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The investigators everything the plane did during the accident sequence. the cockpit voice recorder will tell the investigators what the pilots were talking about inch this type of investigation the black box maize not be the most important evidence. the most important evidence may be satellite imagery, intelligence, like colonel cowen was talking about before. interceptions before the rebels bragging or talking about what they did, and the wreckage itself. the wreckage itself will show evidence...

Data stream in the form of a digital flight data recorder. we have nothing to visually see what is going on in the cockpit. for example in the course of an accident sequence, a pilots hands may hover over certain instruments or radio devices, on the yolk, how he is gripping it. none of that is documented unless you have a video. on the security side, to understand what is going on in the cockpit in the midst -- i will give you an example. the regent jetblue situation about two years ago, the cap...

An element of deterrence because in many crashes, com-air, you can rattle off dozens the pilots were busy engaging in complaints about their airline rather than watching speed deteriorate and if they were constantly monitored they wouldnt have done it. >> i disagree. >> arthur, any legal issues pro or con? >> there are always legal issues. lets talk about practical issues here. first of all, nobody wants big brother looking at them all the time. that aside. lets look at two situations. an accide...

Prevented with a camera in the cockpit. >>? all you have is an after the fact technology that will assist with the dfdr and the cockpit voice recorder after the fact. >> go ahead, quickly, mary. i want to get the other guys in? >> two elements. an element of deter rens because in many crashes, com air, you can rattle off dozens the pilots were busy engaging in complaints about their airline rather than watching speed deteriorate and if they were constantly monitored they wouldnt have done it. >>...

This plane could have been hijacked to somewhere else, somewhere in afghanistan. these are the theories and the families who say they want answers to. i mean, is that just completely outside the realm of possibility at this time? thats certainly what authorities say. >> well, just to add to richards statement, as much as it pains me to say, i do agree -- >> you hate to agree with richard until hes on the other side of the planet. okay. >> were going to refine the data and also that the inmarsat,...

The accident sequence. beginning at 1:07 with the acars reporting. at 1:18 you have the final communication, good night malai malaysia 370. and the captain we know was reported as communicating which means the co-pilot was flying. now we have a co-pilots cell phone handshake with the cell phone tower, a cell phone that should have been off. when you look at it in that context, i think it leads you to at least consider that the co-pilot or someone with his cell phone was reaching out. there are a...

The principle place of business would be malaysia, your final destination. for the families of the chinese victims its going to be very heart even if the case is brought in the united states to sue malaysia airlines. >> if a part of the airplane is ifrly kated in this accident sequence, then they could bring a products liability action in the united states against boeing against component and system manufacturers. now even if thats brought, there is still another doctrine in the united states ca...

There. >> its irrelevant. >> would that change the likelihood of him being at the controls? >> no. because he was an experienced or a semi experienced. he had 2,000 odd hours on 737. >> are you surprised? >> you are going to be shocked, but i do not agree with you for the following reason. you have to look at the facts in the context of the accident sequence, which began at 1:0 when acars reported everything okay. 11919 was the last communication. two minutes later, the transponder is off. and n...

Now, before you jumped -- >> his fingers are going. >> before you jump at that. >> miles wants in too, richard. finish arthur, then miles. >> you cannot analyze facts in isolation. they must be analyzed in the context of an accident sequence, which is a 14-minute period when this communication between the captain. >> miles, what do you make of this, though? this possible switch in who was communicating? >> arthur knows well that it could very well be the case that as they leveled off, the first ...

Announcement. i dont know. >> im not sure what im disagreeing with. im merely saying with dont add one and one together and come up with three. >> im going to add one more fact to this. >> oh, do you have to? >> the final communication, good night malaysian 370 without the frequency to the vietnamese controller, which was different from the custom and practice of what had preceded it, looking at it in the context of the accident sequence, a simple explanation why he didnt repeat back that freque...