Course Deviation News Today

Why would an airliner not take a course deviation which might amount to a matter of a few minutes over a 12 hour flight and a little more fuel burn than go right through this zone? some airlines are smart and avoided it and others have flown through it. as a pilot i would never fly through there. >> miles obrien, thank you. >> still "outfront," malaysias plane is making the same journey tonight. a man is about to get on that flight from amsterdam to malaysia. and the 298 lives lost on flight 27,...

The good night call, obviously there was no duress signal given from the pilots to the people they were communicating with. and as my friend patrick and other pilots can tell you, there is a way to communicate duress not only with the transponder codes but also what you say verbally. so if in fact a decision had been made and they had been coerced and unwillingly turned the plane, they could have given a duress signal. they didnt do that. perhaps they did have other people on the airplane with t...

To that waypoint and you would say confirm. the airplane is turn willing. >> the key point is that both of us would have been involved. pilot and co-pilot commit in making whatever course deviation. the question is, in the cockpit, were both the pilot and co-pilot involved? was it an emergency? could they have somehow had a gun to their heads being forced to do this? we dont know at this particular time. >> i would just like to ask mitchell more about this. so the co-pilot supposedly reprograms ...

Discussed. i guess one of the things that makes this such a compelling story is that everybody has one and part of whats gonna be the motive is something personal that every human can somehow connect with. hijacking, suicide, mechanical failure, all of these are on the table. based on your experience, what do you think happened? >> it is an epic mystery, coupled with a chaotic and incomplete release of information. throw in the 24-hour news cycle and ive got a lot of speculation in the mix. i do...

Codes but also what you say verbally. so if in fact a decision had been made and they had been coerced and unwillingly turned the plane, they could have given a duress signal. they didnt do that. perhaps they did have other people on the airplane with them, they willfully made this course deviation and when we look at, well, whos suspicious, the mere act of taking and traveling with false passports certainly makes those people suspicious. >> okay. what about the fake or stolen passports? nobody ...

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Were equal at the finish line. they want to remove a aristocracy aspect. >> they say healthcare is a right. >> thats confusiconfusion. is it right or a good? like shoes, necktie or gym membership. >> all humans have a right to health. >> we have a right to what comes from the humanity, which is the pursuit of truth, freedom of speech and freedom of thought and freedom to worship or not worship, the right to be left alone. a good and the right are an opposite. a right comes from humanity, from yo...