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gravestown, mississippi. around 10:00 a.m. local time. int not all that far from where it took off around 5:00 a.m. this morning. you could see a beechcraft, a twin engine commuter, seats about six or eight people and we know from authorities in tupelo that this plane was stolen by what appears to be an airport employee. police received a call around 5:00 a.m. central daylight time where the pilot of that plane, actually we dont know if it is way pilot. but the person flying that airpl...

Pre -- decent flying knowledge could figure this out. but the real question is how they responded if this airline did run out of fuel. what it is telling to me right now is that in that image of the airplane in the field, there is no apparent signature, there is no apparent sign of a fire. if the plane was full of fuel, that could be a possible outcome as well. the fuel is flammable. so, if this airplane did ultimately run out of fuel and signs point to yes, and the engines fail, you cant run en...

Show to them whoever was flying the plane, someone who had good control, good flying knowledge of the aircraft this person was intentionally trying to avoid radar detection by indonesian radar. they say to put this picture together with the help of radar information from neighboring countries. really this is going to give investigators here an additional sort of insight into the psychology of the person piloting the aircraft at that moment. we know investigators are looking at the crew. they hav...

Be the ones that actually hear that. there will be a transcript release. >> theres no way the audio is going to reach the public domain. >> its only through this cockpit voice recorder, which is the other box, which the tpl would ultimately listen for the ping. is that correct? theres no other way an investigator can tap into any kind of audio in the cockpit, correct? >> thats exactly right. that data is only captured on that flight recorder, thats right. >> staying with you, one of our senior i...