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About whether wreckage from the plane has been spotted under water. A search official told cnn he believes sonar equipment detected the wreckage at the bottom of the see. But the ceo of airasia says that hasnt been confirmed. Finding the planes black boxes is a top priority. The flight data and cockpit voice recorders are key to figuring out what went wrong here. They contain information on air speed, altitude direction, as well as the conversations and the sounds from the cockpit. Preparations ...

Misinformation as both andy and david will confirm. theres always misinformation during the early stages of an accident. and were still in the early stages. and you need to be very careful. people want to give good news out. they want to see things that tend to be positive. you have to take it with a grain of salt. you have to be careful. you have to be verify -- verify the information. and i think andys right. the whole issue of dispatch is a critical one. there were planes taking off before an...

Going on there that we could talk about for a long time. but a doctor i interviewed up in montreal said that prior to his regime, the president had gone down to indonesia to try to make sure that they were complying with these standards and practices and the annexes within the system. its important to remember too, it is a continuous improvement program and theyre very good at learning more. but there is room for improvement certainly. >> certainly something to -- and youre nodding as well, pete...

And flew eastest west or southwest into the indian ocean, before likely crashing into the sea that. is one item. the second one ties in additional details of how the jet was flying. malaysian military radar showing the plane climbing to 45,000 feet soon after disappearing from civilian radar screens, then reportedly desends to 23,000 feet, then climbs again as it heads into the indian ocean. there are doubts which such drastic changes are possible. "the new york times" citing american officials ...

Is in control of where that aircraft is going. >> david, i want to get your take on what andy is reporting, as well. >> again, ill accept that. my and our expertise really begins on the water and underneath the water, but we have a vested interest in knowing if were in the right spot, so all of these things play into that. the question is where does the information come from that says the plane crashed? and two, it doesnt take five hours to get to those two search hours, at least from my calcula...

Sorry, andy paster with details. just minutes ago, you posted a story about that first turn the plane took. what can you tell us? >> so this investigation appears to be moving very quickly toward a law enforcement or terrorism path. every day its harder to come up with a credible argument this was an accident. what were putting on the website and will put in tomorrows paper are details about what investigators suspect was happening on that plane, some deliberate actions. in the space of six hour...