those systems is the 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 proje...

That point. you would have contacted somebody. again looking at the time line, transponder off, acars off. then we have a computer shift in the flight path. that sounds to me -- im very strongly leaning that this plane was taken over by somebody. >> i still maintain it was hijacked. and for anyone to say well, they had a fire or something, look, we never heard a may day. all the communications, the comes, the uhf/bhf sat comes to our knowledge were never turned off. so they could have talked if ...

Good evening, jason. >> good evening, greta. >> tell us about this report. its akin to the payne stuart situation where everyone is encompass stated incapacitated and that plane went on four hours. >> some people are making the case being what happened on the plane is that the cockpit filled with smoke. the pilots only had time under this scenario to radio -- to make some changes, turn the plane and then were incapacitated are, passed out before they could radio people and let people know their ...

Be on the southern indian ocean and not so much the northern sector. >> roger, thiewnk. >> thank you. >> waters off the coast of australia are very turbulent. searchers battling mother nature as they the clock. rick reichmuth joins us. >> under the best of circumstances these waters are incredibly choppy and incredibly rough and the wind is always ongoing. but you take a look right there about 1700 miles from perth, australia, and right now that right there was a system that brought a lot of clo...

Why the satellite continues -- >> michael shakes his head, he agrees. philip, lets get your in put. what are your thoughts on this. >> well, i actually agree, ive been a criminal lawyer for 16 years and what i can tell you is that an investigation of any sort, especially one of this magnitude must begin with facts c , facts that have to be reliable and complete. what were getting are facts that are reliable and complete. only now, a lot of other countries, the united states and australia, other ...

Right. as soon as there is a fire on board, as a pilot you want to get that aircraft back safely on the ground as soon as possible. >> is there some protocol pilot takes over the flying and the co-pilot -- he had communication after the acars was either shut down deliberately or from some fire or something, i mean, he certainly was still commune case. there was some time of communication. isnt there protocol in the cockpit for that? >> there is. the nonflying pilot or the pilot not at the contro...

Try to get a visual. take a look at what we are going to see over the next 48 hours or so with this. here we go. we have a little more cloud cover that is in the area now. this is the future radar and satellite and that white indicates cloud cover. the green indicates precipitation. and as we move forward over the next 24 hours this front gets mighty close to it, about 24 hours from now. so the winds will increase, which makes it much more difficult for the planes. it also makes the planes becom...

Puzzling to you about this whole story as a pilot? >> as a pilot, the most puzzling thing happened immediately after takeoff. the acars was disabled. the aircraft turned. and if there was a mechanical problem there was no communication whatsoever from the pilots. nothing. and i find that to be very compelling in supporting a scenario that perhaps one or both of the pilots were complicit in taking this airplane off track for some reason that we dont know. had there been a mechanical issue these g...

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...

Transponder and the acars, the radio as well. saxby chambliss echoing what a lot of people in the industry say, it cant all happen at the same time. >> of the information coming from the manufacturer lends some weight to the argument that raising eyebrows. heather nauert, you have headlines for us. >> another big story were following and that of course is whats going on in the ukraine. tensions are mounting in an increasing war of words over what is going on with the sanctions on vladimir putins...