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>> the developments are coming as u.s. intelligence officials tell cnn they believe that the pill on the are responsible for the jets disappearance. we are joined by aviation analyst mary. it is so good to have you with us. what specifically are authorities looking for in that flight simulator that was in the captains house? >> yes. some flight simulators save your recent work, save your recent routes flown. if the captain had flown a route similar to what they are picking up on the satellite pi...

>> are we supposed to -- it sounds strange to us, we think about flight simulators. he had one in his home. should we make anything of that? >> not without some more evidence than that. if they go in and see that he was simulating this flight and the strange trajectory it took, that would get your attention. history of the few planes that have been brought down by suicides is that they never really discovered much in examinations of house and relatives and things like that. egypt air was a big c...

Others in malaysia air that mip helped. theyll be looking at other pilots that might have trained on a 777. theyll be looking at any kind of problems, unrest, people who were disgruntled, and in doing that theyre going to expand the net pretty far. but its a pretty small group of people who are expert 777s. >> its understandable why family members are so frustrated, theyre not getting information, they dont have their loved ones, and people are really feeling like malaysian authorities are keepi...

It begins to disappear essentially, a very deliberate 90-degree left-hand turn. thats very well understood. the systems begin to turn off. perhaps only able to turn off at the hand of someone very experienced in aviation. that begins to point them towards the cockpit. malaysian officials, of course, searching the homes of the two cockpit crew members, the two pilots, taking the flight simulators from one of the houses. you can begin to see a pattern not just u.s. officials but malaysian official...

I remember years ago an faa inspector that i worked with said that he gave a flight check to a then-twa pilot and he said that the pilot was so good that he must have had a flight simulator in his basement. and it actually turned out that he did have a flight simulator in his basement because he had a passion for aviation, he was consumed with aviation, and it was just something that he did. so i dont think we can read too much into the fact that this captain had a flight simulator. a lot of kid...

Met working with underprivileged children. >> if you were allowed to choose a pilot on board of the plane, i would definitely choose him. >> reporter: why is that? >> i feel confidence and trust in him, because of the joy and the passion in flying, and, you know, if something had happened to this flight, i would think, and in fact, i would believe that he would have made sure of the safety and the welfare of everyone else before he even thinks of himself, and that is the kind of person that he i...

Does it read like a deliberate turn? >> it looks like a deliberate turn, the question is whether the pilot did it or someone else? i fly flight simulators on my mack and change the heading in a matter of seconds. you dial it in the heading and sul youll see the magnetic arc -- >> that is so nerdy and impressive. >> i can go major aviation geek on you. ill spare you that. the point is in flight it doesnt take a lot to change direction of the aircraft. >> and its a sharp turn like that. it could h...

Now at last count, you saw how big the circle looks, a 35,000 square foot area that has could be combed through. is it possible that we never find this plane? >> you can never say never. but right now, with what we dont have, any kind of wreckage that would be on the surface, what you would expect, especially if the airplane that large went into the water, it would have been a catastrophic break-up, you would expect to see a lot of floats. we dont see it. the longer with we go, if the aircraft i...

This is a pilots eye view of runway 14, branson, missouri, where the pilots were supposed to land. this is runway 12 at clark airport. also called trainee county airport, seven miles away, where they actually landed. >> one runway at 140 and one runway at 120 is 20 degrees difference in the direction that those runways are pointing. >> pretty close. >> very close. >> thats one possible explanation for why that 737 landed at the wrong airport, according to this man. hes a longtime pilot and presi...

>> has that changed much? >> not that much. they now changed the hours. they are better requirements, better training. >> but i assume a pilot and copilot for a u.p.s. jumbo jet, they get paid decent salaries. >> they do, much more than the commuter planes and probably much more proficient, with hundreds of thousands in flight simulators, and theyve flown many, many miles. >> were standing by for this press conversation. whats the most important thing you want to hear? >> essentially that they c...