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You haveassumptions beyond your level of comfort. >> have you reached any personal opinion as to whether this plane was on autopilot at the time prior to the crash? >> theres no question in my mind it was running on autopilot. again, we have very little clues as to where it was. 20,000 or 5,000 feet. as far as the flight path goes its possible not only autopilot but this aircraft is very well trimable. you trim the aircraft to the best configuration even b without autopilot, potentially could fl...

Are not making a call, it is checking in with the cell tower saying, i am hee, and you are there. >> reporter: and those pings give the satellite company enough information to reconstruct the planes likely flight path. surprisingly, the data shows that the 777 flies for several more hours after disappearing from radar. and it ends in the south indian ocean. the constant changing, conflicting news puts families in a tailspin. >> it is a roller coaster ride, and one moment im fine and the next mom...

Victims families, and they will continue to have these nagging questions about this investigation and the direction it is going. i think everybody here feels as if they can get something more concrete in the next 24 hours, they can try and give them some measure of peace. >> yes, well said, and it is important to remember what they continue to go through. and im wondering at the news conference, paula, did officials give a lot of credibility? a lot of confidence that now they are working with an...

Australian officials on tonights breaking news, the search area has been shifted. thats the polite way to say it. the old search area weve been following for the past week, thats been abandoned. theyre not searching there anymore. theyve moved about 680 miles to the north because of assessments of flight 370s flight path have been refined in their words. you heard there from australian maritime safety officials. they were asked has it been a waste of time? the response was, it was the informatio...

Authorities responsibility to be releasing this kind of information. but they did say specifically were now working on the most like likely flight path. it would have been nice to hear from the malaysians a lot. we dont have our own sense of the radar information. we dont have radar information syncek up with the air traffic patrol operations. we have precious little information to go on. we have been hanging our hats very heavily on a satellite, geo-stationary satellite that handles very basic ...

Im sure mr. young would have a comment on this as well. this is an attempted search, a very large area. surface debris will give us an indication of where the main aircraft wreckage is likely to be. this has a long way to go yet. >> there were indications that the plane had changed course several times. this was one of the reasons that foul play was suggested. can you explain the current thinking on that. >> the radar data i was talking about was related to that, initial stages where there was s...

Positional information from the aircraft and its later poling of a satellite through its aircraft systems. the new information is based on continuing analysis of radar data, about the aircrafts movement between the south china sea and the strait of malacca before radar contact was lost. this continuing analysis indicates the plane was traveling faster than previously estimated, reducing the possible distance it traveled south into the indian ocean. the international investigative team supporting...

Remote control from the ground in the event of an emergency. in a situation of distress, in this scenario, the pilot could flick a switch or maybe some kind of a sensor could trigger the autopilot. the autopilot could then be activated by radio or satellite. and our aviation analyst, mark weise, explains what would happen next. >> everything now that the pilots who try to do would be inconsequential. because the ground controller would be handling its flight path, its landing gear, its flap syst...

Should under line. im sure mr. young would have a comment on this. this is an attempt to search a very large area. for surface debris which would give us an indication of where the main aircraft wreckage is likely to be. this has a long way to go, yes. >> gentlemen there are indications that the plane changed course several times z this was what one of the reasons that foul play was suggested can you explain the current thinking? is that still the belief? >> the radar data i was talking about is...

Positional information from the aircraft and later calling of a satellite through its aircraft systems new information based on continuing anal sis of radar data about the aircraft movement between south china sea before radar contact was lost. this continuing analysis indicates the plane was traveling faster than previously estimated resulting in increased fuel usage and reducing the possible distance traveling south into the indian ocean. the international investigative team supporting the sea...