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To get some information they might be able to release. >> all my sources are saying it is going to take some time because of the large volume of the data in that hard drive. at least a couple of taerabytes. i understand that is a lot of data they have to filter through. what they will find out is the degree of those deletions, whether they were routine or more sophisticated. then, they will find out exactly what was on that deleted data. it could take several days. we dont have a specific timeli...

Indian ocean is continuing. a merchant cargo vessel has taken the night shift with high powered lights to hunt for what could be parts of this missing plane. trying to find and track the missing pieces. possibly a plane debro. some of the best questions are straight from you. lets throw your questions at the experts. we are bringing them down. cnn aviation analyst and inspector general and david funk, former captain for northwest airlines. a lot of you are asking me about auto pilot. let me read...

Mcgraw. good to have you with us. as you look at these developments and the possible flight path, what comes to you? >> this is obviously the most probable area the airplane could go down. the ntsb early on, days ago, determined this is the most probable path the the debris is in the right area. i also know from having participated in active investigations that often there are promising leads that dont pan out. theres a lot of debris in the ocean. finding something of this size in the area the p...

Would give the families some peace. then to figure out why. and theres a couple reasons why. it could be as simple as the pilot just blew a gasket for whatever reason. we may never know. it also could be -- and this was pointed out earlier too. it could be a counterintelligence situation where somebody somewhere in the world is interested to see, what our capabilities are. thats one reason why our own intelligence agencies have been so cautious because they realize theyre being watched too. >> c...

Is this a known flight path or would someone actually have to be flying physically in this direction? >> the plane could be on auto pilot, what we call heading mode. there doesnt have to be a flight plan for the flight to be on automatic flight. you could point in a direction at 360 degrees at altitude and speed and the airplane would just fly that. you dont actually need a path. it can still be on auto pilot. >> what was toautopilot when the plane runs out of fuel? >> auto pilot will disengage....

Ourselves. they may not be from the aircraft. >> matt taylor from cnbc asian pacific reporter appreciate that very much. we have a lot of different things pushing against this investigation. timing aspects in terms of getting to the potential scene which is 1 thousa,500 mile and having to leave in two hours. it is being seen now as the best lead. debris found outside the australian perimeter, outside the perimeter just a bit but within the flight path in the indian ocean. so i want to go to bobb...

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We are following this breaking news on the missing jet and the possible debris, large piece of debris that were found off the coast of australia. steve rattner, you have some more thoughts on the whereabouts of this plane other than what we are talking about this morning? >> well, id like to go back to first principles a little bit, because there are still a lot of theories around us as to what happened. to me, certain things if what we are being told is true, that is a big if, i think we know s...

Would give the families some peace. then to figure out why. and theres a couple reasons why. it could be as simple as the pilot just blew a gasket for whatever reason. we may never know. it also could be -- and this was pointed out earlier too. it could be a counterintelligence situation where somebody somewhere in the world is interested to see, what our capabilities are. thats one reason why our own intelligence agencies have been so cautious because they realize theyre being watched too. >> c...

Evidence yet. i agree with you. as these days have gone by and we havent found any indication that a large jumbo jet is in a discrete location. still, we dont have yet what we have been seeking and what we wanted for so many days now. we dont have a solution to the mystery. >> as we look at the latest hard news that we have on the missing plane, these objects that we are focused on so heavily this morning, they are in satellite images that were taken four days ago. they may be difficult to locat...