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To see these radar pings without the identification for the aircraft itself would be very suspicious. and certainly there are huge questions as to why the malaysian air force didnt scramble jets at this time. certainly this is a bone of contention were press conference yesterday local time the deputy minister fought off questions about this matter. obviously a embarrassment. >> is it receptive to the our people helping out? we did have three americans on board that plane and that is an american-...

Missing. so, for them not to come forward, it makes you wonder about the quality of the radar control and coverage in this area if you go up the coast a little bit further. you have burma, same questions could be raised there. and, you know, thailand is a constitutional monarchy. its a great place to visit. i have been there. but its not the most democratic and open country out there. >> well, i read that they said that they hadnt been asked for the radar yes, thats what they said. clearly they ...

Investigated. terry in looking at the similarities. have they looked into what it was he was doing with that similarity. >> no. they havent released any information about that similarity other than the fact that they seized it in a raid on his home. >> have they explained why the malaysian military has been withholding information at least that the plane came back through and at least we think noted by their radar? >> no, they havent explained that. it took several days for the information to co...

You didnt pursue it, 239 families would be gone and families would be wondering where and. what scott, thank you. >> thanks, greta. okay. lets go off-the-record just for a minute. the country of thailand, well, they get the prize. the prize for being the lamest country of the day. yeah, i know. putin, president obama and annexing crimea, perhaps making russia look light today latest country. no surprise. we expect bad behavior from them. the award goes elsewhere to the surprise, thailand. we n...

Fuel actually was loaded on to that plane before it took off or making the assumption it was only enough to get to beijing and another hour or so? >> no. they havent verified how much fuel was on board. they have say that the plane had enough fuel to make it as far as kazakhstan after it was last seen on radar. and kazakhstan, obviously is a long way from malaysia. >> but they are not at least -- they are not giving us the precise numbers and saying we can say for certain this how much fuel was ...

Americans and now to us. and its very hard to know whether the malaysians have a good handle whats going on. >> interesting because the plane was due to land at 7 a.m. but you would think that if at 1:07 was the last acars communication. they expected another one at 1:37. they didnt get it at 1:37. did they look at the plane or think about where is our between 1:37 and 6:30 plane landing at beijing or ignore it? >> thats the thing it doesnt look like the malaysian military did anything about it....

When the journal broke the story that this plane was still in the air. were thankful that that was still going because that really is the evidence that it was still flying. >> well, what kind of date is 8:11. every hour or so i would think there would be data at 6:11, 7:11 and 5:11. handshake. plane is in the air or provide any sort of information? >> it says nothing but the plane is still in the air and that its flying and they are able to triangulate and get through analysis of the signal. but...

Investigated. terry in looking at the similarities. have they looked into what it was he was doing with that similarity. >> no. they havent released any information about that similarity other than the fact that they seized it in a raid on his home. >> have they explained why the malaysian military has been withholding information at least that the plane came back through and at least we think noted by their radar? >> no, they havent explained that. it took several days for the information to co...

Fuel actually was loaded on to that plane before it took off or making the assumption it was only enough to get to beijing and another hour or so? >> no. they havent verified how much fuel was on board. they have say that the plane had enough fuel to make it as far as kazakhstan after it was last seen on radar. and kazakhstan, obviously is a long way from malaysia. >> but they are not at least -- they are not giving us the precise numbers and saying we can say for certain this how much fuel was ...

Pilots has gone through a background check before. they had to go through a psychological exam. background check and training just to become airline pilot that in no way means that they are totally absolved of responsibility for. this they will retwo of the key figures of the investigation. >> how about the pilots and even the question little bit stuck on tonight. how much fuel is on board that plane? have they verified and gone back and determined how much fuel really went on and not what they ...