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Well, the leader was run up for the second time on sod my charges. and just seven hours before he took the flight controls. theyre scrambling to find a scapegoat. the government also has been mum with satellite data. critics say they were quick to cast suspicion on the pilot because of erased data from his flight simulator. meanwhile, investigators continue to look at the pilots life, religion, and politics.

Was a minor field, was found five, six, seven days after the initial event. the black box is in the main body of the debris. not found until a considerable time later. virtually two years. so the information thats contained on them is absolutely essential. one is a cockpit voice recorder that runs in a two-hour loop. so in the case of a malaysia air, the problem is going to be that youre only going to get the last two hours of conversation, if thats found. the other box has a treasure-trove of d...

Firestorm where the five-decade reign is showing signs of deteriorating. well, the leader was run up for the second time on sod my charges. and just seven hours before he took the flight controls. theyre scrambling to find a scapegoat. the government also has been mum with satellite data. critics say they were quick to cast suspicion on the pilot because of erased data from his flight simulator. meanwhile, investigators

Process. if we had a fire situation our objective toys get the airplane on the ground as quickly as possible. >> john, can you show some of the other systems down there. depressurizing, some of the other things that are possible to look at? >> theyre tough to see. but collins makes radio gear. you can see here, well give them a little commercial, collins radios extensively used. hamilton standard makes lots of controls on airplanes and some electronics. we saw cabin pressure controller on the ot...

Controls on airplanes and some electronics. we sought cabin pressure controller on the other side. we have here control units for certain actuators. the 777 is a digital airplane. its run by electronics. even connections from the pilot, theres only i think seven cables in the whole airplane for the flight controls. its a fly by wire airplane with minimum backup. >> heres the traffic alert and tcas as they call it. when you get too close to another airplane. >> theres the cabin controller right h...

You can see here, well give them a little commercial, collins radios extensively used. hamilton standard makes lots of controls on airplanes and some electronics. we saw cabin pressure controller on the other side. we have here control units for certain actuators. the 777 is a digital airplane. its run by electronics. even connections from the pilot, theres only i think seven cables in the whole airplane for the flight controls. its a fly by wire airplane with minimum backup. >> you can see some...

Matter of routine by its flight management system, and this will guide the airplane to wherever it has to go along its waypoints. now, greg is absolutely right. this could have been a manual or a semi-manual turn. either way. using the autopilot or manually turning the plane using the flight controls. however, the subsequent track that the aircraft flew following standard navigation waypoints would strongly suggest that the navigation system was reprogrammed and used during the course of this fl...

Mechanical failure, fire on board, for instance, which gradually shut down systems or the pilots felt like they had to shut down systems, correct? >> anything is up for grabs at this point. we can go back to twa 800 where it was attributed to fuel pumps in one of the tanks, because of dry tanks to ignited the vapors. that could be a possible scenario. i very much doubt it because these airplanes have been modified so that never occurs. but, you know, when we talk about catastrophic failure, it p...

Is what a lot of people thought early on. that seems to be ruled out if you believe the satellite data that this plane was flying around for hours afterward. but there could be some kind of mechanical failure, fire on board, for instance, which gradually shut down systems or the pilots felt dolike they hado shut down systems, correct? >> anything is up for grabs at this point. we can go back to twa 800 where it was attributed to fuel pumps in one of the tanks, because of dry tanks to ignited the...

Would lose flight controls because the spread above that air speed is about ten miles per hour -- >> what does that mean? >> in other words, the airplane is flying so high the max performance of being able to stay in the air, and the speed controlled he would have, lets say 500 miles an hour, if he went 505, he would get a high speed buffet. if he went 490 miles an hour he could endanger the plane with a stall. but if he did anything like pulling the plane up with a zoom cloud for altitude, the ...