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Are we talking about? >> exactly. the same data that would be going into the two black boxes which are orange -- but -- >> right. always found that interesting how they came up with that. >> whos but the data could be streamed to a satellite. a data link. and the military does that on a lot of their combat aircraft. but im not an expert in this field but i would suspect it be extremely expensive. they have to get all the satellite time and you know how expensive that is. >> i want to pick your b...

Faulty data link for a three-hour crash that halted trading thursday. americas second largest stock market out of commission. investors were able to buy and sell for the final 35 minutes of the session. the problem has since been fixed. you wonder maybe how does ben affleck look in a cape and cowel? hes been announced as the next batman. some do not think ben is the best choice. #betterbatmanthan benaffleck. steve bushemi, judy dench and the dlegman from "toy story." >> do you sense the sarcas...

Camera, a high-resolution camera and a data link and were going to start with that and see how it works out. right now were just using coast guard members to look out the window. we think thats going to enhance our detection capability. >> reporter: i heard that you guys might be flying at night as well? >> were going to fly at night to fine out how the camera detects the oil at night. the target is going to be easiest to find in low satellite conditions and the infrared may be a primetime where...

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Communication whatsoever, how do you explain it? >> i think youve got to look first and see what evidence we have and what we dont have. if you look at the device that shows the airplane on radar known as a transponder, we know that after the signoff from the malaysian controllers and before they would have contacted the vietnamese controllers, this device stopped. we dont know if its electrical, we dont know if it was a component failure, we dont know if somebody switched it off. what we do kno...

Communication whatsoever, how do you explain it? >> i think youve got to look first and see what evidence we have and what we dont have. if you look at the device that shows the airplane on radar known as a transponder, we know that after the signoff from the malaysian controllers and before they would have contacted the vietnamese controllers, this device stopped. we dont know if its electrical, we dont know if it was a component failure, we dont know if somebody switched it off. what we do kno...

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Path as the search enters it 111 11th day. >> there are alarming terror plots. some are absurd. i heard on cnn an alien obduction should have caused this, but one that is popular is the possibility of an onboard electrical fire that would take out the transponder and the acar system and have the pilots in a rush make a quick turn. do you have information on that, whether its a credible possibility? >> the issue i have heard consistently from my contacts i have been talking to throughout the day ...

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8:11. this data, taken from the tilt of the satellite is being used to set up a broad arc or corridor for two dozen nations that are now searching for 370. these corridors now stretch from kazakhstan to northern thailand, indonesia to the southern indian ocean. emphasize again, this was new technology that was never designed for this purpose but it is the best satellite link or data link to the aircraft at this time. bill: catherine, leading our coverage in washington. a closer look some of what...