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His home. on monday, u.s. officials confirm that the change in direction would have to have been done through a computer system in the cockpit by someone with extensive knowledge of flight systems. and by tuesday, two possible flight arcs have been identified. one north, one south. a search area of more than 2 million square miles. [screaming] then on wednesday after distraught and frustrated relatives of the missing passengers are hauled from a news conference, malaysian officials confirm fligh...

Satellite tracks is because of analysis. it is not because somebody looked at an obvious picture and said, oh, look, it is clearly there. they had to take data they had looked over and over and over and look at it again and say, wait a minute. maybe this means something. maybe this means something. thats all conjecture. the only thing we still really know is that the plane took off and an hour later, it was gone. >> tom foreman, thanks so much. we are also following another big development thi...

Experienced pilot of long-standing? did you feel that these were potentially able to cause a plane to come down or to cause some kind of computer malfunction? >> there had been reports over the years, not a lot but some, of interference with in flight systems. the problem is, it could hardly ever be directly attributable to a specific cause. so i think out of an abundance of caution for many years there was a blanket ban, largely because no one had ever tested all the possible electronic devices...

Plane to come down or to cause some kind of computer malfunction? >> there had been reports over the years, not a lot but some, of interference with in flight systems. the problem is, it could hardly ever be directly attributable to a specific cause. so i think out of an abundance of caution for many years there was a blanket ban, largely because no one had ever tested all the possible electronic devices. but the airlines now are doing this certifying their airlines are tolerant. of whatever inf...

Night "sole survivor" which is the widow of a pilot actually where hed gone 36 hours and had barely any sleep, which is exactly the point that were talking about now. final point for you, these cell phones that we all now have, were now being told theres going to be a relaxation of the rules, already have been on certain flights. what do you feel as a very, very experienced pilot of long-standing? did you feel that these were potentially able to cause a plane to come down or to cause some kind o...

I would ask anybody who is attacking these outside groups, what is it these outside groups said yesterday about this deal? that is false today. >> reporter: republicans have their issues with this deal but so do many democrats who wanted to see much more, including an extension of unemployment benefits. so theres something in here for everyone to hate. chris? >> joe, thanks for the reporting this morning. the pilots were deeply confused before landing and relied too heavily on automate the con...

Landing manner and did that full spin. also, some incredible details coming out of this hearing. the pilot flying the plane was worried about landing. according to the ntsb, he told investigators visual racial approaches like the one he was tasked with doing at san franciscos airport was difficult and stressful. when asked how confident he was about his knowledge of the triple 7s automated flight systems, he said and im quoting, not so confident. he felt that he should study more. now, this hear...

The bensons trees and slammed to the ground on the hill. with the asiatic airplane crashing in san francisco and this u.p.s. wide-bodied jet doing the same in birmingham. the number of crashes during landing is becoming worrisome. in the past decade, 46% of all deadly crashes around the world have come during landing. >> if you want to take a look at the concern, its starting to grow when youre getting toward that mark thats more than half of the flight accidents are attributed to, on approach a...

that may come as news to thousands of vermonters that still do not have power or cannot get in out of their homes or towns but have lost their homes or businesses, but four days after irene came and went food and supplies are reaching towns that had been entirely cut off. and there are makeshift roads made for emergency vehicles only, and national guard helicopters are going where atvs cant. some of the 16 helicopters now on the job are on loan from new hampshire, right next door, and ...