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In resolving what the cause was of bringing that aircraft out of the sky and crashing it probably into the ocean, and even that has not been verified yet. but something caused that plane to leave the sky and enter the ocean or enter the ground, and a catastrophe has occur and still no clues. so all they have to go on right now would be who got on that plane, and try to identify each person. in the process of trying to identifying individuals that they thought one was from italy and one from aust...

Them an infant. and something rather odd is worrying officials at this early stage in the investigation. two people whose names were on the passenger manifest were not on the airplane at all. they say their passports were stolen months or years ago. that means two people were on the plane with passports not issued to them. >> if those passports were used to get their boarding passes in the airport in kuala lumpur and the malaysian authorities did not make an inquiry with the database in france, ...

And, tom, let me get to you first. were asking about these passports because apparently on the manifest were names matched to these passports which both countries, austria and italy, are now saying were stolen. so help us understand, you know, how to piece this together. on the level of importance, where is it? >> well, fredricka, its important to be followed up on. if the individuals that previously owned those passports werent passengers, who was? so thats going to be an important part of the ...

Did they check luggage? what kind? how big was it? any of those pieces of information will be important, and, again, videos in the airport will hshow them hopefuly as they approached the ticket counter, what kind of luggage, or how big the luggage is they brought in, and get clues from that. >> if those passports, one from austria, the other italy, were indeed stolen, misplaced and reported, and those citizens who own the passports have since been given replacements. why wouldnt these old passpo...

Every member country, all 190, to check with that db when someone either enters or exits the country using a passport or other travel document. not every country does that. the united states does it, but other countries may not and i dont know offhand if malaysia did or did not check that database. only afterward when theyre trying to contact next of kin, determining that a passport. >> justin: used, for an individual not on that aircraft. >> and jim, to you now, vietnamese air force jet has spo...

Those passports had prevently been reported stolen. now, if they were leaving through the united states, passports coming and going, does require the database to determine if a passport or other travel document being use had been reported stolen, and is in the database ant interpol in re-on- >> tom fuentes, thank you very much. rin rene maersh joins us by phone. its very unusual a plane would disappear at this cruising altitude. >> reporter: absolutely, fred. ive been talking all day with peop...

Disappeared more than 24 hours ago now. most of the 239 people on board the plane are chinese. the flight was headed for beijing, originating in malaysia. i want to bring in our law enforcement analyst. tom, while we wait for word, theres something about this passenger manifest. we now know that two of the passengers on that plane were apparently traveling on stolen passports when they went to the austrian and italian governments, it turns out the two passengers that were supposed to be on the p...

Individuals come in through their passport control to their country. currently, interpol has a project to have two airlines, its a pilot project, to allow airlines to directly make inquiry to that database before they even issue the tickets or boarding passes. but those are the only two. what interpol knows for certain is that the passengers that boarded that malaysian flight, which was also a co-chair with china southern airlines, that database was not checked with before the tickets were issue...

Phillips bone marrow. it did not match the dna from the crime scene. >> i called and spoke with susans mother and she was very disappointed, but you know, i tried to assure her that we would continue to go forward and try to identify the suspect. >> i was angry at the time because i felt we had closure, it was done with. >> and there was more bad news. the dna did not match anyone in the statewide database of known criminal offenders. if the killer wasnt phillips or anyone who committed a felony...

In prison. >> i never saw remorse. not one time. the only time i saw remorse is when he came to court and he pled guilty and a judge sentenced him to life. he didnt care about diane. >> diane maxwells father lived long enough to see her killer brought to justice. >> this database has been such a boost to law enforcement, to be able to help solve these crimes that otherwise would go unsolved. and now with the dna database, and thats doing the same thing, i mean, its just been a tremendous boost t...