Their theories. The big question, and i think, jeff, you said this, a reward would be pennies on the dollars. Exactly. Why isnt there a reward posted . A reward would be pennies on the dollar for what this search is costing. Thanks for joining us. Good evening. Its 11 00 on the east coast. 11 00 a. M. In malaysia. We begin with several pieces of information. Item one, the search zone is focusing on the southwest coast of australia. Item two, investigators tell us the path it took, the path caught on radar suggests the rout was preprogrammed to hit certain navigational points. Item three, the fbi is examining
data from the captains home Flight Simulator. We have a lot to get to. First, because these developments have been stacking up day after day, i just want to take a moment tonight to try to get everyone back on the same page with what we know so far. It begins on the morning of the 8th, flight 370 takes off from kuala lumpur bound for beijing. The final stream from the Acars Data Re
Its a window to where they could be taking the investigation, whether they might be jumping to conclusions. Our panel tonight has a lot to say about that. Also tonight, the race is on to locate and examine 122 pieces of debris reportedly spotted by a french satellite. The big question is, is it a real lead . Real hard evidence of what happened to the plane and the 239 people on board . Is it debris from the plane . Theres that. But we begin with the flight crew and what american investigators uncovered after analyzing the captains home flight simulator. For the latest on that, were joined by pamela brown. So theres this usa today report out there from one unnamed malaysian source saying theyre focusing on the pilot. I understand the fbi is expected to turn over hard drive information to the malaysians in the next day or two. What are your sources telling you about what they uncovered . Reporter at this point, sources are telling me they havent found anything in a preliminary review of
Great job. Reporter most of the time is wreckage is not in one piece, debris scatters, some sinking, some floating. Life jackets could be in there, seat cushions, anything in the bins that floated. So its certainly possible that substantial pieces of lightweight debris, not aircraft structure, could be found floating six days after if the aircraft struck the water. Reporter air France Flight 447 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean in 2009. In this case floating debris led search crews to the wreckage five days after it went down. The debris field was relatively contained. That shows it broke up when it hit the water before some of it sank 2 1 2 miles to the ocean floor. In 1996 twa flight 800 exploded in the sky near new york. Debris scattered far and wide. Investigators had to map out several debris fields. The cockpit sank, but the fuselage and wings scattered far because of how high up the plane was when it exploded. The initial pieces of floating debris just give you a clue where to st
Far. What is intriguing is the location. According to the chinese its within a 20 kilometer or 12 1 2 mile radius of this spot on the map which corresponds closely to the point where controllers lost contact with the airliners radar transponder. We should stress again, this is very preliminary information. However i it may help narrow back down a search effort that grew enormously today. More from pamela brown. Reporter these Satellite Photos released by the chinese punctuate a day of case of and missed messages. Five days into the search investigators are still struggling to locate the missing 777, expanding the search area to 27,000 square nautical miles. The way forward is to be analyzing both the civilian and military data in the of the the east or west. Reporter 12 countries assisting with search operations. But complicating efforts are a string of confusion and conflicting statements by malaysian authorities. Military officials there now appear to be backing off an earlier sugges
One report got president obamas attention. One got action. Tonight, we could report on what could and what might be early signs of accountability. It concerns the woman in the car youre about to see scurrying from her car. Director helman, can you please talk to us, director helman . She is director of the phoenix v. A. , and now she finally did agree to talk with our drew griffin after leaving in her vehicle. Late to today at 5 58, she and two others have been placed on administrative leave. This could be a big deal. We will have more on this later in the hour. First, flight 370. Malaysian authorities releasing more on the flight 370. What little there is is not flattering. The document of wasted time and opportunities to contact the boeing triple 7, to track it and investigate whether or not it was in trouble and ultimately find the remains of it. Renee marsh begins our coverage. Reporter almost two months after flight 370 vanished, malaysian authorities finally released an initial r