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Change over the acars system. how do we know this, don? because of the 12 minutes. remember, this is a timeline business. at 1:19 there was the last "all right, good night." go back 12 minutes and were at 1:07 or earlier and thats when we got the last acars messages. so that, im guessing, is how they knew about this reprogramming. if the report is correct. but i want to emphasize. >> all right. >> we need official confirmation about the reprogramming. >> all right. more developing news. i want t...

>> we get the very latest on the investigation including new details tonight on the crucial turn in the flight from nbcs tom costello in our d.c. newsroom. tom, good evening. >> hi, brian. we knew whoever made the u-turn in the plane did so with the help of the onboard computer. tonight weve learned when the turn was programmed in. at least 12 minutes before the co-pilot calmly said good night to air traffic controllers. that would further indicate the u-turn was planned and executed in the cock...

Last time at 1:07 that acars transmitted. so they said, that must have been the time when it was programmed in. sometime around that time frame. but that doesnt tell us exactly what happened onboard the plane. that doesnt tell us whether the pilot, you know, might have done that just in case he had an emergency, often pilots do that. lets take a closer look at what this search is tending to focus in just one area, really. investigatored have pursued the dogged possibility that the pilot and co-p...

Where other aircraft r and so if the transponder avenues office, they cant tell much about you, they can see your location but cant tell your height or speed or identify you positively. so, the transponder going off smells to me of nefarious act on the part of the pilots or it might be somebody that breached the cockpit door and is holding those pilots at gunpoint. >> so you say no conscious aircraft captain would have turned that transponder off of his own volition? >> i think not. i think -- t...

Idea. i think that exists on some of the airlines now. i think that would be a wonderful recommendation for all airlines. >> in your mind, as youve been watching this mystery deepen and unfold, what do you think happened? i think it is clear now based on the data we have and the former deputy director is correct. the data is changing daily. however, there seems to be a core group of day that that has remained constant. the transponder was shut off. the acars maintenance reporting was shut off. t...

And then they came out on saturday and they said, yes, we think foul play was involved. and then since then theyve gone back and sort of corrected some facts about different things and because they didnt say anything for that first week, people are very skeptical of what theyre saving now and saying, well, why are you going back and talking now when you havent said anything for the first week? apparently the u.s. had to prod them into this by saying look, its not helping you or helping anyone el...

Around the world we are not sure what theyve got. i think the worst case scenario being out there -- >> thats why we need to get to the bottom of this. this is important, you cant stop something if you dont know what happened. >> its hard to start eye new procedure. >> what did you think of general mcinerneys theory the u.s. knows more than theyre saying? >> i do think there may be more information available than the public is being told. >> kathy, on facebook, sending in this question today, wh...

The fact that because the plane changed course dramatically that it necessarily means sinister intent. it does look rather odd, though, that youve got a plan in there and you say rather calmly all right good night, that doesnt sound like youre youve got an emergency on board. >> richard, thats what raises questions that the co-pilot didnt say anything about it when he did communicate. >> whats interesting here about what were seeing from the flight deck here is this 12 minutes, anderson. because...

Of the airplane. and im afraid i dont have any solace for the families victims or the passengers. in this instance the passengers and everybody on that airplane very quickly are asphyxiated. either by the toxic fumes or the simply the smoke. >> go back to the 8:11 a.m. handshake why do we have that? >> on the acars? >> yeah. >> that is an automatic thing thats happening. >> but that indicates, under your theory this fire explosion would have occurred shortly after about 1:17 a.m. >> yeah. >> and...

Me. >> and now "on the record" taking a closer look at the time line on the planes final communications. what exactly happened and when in the wall street journals jason buy joins us. >> 12:419 plane takes off. thats where this time line begins. sets in motion some really mysterious facts. the next step in this is at 1:21 a.m. the transponder on the plane is shut off. and that, the plane is no longer identifying itself to ground radar. then at between 12:27 and 1:37 a.m. the acar system. this is...