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Russians or someone else, to be able to effectively operate this missile system? >> you know, its one of the odd things about these very sophisticated systems. to some extent, they are easy to use. i mean, you can give a guy five hours instructions on some of these things and you can launch a missile and get it off toward a target. the question is, how do you operate them as part of a system where youre plugged into target acquisition radar where you know what the civilian flight paths are. so i...

Of flight 17, the faa expanded u.s. flight restrictions over eastern ukraine. >> there are certainly questions about the route flight 17 pilots took on their way to kuala lump lumpur. most have been avoiding the area because of the fighting. indra petersons is here to take a look at the dangerous flight path. >> getting closer to why the flight path changed yesterday. theres a lot of reasons flight paths change. one can be weather. the flight path to the south, the path they took yesterday is 20...

Guideline, the flight path they took to the south, that would have been more dangerous. only now have they expanded the restrictions to include the flight path area they did take yesterday. malaysia airlines does not have to follow the faa regulations. regardless, that was considered a safer area. the one thing to show is there were 21 other planes in the region. not to say there were no planes right now. russian airlines as well as private jets were flying in the restricted air space. >> its in...

The whole time im wondering, wow, isnt there a war going on down there and arent we at risk flying on these airplanes? clearly the international community has to get together on some of these zones where planes are flying and lay down rules about why we do or dont fly over these areas. >> weve seen an adjustment with some airlines saying this isnt the flight path theyll take in this region. thank you very much. youre a pilot. you were taking a look at the flight paths over the last several days....

Now airlines are reportedly examining their flight paths and theyre saying theyre avoiding flying over the area. it should be pointed out that in recent months the faa had put out some restrictions for american pilots, american flights and american cargo traffic in this hostile area of the world. i am joined tonight by captain tom bund, retired airline captain and also with us this evening is jim cavanaugh, nbc news and msnbc law enforcement expert and joining me on the phone is scott hamilton, ...

Of the way but certainly safer. >> thank you very much, chad myers. this is the second time this year that malaysia airlines has faced an incident involving a downed plane. as youre all aware on march 8th, malaysia airlines flight 370 disappeared with 239 on board. extensive search efforts so far unsuccessful. richard quest and miles obrien. great to have you both with us. richard, it is horrible reality that were talking about two downed planes operated by malaysia airlines. given the warnings ...

>> the whole process of analysis has been an iterative one. based on the satellite data, there was theoretically different flight paths. it could have taken all sorts of shapes and changes of course. we had to make some provisional assumptions about the behavior of the aircraft, which was then tested against the data and analysis. the best felt, the best probability of the flight path is one that has it on the straight course. so we have concluded it was on auto pilot as we can conclude at the s...

The secret service and the capital police. i would refer you to agencies that handle flight paths. i would refer you to the chinese. >> all right, so what does jay want to do next? well, he didnt say. but looking back at some of his briefings, weve found a clue. >> you and i, were going to do this on "cross fire," i promise you. >> well, jay, i refer you to jeff zuckerberg. all right, morgan spurlock is next.

That flight 370 was still in contact with satellites for more than six hours after it went missing. the numbers do clearly show the plane continues to get farther away from the satellite. so what the satellite company did is they used different models of flight paths and aircraft speeds. and they determined that flight 370 ran out of fuel and that the very last ping was sent out right when the fuel supply was exhausted. then they calculated how long it took for the plane to descend. they worked ...

>> i think that in the back of their minds, they do all have some idea of what they believe happened. and the prime minister was not and would not even privately tell me what he thought. but if you talk to other people here, if you talk to those close to a lot of people, they do move to the nefarious theory. and yet, and yet im going to -- i can feel arthur about to leap himself out of the seat. and yet all of the sudden out of nowhere, ill be talking to a 777 captain from the airline who will p...