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Know that this was going terribly wrong? >> well, there is a smoke and fire detection and suppression systems in the cargo holds of these wide-bodied planes. however, we know about this. and what happens and how it reignites and how difficult it is to put out because of the boeing 787 fires in boston and in japan. and the firefighters themselves reported that they kept trying to put it out and it would keep coming back. it was very very stubborn. and so thats why boeing reinvented the box on tho...

He is not a radical. he has never proposed to overthrow the government by force, he is quite moderate. >> and he has been unduly targeted by this government. >> he has been unduly targeted by the government. one thing that has been odd, he was convicted on charges of sodomy, right before the plane disappeared. a lot of people in malaysia think the charges are spurrious. >> and we talked about how it complicated the dynamics, many countries in the region they say have not cooperated. they have ye...

A u.s. warship is taking part in the search. the poseidon is using its underwater detection capabilities in other ways, dropping sonar buoys into the sea. sam lagrone is joining us, the editor of u.s. naval institute news. >> hi, sam. >> thanks for having me on. >> thanks for being with us. one of the frustrations is, it takes four hours for these planes to get to the search site. they can only fly two hours and then they have to turn around and go back. thats a big frustration, isnt it? >> it i...

If the cloud base is low in that area, that will hinder and scupper the search and rescue -- not the search and rescue, but the identification of debris effort if you like. >> weve been talking about this plane disappearance for 12 days. >> we have. >> and your tone has remained steady and it is this early morning here on the east coast. you dont sound convinced at all. >> well, you know, shep, as i said to you before, ive got 3,500 flying hours. ive been a casualty pilot, search and rescue pilo...

>> reporter: three orion intelligence planes have been dispatched with sensors and radar. planes capable of low flight and able to stay airborne for up to ten hours. the u.s. navy has sent a p-8 poseidon aircraft with a unique capability. >> it can go up above 20,000 feet or even depending on what they are doing and then it can control a fleet of drones as they look at very specific areas of the ocean. >> reporter: its also a war-fighting plane but in this mission its the underwater detection ca...

Looking. thats the waters off australias west coast. the question is, how could the pane have flown that far without being detected by radar? everything we know so far, at least we have been told, has come from satellite. david mattingly is "out front." >> reporter: with all the technology, all the sophisticated systems, all the different planes air traffic has managed on tens of thousands of flights a day flying under the radar to essentially disappear sounds ridiculously easy and surprisingly,...

Devin dwyer, abc news, new york. now they think they are finally looking in the right area because they say if the missing malaysian airline jetliner flew north over malaysian mainland it would have a difficult time detection. >> the military radar we have in areas like that, almost, almost inconceivable it would have been missed by that many people who scour the skies. of course, nobody knows for sure. thai military radar at three different bases in thailand finally, after ten days, theyve co...

Clearance from the indonesian government. is it in the air now? that plane is not taryn. its sitting there when it could be used in this vital search. another intriguing twist in the investigation to tell you about but like so many other developments it raises even more questions. fishermen about 10 miles off the coast of katamaru say they spotted a low flying airliner. thats 350 miles after its last known contact could add to the evidence the airliner was avoiding detection on radar. we go to...

Both in the united states and around the world anytime soon. >> is there a cheaper detection that would be of the quality that one could use to find this plane? >> well, the faa mandated that by 2020, such a cheaper fit or cheaper technology will be placed on airplanes that would enable them to be spotted easier by air traffic controllers as well as pilots and other aircraft, but again, this is 2014. thats still a number of years away. >> do you think this type of incident, the flight 370 incide...

Just ask a pilot where their plane is over the radio and take their word for it. >> we are going to transition from a radar-based navigation system to a satellite-based navigation system. theres a lot of costs involved in some of the carriers, the airlines have been slow to adopt that because theyre not really sure the federal government has that commitment as well to serve them with equip better. but until we get that well continue to have the dead zones out there. >> upgrades are on the way. e...