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All as part of every checklist. >> reporter: sources say malaysian authorities told the u.s. a cell tower in malaysia 250 miles from where the plane turned around picked up a signal suggests the co-pilots phone was the only phone turned on after transponder turned off. u.s. officials caution theres no evidence the first officer nor anyone else on the plane tried to make a call. the twists and turns started early in the investigation. first, fears of terrorism with two passengers using stolen pas...

Cell phone providers providing different services here. so, it just adds layer after layer of complexity to the investigation, but any handshaking between a phone and a cell tower as it passed over the malaysian peninsula is going to be hugely informative for investigators, christine. >> of course. all right, nic robertson in kuala lumpur. thank you, nic. ukraine this morning is teetering on the brink of civil war, many believe. the government now is asking for international peacekeepers to he...

Mission was aborted after six hours. and as far as we knew up to this point not one single cell phone trach transmission had been received. but there was something that came from hamids phone itself. whether anyone said anything on it could speak volumes. pamela brown joins right now. what are you hearing about the co-pilots cell phone being on during the flight? >> we are learning from sources with knowledge of the investigation that the first officers phone was not turned off like it should ha...

Records and u.s. official, malaysian officials say theres no indication anyone placed phone call on that plane. the minister from malaysia wouldnt rule out that the first officer tried to make a call. thats a foye. we just dont know. >> does it raise suspicions even more on what was going on in the cockpit? >> reporter: it does. it adds to the mystery, anderson. it refocuses attention back on the cockpit. the first officers phone was turn on. the plane did, indeed turn around and likely flying l...

From anyone. now were learning that may not be true there was something and it came from his phone itself. whether or not anyone said anything on it that fact alone could speak volumes. our justice correspondent pamela brown has been working her sources on this. again, this is remarkable if true. what are you hearing from your sources about the co-pilots cell phone being on during the flight? >> reporter: were learning from source with firsthand knowledge of the gays that the first officers phon...

Connected with the tower, it only adds to the evidence that the plane turned westward from its path and that the plane was likely flying low enough for the cell tower to pick up the signal. >> it does make me think he was lower than the 35,000 feet that we speculated because of the fact it did make the connection. typically theres not time for that. they were still high enough in which it just made the connection, and there was no speaking or no long period of time. >> reporter: what this inform...

Search was cut short. just six hours into its mission the bluefin-21 surfaced. 14 hours early. the bluefin was originally expected to scour the ocean floor for debris. the whole journey lasting 20 hours. but instead, the device resurfaced after the o official say it exceeded the operating depth of 14800 feet. >> we just hit a deeper spot than we initially planned so we just got to bring it up, reprogram it, shift a little bit away from the deeper area. and adjust our search pattern. meanwhile,...

With here, this kind of thing is not that uncommon, victor. >> and also, the black boxes that theyre searching for could be under those feet of silt. so, patience is certainly something people will have to have as they continue to search. erin mclaughlin in perth. thank you. this morning there are also new developments in the investigation into why flight 370 turned off course. a u.s. official tells cnn a cell phone tower in penang, malaysia, tried to make contact with the co-pilots cell phone...

Data is. >> one other question, i guess this means that plane was flying low enough to be picked up by a cell tower. does this mean for sure nobody else on the flight had their phone on or we dont know? >> reporter: at this point the information shared with u.s. investigators according to source ive been speaking with was focused on the first officers cell phone being detected by the cell tower, anderson. so, of course theres a possibility that the passengers phones could have been on but at thi...

Debris drifting in a different direction because of the wind, because of the current, because of anything that already dispersed. with the plane like were ten plane or 12 planes looking in a big area they should find something. >> you would think so. p.h., thank you. mary, rob, please stick around. coming up lets bring in a veteran pilot to talk about the reports of the co-pilot cell phone, contacting a cell tower in malaysia. what does that mean? could proit vied any information? stay with us.i...