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The malaysia airlines flight that just disappeared with 239 people on board. there are new clues this morning in this investigation, new reports that the planes turn off course was preprogrammed into the flight computer. the big question, was that done on the ground or was it done in the air? now malaysian officials say it is not clear if the final words spoken by the co-pilot to air traffic controller came before or after the planes data reporting system was shut down. the malaysians themselves...

A deliberate action by someone on board that plane. now, that could mean a whole range of different things. there are so many questions about what that might mean. i want to bring in a guest right now, steve wallace is with us. steve is an aviation expert. he has looked into this kind of thing before. steve, let me ask you this. youre former director of the faa office of investigations. steve joins us from washington. steve, one of the things weve been discussing all morning is the flight comput...

Co-pilot or someone with the knowledge of the pilot, how to fly that 777. burning questions remain who exactly and why. the night flight 370 vanished. someone inside the cockpit, a u.s. official tells cnn, programmed the jets computer to leave its planned route to beijing and head west. the new details corroborates the leading theory of u.s. investigators that the planes sudden change in course was a deliberate act by the pilots or someone else on board with extensive knowledge of flying. today,...

Idealogical act of protest? take a listen. >> malaysian government releasing to us the information they have about those two pilots. then we can build a case for if its jihadists, international network links or another situation, a suicide or personal derangement. >> that, harris, seems to be the main inquiry right now. >> what are experts saying about what might have been happening on the flight deck? we have been able to put more facts and actual pieces of this together. >> yeah, its about the...

Put into the computer, if a paper flight plan given to the crew in kuala lumpur, flight plan uploaded by malaysian air operations into the flight computer, onboard the aircraft, you read back from if computer to the paper flight plan, all the way points, all the distances and headings, so it is checked off that the flight plan on the aircraft matches the paper flight plan thats been agreed to by air traffic control and airline. you check that off. to me what it says is that when that airplane ma...

Which raises the question did one of them possibly turn off the transponder? back in 1999, officials say, the co-pilot of an egyptian air 767 that was bound for cairo from jfk, they say he committed suicide in the cockpit by intentionally crashing that airliner right into the atlantic ocean. it smashed into the ocean off of nantucket. in the current case, though, many possibilities are currently being considered. and authorities have now turned their attention, as weve been reporting this morn...

Fragmented i dont know what to believe at this point. im sure my colleagues feel the same way. >>w3 i think that was -- after e initial what? >> whatever it was, detonation or whatever happened to that airplane >> how did the airplane turn? >> any number of things could have happened in that, when that airplane starts coming apart partially. so the controls are impacted. >> when into that computer, that werent part of the initial flight how did they get in there? this airplane hit a specific wei...

Was showing us but the military says this is what they believe may have happened. >> it is interesting, shepard, and i want to let everybody know this is all conjecture. this is a very unusual circumstance, and police continue to book your travel plans for the summer. dont let this stop you from flying. i like what youre talking about as far as putting random way points within the flight computer, and if enough research was done ahead of time, they could have those already listed if they know wh...

information independently but a hearing is set for tuesday in federal court in tucson, arizona. 14 fires are scorching huge chunks of oklahoma right now. oklahoma county sheriffs deputies are looking for a possible arson suspect who may be linked to one fire. a red flag warning is in effect for much of the state. oklahomas governor says dangerous conditions are fueling the fires. at least 120 homes or buildings have been destroyed. a live report from oklahoma. stay tuned for that her...

Systems aborted it half a second before lit off. the company is spacex attempting to launch the rocket over the weekend and nasa has been working with the company to try to make it happen. if it happens it will mark a milestone going from a government run office to a privately backed operation but the flight computer detects an engine problem and aborted launch. the company try again early tomorrow morning. just about 30 seconds ago. and now, we have physics prefer with us, and the author of "ph...