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So again, i dont think were going have those answers until we either put eyeballs on that fuselage or recover those flight recorders, the black boxes. >> mary? >> and also if this was like an air france scenario, again there was a mechanical problem followed by a pilot error, and what it did is stalled and then it falls to the earth. its been likened like to a leaf. and thats where it would break up is as it fell to the earth. so its hopeful. its possible. and for the families sake i hope that i...

Until we take some eyeballs on that fuselage or recover those flight recorders, the black boxes. >> mary? >> also, if this was like an air france scenario, again, there was a mechanical problem followed by pilot error, and it just stalls and falls, its been likened to a leaf, thats where it would break up. its possible, and for the familys sake, it is hope it is. every piece of information is excruciatingly painful for them. i hope this is it. >> david, what do you make of the communication by m...

Location they had, if they receive the imagine monitoring. thats going to help me decide possibly the search area. >> i am asking everyone that comes on, the guest that im speaking about, all of the experts and the pilots are saying, this has us shaking our heads. they had no idea and they never heard of anything like this. do you agree with that? >> i certainly do. this is quite a mystery. until we are able to look at some wreckage or get our hands on the black boxes and the flight recorders, i...

One possible piece of information or collection pieces of information has led to the possibility that a new area, a search area may be opened in the indian ocean. >> in the indian ocean. what is this new information that has propelled the search in a different direction towards the west? the plane may have flown on for several hours beyond the last radar reading that the malaysians have shared. there are 56 ships and 30 aircraft taking part in the search but they better hurry because the locator...

>> no. clearly, if all of the power was lost to the aircraft or something happened to take out that part of the electronics, the electrical system, yeah, that would turn it off. but certainly one aspect of turning it off is because you dont want to be seen. >> reporter: radar tracked flight 370 flying for another nine minutes. then the plane vanishes. but the one piece of the plane that is likely still communicating, the flight recorders. only sonar equipment can detect their pings and time is o...

Crashing. this plane has just gone silent. >> right. and i think thats the biggest unknown that is worth examination going forward. the idea that you dont have deployable flight recorders -- flight recorders that send back its own signal, float up to the top if something happens with water, there is not more sophistication in modern aircraft to ensure in tragedy there is constant reporting and availability of data is a little shocking. >> it is. but 447 talks about that. 447 says there should be...

Aircraft, and until that location is determined, and until the flight recorders are recovered, there is going to be no certainty about what happened in that cockpit that night. >> how extraordinary is this disappearance? disappearance of this huge plane, simply vanished. in all your years investigating these kinds of situations, give us a perspective, some historic perspective on the disappearance of this flight. >> this is most unusual. particularly because its such a modern, high-tech airplane...

Has to be done t determine how he has purchased the tickets. how many other times has he arranged for travel on false passports? has that always been someone seeking asylum? we dont know how he knew the two individuals that got on the airplane. thats still a question. i think that ron noble, secretary general of interpoll says it reduces the likelihood of terrorism being the cause but doesnt eliminate and doesnt account for couple hundred passengers on the aircraft and crew members and the possi...

The airbus 330 with 228 people aboard vanished beyond radar on a flight from rio de janeiro to paris. >> reporter: people that go on the planes want to know what happened. >> reporter: it took search crews five days to find any debris and two years to locate the plane and its flight recorders on the ocean floor. eventually, they determined mechanical failure and pilot error were to blame. then, there was egypt air flight 990. it too went down mysteriously killing 217 people. like the malaysia ai...

Transponder. and you know, it is tough, beyond that. the only way well know with no witnesses, no may day, no communications from the cockpit is by finding those flight recorders. and you know that is a tough task at this point. jon: if they do find some debris and can.point the general air where that -- pinpoint where that went down, will your organization be ready to jump in to help find the weakage? >> we made it clear to the state department were available and standing by if they require any...