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Breaking news tonight, the fbi running two sets of thuprin through its database. the mystery of the malaysian flight could not be more of a mystery right now. its one of the most high-tech planes on the plan et, built for long distances, considered one of the safest planes in the world, which only deepens the mystery, heres renee marsh. >> the boeing 777 is one of the most high-tech planes in the sky. and a workhorse of international travel. >> the 777 i have to say was probably the nicest, most...

Fingerprint database. that database holds the records of 70 million individuals. and of those 70 million individuals, 73,000 known or suspected terrorists. that is automated. it should be done quickly. if we get a hit it will be tremendous leads. >> david souche, we are hearing that authorities are moving away from the terrorism angle. >> because we know about the aircraft and what is going on. if you have flown that leg, you know there are a lot of legs in between there where there is no commun...

Our breaking news tonight, attention being focused on a pair of stolen passports. and the passengers who used them to board the malaysian airlines flight that is now missing. the fbi running their thumbprints through their database. american authorities have pictures for potentially any bad actors. i dont want to focus on who we dont know, but one we do. philip wood, an ibm executive who was relocating to kuala lumpur in malaysia. saturdays flight was supposed to be his final one. he was heading...

Checks every passengers passport with interpol database, many other countries do not, leaving a gaping hole in the security of international flights. >> the number of countries that belong to interpol are not charged a fee for accessing any of those databases. if the country has sufficient resources and technical capabilities to wire into interpols virtual private network thats running 24 hours a day, then, they certainly would be able to access that database, and its up to the will of the count...

How does the u.s. handle inbound international flights. >> well, anderson, the u.s. routinely checks all the passports, passengers coming in to the u.s., an opinion on when the u.s. gets a manifest on an inbound national flight. once the plane is already in the air, and that case, when that happens, customs and border patrol agents meet the plane as soon as it lands to confront that passenger. this is an issue that officials with interpol have been screaming about for years, trying to get more c...

Are not charged a fee for accessing any of those databases. if the country has sufficient resources and technical capabilities to wire into interpols virtual private network thats running 24 hours a day, then, they certainly would be able to access that database, and its up to the will of the country to set it up and do it. >> reporter: according to interpol statistics, 60,000 passengers try to board planes using lost or stolen passports. many of those people are your garden variety criminals li...

Make a positive id. and agents say be close to the identification of those passengers, reports are being run to ground tonight but in washington there were no details public. as two u.s. destroyers and surveillance aircraft join the search for the wreckage, fox news learned this was tied against the data base, a broad data base cross-checked, which includes terrorists but so far no known attacks. they have found no evidence of a specific plot but the review is ongoing. >> my understanding is as ...

Gets a manifest on an inbound national flight, they may determine it once the plane is in the air. when that happens, customs and border control meets the plane to confront that passenger as soon as it lands. this is an issue that officials with interpol have been screaming about for years, trying to get more countries to use their free database, it is clear the u.s. is one of the biggest users of the database, running passports through it more than 250 million times a year. >> wow! pamela brown...

Passport operation, smuggling operation. >> it may have been coincidence it was on this plane? >> exactly right, theyre going to look to see were there other stolen passports on that plane? >> the other thing this may raise, we find now, the united states and european unions was 100% against the interpol database. obviously not every country. >> i was shocked by that. and were going to have more reporting on that tonight on the program. how common stolen passports are, and how you would think th...

The other thing this may raise, we find now, the united states and european unions checks 100% of the passports against the interpol database. obviously not every country. >> i was shocked by that. and were going to have more reporting on that tonight on the program. how common stolen passports are, and how you would think theres no way someone could use a stolen passport. a lot of places you can. >> this is going to raise for international standards, what are they, why dont others all scan for ...