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Has a stake in this review what we do next. >> reporter: hes saying this is not going to take two weeks. this could potentially take longer. the local paper here, wolf, did say that perth should expect to be the command post for years. wolf? >> thats sobering, indeed. kyung lah, thank you. one of the key operations figures behind the search, wind commander out of the royal new zealand air force. thank you for joining us. i know that the search operations about to resume with daylight over the in...

Malaysian government official that ive known many years, two had told me there is no increased suspicion or focus on the pilots. they have looked at the pilot and co-pilot from day one, the first night the plane disappeared invited the fbi into their command post to work with them day one, and theyve vetted the pilots, the crew, the passengers, the cargo, and all ground personnel that had access to that airplane. they have detected nothing specific to implicate the pilot and co-pilot. theyre sti...

But you have to assume the fbi is taking a very, very close look at both of these pilots. >> very close. thats correct. >> they would be derelict if they were. >> and thats been going on from day one. the first night that plane disappeared and the fbi was invited to go to the command post at the airport in kuala lumpur, thats been on the table from day one to look at the pilots, look at the rest of the crew, look at the passengers, look at the cargo, look at all of the ground maintenance people....

Given full access to experts from not just our ntsb and faa who are the best in the world but you have british experts and french experts that have been through these crash investigations and disappearing airplane investigations many times in the past and they would have gotten a great deal of guidance. the second part would be just how to create a command post, manage a command post, manage a crisis, and then disseminate information to the victims, the victim families. >> sure. >> and the publi...

Where would it go? those are questions that investigators have to deal with. we talk so much about speculation, but in the command post we have reasonable deduction. we use it all the time to take us where we want to go. i would say the reason were on this debris off the australian coast is because of the reasonable deduction made by the ntsb and the navy, and the investigators, because they took the satellite pings, they took the fuel load, the known weather conditions, and they said, hey, we o...

Theres an intense focus on the pilot and copilot. the reason the fbi has gotten these computers is because theyre looking at whether or not these deleted files from the flight simulator from the pilot, among other things could tell them something. what specifically are they looking for? >> right. well, they look for specifically in the flight simulator in track, flight path that would be like where the plane flew. i mean, if this is the debris from the plane, like at the place in the world where...

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Government when this is all happening in their backyard. malaysia is next to thailand. if they discover this, you would think all the countries were sweeping their radar data. their surface ships data, everything, just to find out where this plane is. but i agree with greg on the arson theory. i investigated arsons and fires for more than 35 years and you know, thats the kind of analysis i feel like back in the command post. guys like greg are the guys that are in there. they have the knowledge....

Unlike the 9/11 highjackers who practiced long enough to fly into a building. >> we heard the fbi is getting involved now and you are a former fbi special agent. how will that change the investigation? >> they have probably been involved early on. they have great relationships and were present in the command post from the beginning. they have been offering a great deal of assets the fbi has. the critical response group is designed to set up and manage the massive investigation this is. >> massiv...