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Erin mclaughlin in perth. thank you. >> meanwhile, were learning new details about what may have been going on inside the cockpit of that 777. a u.s. official tells cnn the co-pilots cell phone was turned on during the flight and that cell phone tried to make contact with a cell tower over penang, some 30 minutes, 30 minutes after the plane made its turn off course. senior international correspondent nic robertson live for us this morning in kuala lumpur. hes got the latest on the investigation....

Hopefully results in a day or two. >> thank you, michael holmes. to joe johns now. about these reports that the co-pilots cell phone was on and picked up by a cell tower, what are the malaysians saying about that? >> the acting transport minister and defense minister was asked about that and he gave a nonanswer. on the one hand as far as he knows there was no cell call but its he also said that this is all in the province of the police and other agencies and in due time, that information will co...

>> the interesting thing about that is that no other phones connected to it. it is specifically his cell phone. >> while u.s. and malaysian officials caution there is no evidence the first officer tried to make a call with the phone on. sunday marks lash as transport minister did not deny the possibility. >> as far as i know, no, that would be in the realm of the police. and the international agencies. and when the time comes it will be revealed. but i done want to speculate on that at the momen...

. welcome back. another intriguing development in the search for flight 370. we learned today the co-pilots phone was on and made contact with a cell tower in malaysia about the time the plane disappeared from radar. the u.s. official who gave that information to cnn says theres no evidence that the co-pilot tried to make a call. so what does it mean really? joining me now jim tillman, mary schiavo, rob mccallum. jim, what was your reaction when you heard this new nugget? >> i didnt know what ...

Time the plane vanished from radar. a signal was picked up by a cell tower in malaysia. heres a look at what this could may not for investigators. >> sources tell cnn first officers cell phone was on and searching for service roughly half an hour after all of the communications mysteriously shut off. information, cnn has learned that malaysian authorities first gave to the u.s. a while ago. >> it would be very rare to have someone with a cell phone on in the cockpit. it is never supposed to be o...

It was expected to scour the ocean floor for deb british the whole journey lasting 20 hours but instead, the device resurfaced after officials say it exceeded its maximum operating depth of 14,800 feed feet. >> we just hit a deeper spot than we initially planned, just bring it up, reprogram it, shift a little bit away from that deeper area and adjust our search pattern. >> meanwhile, a new detail emerging, a u.s. official tells cnn the co-pilots cell phone was on during the play and made contact...

That oil. could be matched to the type of engine oil that would have been in the engines of malaysia flight 370. could it be hydraulic fluid. if there were wreckage on the bottom, it could leak out on its own accord after this supposed crash. theyre looking into that, hopefully results in a day or two. >> to joe johns now. about these reports that the co-pilots cell phone was on and picked up by a cell tower, what are the malaysians saying about that? >> reporter: well, the acting transport mini...

Made contact with a cell tower in malaysia about the time the plane vanished from radar. what does it mean? here in boston were remembering another moment that shocked so many around the world, one year ago tonight this town was giddy with the anticipation of another boston marathon. but with no idea the two brothers with two pressure cooker bombers, bombs would turn that finish line into a battlefield. tonight begins a special week here, a chance to mourn lives lost and bodies broken but also a...

Miles from where that plane turned around indicating it detected a signal from the first officers phone. >> there is no confirmation of calls that were made. >> thats right. officials have been pouring over phone records. and there is no indication that anyone placed a phone call on that plane. the transport minister in malaysia wouldnt rule out the possibility that he tried to make a call and that is a possibility. we just dont know. >> does it raise suspicions even more about what was going on...

Handshake connection. its puzzling no one else on the airplane with cell phones made such a connection, so i really dont know what to make of this, other than to this point we probably have to be cautious. >> right. seems that would be the bottom line, we clearly dont have all the facts, because if it was youre flying really low and a phone already turned on established connection with a cell phone tower, it would be more than one cell phone on that plane, whether the people who had the cell pho...