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Control procedures, authorizing the controller to use visual separation when radar was available. flight crews exercise a lower vigilance when they have radar -- where they receive assistance. this controller may have believed that the flight crew had a better grasp on the situation than he did. >> it will be days before the clean-up is complete. and in the words of one policeman, it will be years before this neighborhood is ever the same. >> after the psa crash, the faa steps up efforts to impr...

Then to st. croix when he finds out its even closer. but as the plane is climbing away from the airport in a torrential downpour, theres a problem. >> my navigator said to me, balsey, my god, look at the fuel gauges. >> because of the wind, the turbulence and the conditions, the airplane was rocking back and forth as it was climbing. the fuel totalizer was spinning. >> i told him not to worry about it because i considered it was probably -- you know, being low on fuel to begin with, the turbulen...

>> new clues into the disappearance of flight 370. what is the final communication from the cockpit tell us? with me air traffic controller jason done away and boeing 777 training camp tan cross amers. all right thank you for being with us. i will start with you captain. there is widespread speculation regarding the seemingly calm broadcast. are those words unusual? >> not at all, judge. it is very normal when you are handed off to the next controller. i learned to say those words from the open ...

1,000 miles an hour. >> you are talking a lot of energy with aircraft that weigh thousands of pounds. so when they do collide at that high velocity, there is typically total destruction of the aircraft. >> by the time radio contact is made at 4:53 p.m., the connection is so bad, the legacy pilots and controller cant understand each other. the planes are closing in. >> everybody was sort of dozing or working. i hear and feel a bang! the loudest noise ive ever heard. i was in vietnam and ive heard...

Traffic controller querying the crew about altitude. within six minutes, the first officer reported at 3500 feet, then i also read that the malaysian controller may have been asking the pilot for his input on verifying his altitude. now, this is all before the sign-off, so you could take that information, speak to the controller in the malaysian controller, speak to the vietnam controller that he was supposed to be handing off to. did you see him on your screen? the malaysian controller, why was...

Traffic controller querying the crew about altitude. within six minutes, the first officer reported at 3500 feet, then i also read that the malaysian controller may have been asking the pilot for his input on verifying his altitude. now, this is all before the sign-off, so you could take that information, speak to the controller in the malaysian controller, speak to the vietnam controller that he was supposed to be handing off to. did you see him on your screen? the malaysian controller, why was...

There would be all kinds of noise in the cockpit, in the cabin. go ahead, miles. you want to present that to martin? >> yeah. there are two things to consider. they had just had the handoff. in other words, the frequency change. they were told to go on to 120.9. and so what a pilot does when they say good night, at that same moment you flip the radios. if nothing else so you dont forget the frequency. and it stands to reason that two things happen. first of all, they probably didnt have time to ...

Something perhaps, what they call in the blind. just on that 121 .5 frequency or if he is still on a frequency that he had been assigned to by his previous controller. so very interesting to hear the tapes to see whether or not that happened. it still doesnt preclude the idea that there could have been somebody in the cockpit, perhaps making them do some things under duress. >> hole that thought. well continue to follow up after this very quick break. iwe dont back down. we only know one directi...

Trip. >> at 1:19 a.m., the co-pilot speaks with malaysian air traffic control for the last time. the controller advises the co-pilot to switch to a new radio frequency used by vietnamese air traffic controllers. vietnam is the next country along the flights originally scheduled route. in that conversation, the co-pilot says nothing about the previous course change, responding simply, all right goodnight, which is what fuels the suspicion of foul play and makes less likely the idea that an on-boa...

Trip. >> at 1:19 a.m., the co-pilot speaks with malaysian air traffic control for the last time. the controller advises the co-pilot to switch to a new radio frequency used by vietnamese air traffic controllers. vietnam is the next country along the flights originally scheduled route. in that conversation, the co-pilot says nothing about the previous course change, responding simply, all right goodnight, which is what fuels the suspicion of foul play and makes less likely the idea that an on-boa...