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>> and as the captain made the point, you can have dispatchers and pilot decide to change or deviate from that original flight path any point along the path because of weather, because of any threat they can deviate. you may think youre flying over safe territory but you dont know that for sure. you have to leave it up to the airlines and the governments to assure you are traveling over safe territory. >> maybe time to provide more information about this. tom costello, tom bunn, appreciate it. ...

And their missiles only go 13,000 people. but witnesses saw a powerful launch issue in the same reason where the plane went down. well show you the flight path. from amsterdam to kuala lampur and went down over the east of ukraine, right next to the russian border in a separate incident ukrainian officials say a russian plane shot down a ukrainian fighter jet using an air-to-air missile. defense officials say yuan yuan -- in ukraine say its proof the kremlin is directly supporting the separatist...

They could find the pinger but its detacheded from one of the two black boxes? >> its going to depend on the impact sequence. if we had a slow impact, the plane stayed relatively intact, the boxes will have stayed relatively intact and theres a higher likelihood or probability that the pinger is still attached. if its a high-speed impact where you have a catastrophic destruction of the airplane, theres a high likelihood that the box itself has shredded and the pingers been dislodged. >> what are...

Able to tell them something. but she is not forthcoming with information. he says that it could be because this could be a shock. she could be grieving. but whatever it, he says that they are pursuing investigations with the wife, and they hope to get more information. and this is, as i said, its a progressing story. and im at it, and i hope to get more information from him. i do believe that he knows more than what he is telling me, but that he is all he is telling me for now. >> okay. a stung ...

>> using a type of analysis never before used in an investigation of this sort, they have been able to shed more light on 370s flight path. it is therefore with deep sadness and regret that i must inform you that according to this new data, likely 307 ended in the southern indian ocean. >> well, bob hager, we just heard the verdict there it seems conclusive. it tells us seven hours after the plane last contact, left their radio transmission with the ground that everyone died. the question i gues...

Terrorist groups that are still determined to carry out attacks, including against especially aircraft. >> reporter: days later the malaysian government was quick to down play hijacking report. >> despite knee jerk reports that the plane was hijacked, i wish to be very clear, we are still investigating all possibilities as to what caused mh 370 to deviate from its original flight path. >> reporter: with 152 chinese nationals among the missing passengers, beijing said there was no terrorism linke...

Right about that, but then today search teams went to the spot identified in those photos and said they couldnt find anything in the ocean south of vietnam where those satellite images had spotted something that was maybe something. it wasnt anything. the chinese government also came out today to confirm that the release of those satellite images was, in fact, a mistake. those images should not have been released in the first place. earlier this week, there was another what felt to be a huge bre...

Government is trying to debunk suggestions that the pilots deliberately programmed the ultimate flight path. they said the last acars transmission did not show the reroute contradicting u.s. reports it had. tom costello has the latest. one of the many frustrating aspects of the search is items seen from the air or by satellite disappear by the time ships arrive. wheres the search focus now? >> thats a good point. its a massive search zone. here we are all the way at the end of what we believe wa...

Kidd now set to bow out. the navy destroyer will head home if the plane is not found in the next few days. william la guinness. >> a lot doesnt make sense. if it was pilot suicide why not crash immediately. cockpit fire, why not land immediately and have a mayday. todays new information does suggest a possible deliberate act by a pilot. here is why. the planes original flightplan took it north to beijing. about 40 minutes into the flight, the plane suddenly turns west. why? "the new york times" ...