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Disappear from radar at that point. all of those things happen in that short period of time. >> what about the possibility of a fire in the cargo hold? we know they were carrying those lithium batteries. theyve caused airline crashes before. >> and lithium batteries, these are what we call class c cargo holds. they have smoke detectors, fire extinguishers. we have a transmission moments later from the pilot saying good night, not specifying anything going on in the cargo hold. you believe they w...

You know, i believe last weekend was when they raised the question of whether or not there was some foul play, perhaps, involved. they also raised concerns about whether or not the turn away from the flight path was deliberate. so now they appear to have more information. they are for the first time telling us what exactly was in the computer system. i think thats a very important thing. this doesnt rule out anything. this doesnt rule out that there might have been foul play. there might have ob...

Was this belief that the malaysians had data that indicated there was a preprogramming or reprogramming of the flight computers that took it away from the course to beijing somewhere over the gulf of thailand and sent it on the westward course that we have now charted. now, its not clear why that information was relayed to u.s. authorities last week but we do know from malaysian authorities today that everything was normal in the computer system and that the acars system, the system that relays ...

His home. on monday, u.s. officials confirm that the change in direction would have to have been done through a computer system in the cockpit by someone with extensive knowledge of flight systems. and by tuesday, two possible flight arcs have been identified. one north, one south. a search area of more than 2 million square miles. [screaming] then on wednesday after distraught and frustrated relatives of the missing passengers are hauled from a news conference, malaysian officials confirm fligh...

Hacked? is that possible? >> well, when you talk about "hacked" i think youre referring to some type of remote access into the cockpit. i dont know that that would have been possible in that particular part of the world with the connectivity there that there would have been the ability to do that. although hackers often times access computer networks using some type of a peripheral like a usb device that they might be able to put into a computer system. there are devices and there has been some ...

The government for its part, anderson, saying that the best way that they can help these families is to simply find the plane. >> kyung, appreciate the reporting from kuala lumpur. later on in the program im going to speak to the family of paul weeks who was on the plane and was on the way to a new job in mongolia. hes an engineer. he actually gave his wedding ring and watch to his wife in case something happened. im going to talk to his brother and sister about that. i want to bring in evan per...

Instruments didnt read the right way. >> all possible. >> and were 12 days into this investigation. >> here is why i suspect that may not have happened because it went so far off course. now, according to reports -- >> we dont know it went off course. >> we do know -- >> there was a way point that was put into the computer system. it was not put into the root, or we dont know it was put into the root. there were two separate things. >> all the evidence suggests it went way off course, that the t...

Day 11 since malaysian airline flight 370 vanished with 239 on board. today, heres the new information. whoever was flying the plane when it made the first sharp turn to the west used the on board computer system to preprogram that change. well, this is what this means. it tells us whoever was at the controls has significant knowledge of a boeing aircraft, the pilots, and it wasnt just someone manually navigated the plane. also today, the search area has become mind bogingly large. >> the entire...

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Flight. a timeline that would seem to strongly suggest foul play by the co-pilot and anyone else active in the cockpit at the time. but, crucial caveat, former national transportation safety board investigator greg feith told nbc news this new information does not necessarily by itself indicate ill intentions. according to feith, "some pilots will program into an alternate flight path in the event of emergency. we dont know what the reason was for this particular flight plan, whether to go back ...