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Missions until they found air france. they did have a lot better idea where air france was located. theyed an a flight path. they had a debris field. this really is just a very educated guess. a lot of scientific technology. a lot of big brains out there trying to figure out where in the world this plane could be. alex. >> all right, katie tur, thank you. football players at northwestern university could change college sports forever. they vote yesterday on whether to unionize. the ncaa and no...

Send real time data up to the shift. it depends whether youre an optomist or pessimist. if youre an optomist youll say it took 18 missions to find air france. if youre a pessimist. it will take years. they dont have any idea. its a big educated guess, series of mathematical equations. we are only on mission 14 for blue fin 21. if youre going to take the optomist side, thats four more missions until they found air france, potentially for more missions until they find this plane. they did have a l...

An aircraft is hostile or not? >> this you cant. this wasnt wearing a squawk. its dropped off. its not flight planned in the direction that its going. ifr or vfr. this is a suspicious airplane. remember all the information weve got about a climb to 39,000 feet and then over on the western side of malaysia we have this information about it dropping to 4,000 feet and then climbing again. that to me, if its not hostile, its very suspicious. >> the prime minister, even when richard quest pushed him ...

The british military and former adviser with the uk defense ministry and cnn aviation analyst. i thought i would get all? >> its a mouthful. >> it is. this is your specialty. i wanted to talk through the flight path, what we know happened, we believe happened, and then what the prime minister said because in the interview richard asked him, what happened around the time that this plane was seen on radar. and he said one thing that they knew for sure is that the aircraft that they detected on rad...

Statement, they were not sure whether it was mh-370. >> even more reason to have a look. >> they were not sure. but it behaved like a commercial airline. >> and were still not sure. david soucie and lieutenant michael kay are with me. saying it behaved like a commercial airliner, but it doesnt seem like any other commercial airliner. they certainly dont take sudden turns away from their flight path. colonel kay, whats the protocol when this happens? its been sort of the common assumption, especi...

Take, they dont know. >> how long are you hearing about the plans for the long-term search? because we really do seem to be at that phase. >> reporter: yeah, with this focused area they really did narrow down what was a really broad search area. and now, one that would appear to be almost complete. they might redo some of those areas, just go near the first ping, which is just north of this area. they could look at that arc where the flight path was suspected to be, 300 miles by 30 miles. there ...

If anything, the voices of indig nation are getting louder. i think well hear more voices demanding answers. it was extraordinary to see richard put his feet to the fire and extract a promise to release this information. >> and supposedly this information will be released, this preliminary report. the preliminary report probably wont say much. >> well, we dont know yet but it will all be information that is in the past. what we need to do now from an operational perspective is focus on what weve...

Take, they dont know. >> how long are you hearing about the plans for the long-term search? because we really do seem to be at that phase. >> reporter: yeah, with this focused area they really did narrow down what was a really broad search area. and now, one that would appear to be almost complete. they might redo some of those areas, just go near the first ping, which is just north of this area. they could look at that arc where the flight path was suspected to be, 300 miles by 30 miles. there ...

Flight path. >> heres what people dont understand when it comes to pilot against cameras in the cockpit. if you work for a company they give you a cell phone. everything in the phone belongs to cnn. they can take it at anytime and uss it. everything in my e-mail belongs to cnn. if i walk in the building if im late, they can use it for disciplinary actions. thats no different than any other profession. michael kay, why is it so different for pilots? the director of the show, the audio track, whic...

Flight path just to the north really of where theyre looking right now. also likely more assets would be brought in. were talking about the powerful side scan sonar equipment. but this time instead of going down on its own it would be towed by a ship. there is one, for example, called the orion, sending back realtime data. and it doesnt have to resurface like the bluefin. all right, thank you, michael holmes, and cnn analyst david souci, author of "why planes crash." and cnn analyst, david gal...