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All these various countries should have been brought in in the first place. because that was the highest probability of finding anything. now, as the days pass, im not very confident that theyre going to find what were looking for. >> greg, the reality is that at this point, this is a search story, i would think. and lets give people some indication of the scope of the search. we tried to do it yesterday. lets reinforce that today. is it not accurate to say that the search operation being conduc...

Is possible has been squeezed out. >> okay. >> because as soon as the acars were turned off, the data part. the box, itself, wasnt turned off. thats how we got the ping, six hours of pings. the electronic box was still active. it was just the data downburst. once we lost that, we lost the transponder. the airplane went out of radar coverage and we dont have eyes in sky, the satellite data to track this airplane. now its anyones guess and we will not get any more data. if the airplane is found an...

>> thats correct, reverend. the big thing here is that one of the pilots could have programmed both flight plans, and then when the other pilot returned to the cockpit and asked, is it ready to go? yes, weve got the flight plans programmed in. theyll put it up on the primary flight displays, see that the flight plans been programmed in, were good to go. >> all right. were looking at different angles throughout this hour the show today. and just ill end this part of this new segment, because we h...

Would want too go in there and fly a simulator after theyve just flown for eight hours. >> thats what im wondering. >> its apparent this pilot was just immersed in flying in some way, shape or form. >> greg, if in a simulator that sophisticated, what are the chances we can delete the computer files? >> im not an expert but the forensic guys who do the work will probably get some of those deleted files, in not all of them. >> authorities are still looking into when they were deleted. they are mak...

Flight simulator. the question is when it was deleted, why it was deleted, if it was deleted right before the flight as if it was something premeditated. greg feith with the national transportation safety board, is this information notable to you on a scale of one to ten? can you hone in on this and tell us how important it is. >> i think right now its a 7 to 8 only because these fly simulators, especially as elaborate as the captains flight simulator, can enable him to go out and log flights. t...

Was anything -- >> they say that theyre trying to retrieve the files recently deleted and they say theyre giving it their best effort. obviously, though, adding to this, the defense minister said the pilot is proven -- innocent until proven guilty. again, deleted files on the pilots flight simulator, the one he had at his home. theyre trying to retrieve those files. well look into that more. greg feith, if you need to come bark well bring you back. we have to get to ukraine now. russian presiden...

Were no problems with the flight. a timeline that would seem to strongly suggest foul play by the co-pilot and anyone else active in the cockpit at the time. but, crucial caveat, former national transportation safety board investigator greg feith told nbc news this new information does not necessarily by itself indicate ill intentions. according to feith, "some pilots will program into an alternate flight path in the event of emergency. we dont know what the reason was for this particular flight...

Obviously a plane safely landed somewhere, is there anything definitive that can be determined? i mean, i guess my point is, in the absence of finding the plane which does seem to me less and less likely each day this goes on, or at least finding it in the near term, what does an investigation even consist of, or is this about what were going to get? >> well, i dont see how were going to get a great deal more than what weve got. and even what were getting now seems to change a little bit. i mean...

>> it could be. it depends on whats in the file folder. >> we have an entire team working on this. obviously there have been issues with transparency with information coming out malaysia. greg, stand by. thanks very much. up next, the must-read opinion p pages. plus, president obama awards veterans who were long overlooked for their heroic actions. ♪ [ girl ] my mom, she makes underwater fans

>> we get the very latest on the investigation including new details tonight on the crucial turn in the flight from nbcs tom costello in our d.c. newsroom. tom, good evening. >> hi, brian. we knew whoever made the u-turn in the plane did so with the help of the onboard computer. tonight weve learned when the turn was programmed in. at least 12 minutes before the co-pilot calmly said good night to air traffic controllers. that would further indicate the u-turn was planned and executed i...