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The disappearance of flight 370. as one lawmaker put it, this was a loophole. only looking at the passports of those coming in, this has changed and this is matching up with people who are leaving the united states as well. but another issue revealed today is despite the fact that theres 40 million pieces of information inside that database about missing or stolen passports, there are so many countries that are not contributing to this database. so many other loose ends out there where there may...

System so airlines can quickly submit data to governments for screening. john, it may be that the security standpoint -- that is screening all of the passengers, using every database available around the world is going to be easier than tracking the individual planes. theres 60,000 flights today. these systems im told could cost $100,000 or more per plane. in the end -- and weve seen all of this before -- its going to be the air travellers themselves who have to push for this, who demand it and ...

Continuously across any trip and foe exactly where an airplane is. that is invaluable and in the case of 370 it would have told us whether the plane turned, whether the plane continued straight, and when it stopped emitting all together. >> reporter: as flight 370s disappearance became a global talking point, so did weaknesses in security. millions of travellers allowed to board planes with only minimal checks of their identities, including the two men who boarded flight 370 with stolen passport...

Lives is never found, it would join a long line of mystery thags started in the skies and presumably ended in the ocean. joining me now from the netherlands is the president of the aviation safety network that tracks aviation accidents. thanks for being with us. tell us a little bit about from your database, how many planes are we talking about that have never been found? >> well, our database covers about 5,600 fatal airliner accidents since about world war ii. 88 of those aircraft have never b...

Experts, the pinger is certified to last 30 days. the reality is it may last 40 days. so the window may be a little bigger than we think. however, i agree. now, were looking for a need until a haystack, and then weve got to thread the needle. this is an enormous challenge. and it cant be underestimated. and the reality is it may take us two, three, maybe even four years to find this wreckage, if past experience is any guide. we may get lucky, we just may get lucky. and with the university of wes...

Bigger than we think. however, i agree. now, were looking for a need until a haystack, and then weve got to thread the needle. this is an enormous challenge. and it cant be underestimated. and the reality is it may take us two, three, maybe even four years to find this wreckage, if past experience is any guide. we may get lucky, we just may get lucky. and with the university of western australia having all that current data, the pleides where the search area is in their database, as soon as we p...

Interpol databases because it takes too long is frankly just absurd. >> opposition politicians here are also heaping on their criticism. >> its quite clear the impression given earlier by the government that its not practical, takes too long to check a database is not an acceptable answer. >> it comes as malaysias government is increasingly taking heat for their entire investigation. >> i dont think we would have done anything different from what weve already done. i think, like i said in our ea...

The tragic disappearance of malaysian flight 370, malaysian immigration department did not conduct a single check of passengers passports against interpols database. the agency said in a statement. and they are not alone in their criticism. >> the idea that somehow governments dont want to query the databases because it takes too long is absurd. >> reporter: opposition politicians are also heaping on their criticism. >> its quite clear that the impression given early by the government that its n...

A new critic has been finding fault with malaysian investigation of flight 370, interpol, international police agency. cnns senior international correspondent nic robertson. >> reporter: three weeks ago these two iranians traveling on stolen passports triggered interpols investigation of flight 370s passengers. now in a statement surprising for its frankness, the international forces lambasting malaysian officials for lax controls. the truth is in 2014, prior to tragic disappearance of flight 37...

Finding is. >> and your bottom line assessment is? >> the fact that we have five of ten aircraft coming back and seeing something is intriguing and has to be investigated. again, what are the odds of seeing something on the first day after all of the work thats gone in? >> van gurley, thank you very much. up next, the pilots home simulator. were taking a closer look. and interpol slamming malaysia for completely ignores its database for lost or stolen passports. aflac.