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Ocean? >> well from a logic standpoint we dont know if the entire airplane is at the bottom of the ocean, because, again, if this airplane had any kind of breakup in flight we can spread debris, and since some of the smaller islands are in that area, there could still be debris from this airplane. but for all intent and purposes if this airplane has hit the ocean and broken up yes, the remnants of the airplane are sitting at the bottom of the sea. >> greg you probably know a little bit were expe...

Answers. joining us to help try, greg feith. mr. feith, thank you for being here. >> thank you, rachel. >> im obviously a total layman when it comes to these matters. were all trying to understand these things. does it make sense to you that the last burst of data, at 1:07 a.m., that acars data from the plane, would have included this information about the planned route that the plane was programmed to turn? >> what we dont know, rachel, is the entire route that was planned in there. typically, ...

Making this a little more public this morning. bill neely in perth, australia, for us. bill, glad you got there safely. >> joining us is greg feith, former senior investigator with the national transportation and safety board. and, greg, you know, weve used all sorts of cliches, needle in a haystack, but thats what this feels like. these two grainy satellite images. nothing yet to be confirmed. with the visuals from these planes. >> chuck, this is probably the hardest part, because while these a...

And doesnt necessarily mean something more sinister at play, with a search area more than 2 million nautical miles. a huge portion of that is in the southern indian ocean. southwest of australia where american aircraft are combing through rough waters for any sign of debris. the area is too big for underwater sonar. much of the focus remains on the pilot and first officer. officials say nothing suspicious turned up in the home of either men. we begin there and try and branch out just like invest...

Is a very daunting, overwhelming task and unfortunately all the assets theyre bringing it now from all these various countries should have been brought in in the first days. now as the days pass, im not very confident that theyre going to find what were looking for. >> greg, the reality is at this point this is a search story i would think. lets give people some indication of the scope of the search. is it not accurate to say that the search operation being conducted for this plane is basically ...

Thats been in the database for two years. >> lastly, concerns of terror. you have people that say if it were that type of situation, wouldnt an organization by now claim responsibility? >> thats not a sure thing. terrorists dont always claim responsibility. it took al qaeda a long time to claim responsibility for 9/11. sometimes they do. it may be an accident and they dont want to have egg on their face and claim they did it and it turns out to be an accident, or it could be part of a larger plo...

For which we should hopefully with able to get empirical answers. joining us to help try, greg feith. mr. feith, thank you for being here. >> thank you, rachel. >> im obviously a total layman when it comes to these matters. were all trying to understand these things. does it make sense to you that the last burst of data, at 1:07 a.m., that acars data from the plane, would have included this information about the planned route that the plane was programmed to turn? >> what we dont know, rachel, i...

Fythe back with us for the entire hour. also an aviation journalist writing about the missing plane for slate.com. he also wrote "extreme fear: the science of your mind in danger." i want to start with you, greg. what happens next? what do the search teams today hope to accomplish? >> hopefully, abby, the weather clears up. thats the biggest problem right now is trying to get those airborne assets into the area and low enough to be able to get high resolution pictures. if they find this floating...

For which we should hopefully with able to get empirical answers. joining us to help try, greg feith. mr. feith, thank you for being here. >> thank you, rachel. >> im obviously a total layman when it comes to these matters. were all trying to understand these things. does it make sense to you that the last burst of data, at 1:07 a.m., that acars data from the plane, would have included this information about the planned route that the plane was programmed to turn? >> what we dont know, rachel, i...

We dont know everything but, again, at some point we eventually will. >> former ntsb investigator greg feith. thanks for your time tonight. >> youre welcome. joining me, national security analyst, michael leiter. okay. the two stolen passports. so, you read that and you firstly think, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, something is up here. the second thought i had, i dont know how common if you picked a flight at random in that part of the world or any part of the world you would scratch the surfa...