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>> its just now starting to be rolled out in the states. already widely used in europe and other places around the world. this airliner was equipped with adsb and sending a signal right up until the moment it disappeared. well actually it was a little bit before it disappeared. it was functional, working. you could just use a commercially available website and see it on the screen. thats adsb. finally theres an automated system called a cars. in the position of this plane it was transmitting eve...

The engines run out of fuel or something else happened they should have still been able to find them on radar or what we call adsb to locate them and track them. the fact they completely dropped out of sight is the part that is very strange and that leads me to think either the aircraft was inches instantaneously destroyed, or somebody turned off the electronics in the cockpit because they didnt want to be seen. bill: that is interesting. even with the loss of oxygen in the cabin, and even if yo...

Why? >> well, it happens all the time that unfortunately these passports get passed up on the database. so it could turn out to be something, but again, its not the be all and end all, i dont think, in this situation. >> another development that we had over the weekend that a lot of people are talking about was the possibility that the plane actually changed direction right at the time of that last electric signal. youre not so sure you buy that either. >> well, again, the area between vietnam a...

Solutions. today cnns jeanne meserve reports on a new system to provide controllers and pilots with more detailed satellite information. >> reporter: if you are going to an airport, you can use your satellite-based gps. but once youre there, navigation is done the old-fashioned way, with ground based radar. the federal aviation administration is in the process of upgrading to use satellites, too. this system is called next gen. >> next gen is the equivalent to moving to hdtv. more me vice look p...

Help them hear those pings. and i think my understanding theres a request out for sonar assistance. but it may not have put into place yet. the one question i have and maybe john knows the answer whether the plane has the acar system in which case data could be downloaded from both the airline and airbus that might also provide information about what was happening. >> thats pose the question to john. do you know if the plane was equipped with that? >> i understand it it was equipped with acars a...