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Unit. >> what do you think? are they looking at that closely? >> they are looking at the youtube video very closely and unless the context of the other social media postings that they may have made to get an insight into the man. he is a self-declared aviation geek, but he also shows in that video and also with the simulator a real high level of understanding about electronics. and remember what we know from the time lines is the systems were systemically shut down and whether the satellite comm...

It would have taken quite sometime to think through and envision. and subsequently because of that as you look at the pilots behavior, their recent lives, youre not looking at particularly recent triggers. youre looking at an accumulation of things that have happened over the years to cause them on this track. what you would be looking for recently if this was suicidal, you would look at an individual that was consistent with putting their affairs in order. >> reports that the family had moved o...

Somebodys control. but again, the only common thread here since the beginning of the unfortunate incident is that you had very few options, mechanical failure, terrorism for some reason or pilot action. that has not changed. now, all the problems we hear from the malaysian government shouldnt be that much of a surprise. the fact they didnt call in his colleagues, that is not a surprise. it is a very, very difficult relationship we have had with malaysia over the years. we shouldnt have expected ...

Off. there is a very good chance this airline suffered a catastrophic -- >> youre saying that. this is an airline with 20-year history, only one fatality -- >> sean, i agree, there is nobody that builds a better airline than a boeing company. >> but the level of redundancy, captain, this is what you do, mark, youre a pilot. the level of redundancy is three or fourcases. >> and that is true, sean, like i said earlier weve seen so much smoke and mirrors, so many places we have been led that are ac...

-- >> i just want an answer, i just want the truth so we can make decisions -- >> but if the pilot who sees things going wrong and trains for the unbelievable and the fantastic to happen, my belief is were way too quick to write off -- >> ten days -- >> sean you said you wanted the answers and the truth. and we all want that. and we want it the real truth, not some smoke screen. >> i agree, i want the truth and blame the malaysian airlines and government in part for i guess their slow sharing of...

Vietnamese to chinese air space, a kind of no mans land. a member of the house intelligence committee says there are intelligence gaps with a renewed focus on the two iranians who boarded the flight with stolen passports. >> we know how easy it is to get on a malaysian flight with a stolen passport. and even to there were several run-throughs on the passenger manifest, they still have not been able to do full investigations of all passengers on the plane where we could find something out about t...

>> i think at this point it looks a heck of a lot like a hijacking. >> i think that is a potential issue, i think another potential issue, sean, as somebody who flies internationally myself i would love to tell you that these cockpits are truly secure. but on an international flight if a pilot comes out to use the rest room. all they do on those international flights is the flight attendant puts a cart, that is all they do. >> that is it. >> that is it, and not enough. >> and the only person who...

At 45,000 feet, the air comes down, the oxygen do the passengers last longer? who knows, but 45,000 feet is a big drop, and then to fly at 45,000 feet, here is what worries me in the end, we may never know. >> what about this guys on obsession with the ibrahim guy -- i have been accused of coming down hard on the muslims. >> you have? >> there are people who feel very strongly about their faith, whether this pilot did it at all. it seems to me you would be careful -- >> wait a minute, this guy h...

Flown as far north as malaysia or south. now, the theories of where the aircraft could be well as well as the next steps in the remaininremai remains unclear, nobody has answers. >> i dont believe that this airplane crashed. i do believe it was hijacked. i do believe it landed someplace and would start to first look in pakistan. >> two scenarios are here, one is the plane ran out of fuel and landed in the ocean. the other is it landed in a country like north korea where it could be used later on...

We know that the two timelines suggest that whatever was happen pg, and we dont know what that is, but whatever was happening was happening when that pilot, or whoever, said, "all right. good night." >> and when you say acars, for those who are not familiar with the vernacular, the aircraft communication addressing reporting system. >> yes. >> this is uhs radio, high frequency radio, the backbone of most communications in the air waives every day. most pilots communicate via radios. so its only ...