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Completely, the other is still winding down. this is that plane. this is that slow degrade. >> richard, this is very important. to help searchers try to figure out where to look >> yes. because youre looking at where that last ping, that last half ping, the half handshake was. so clearly it would have been on the same heading according to this experiment. one thing i do need to put down to any viewer now marginally concerned about anything we are showing here, these planes are designed to fly fo...

Thought. if that is true, which they seem to think it is now, it means it burned more fuel, which suggests it did not fly as far south as first thought. so the surveillance aircraft are getting airborne and have a new ocean to search. this chinese plane lifting off a short time ago outside of perth, including some ultrahigh tech american p-8 poseidons. the second heading to the region from okinawa, japan. well have an explanation of why exactly now this radical shift 1600 miles difference in the...

Knots. and when it gets to 12,000 feet its going to level off on that heading and the throttles are going to come up and that airplane is going to hold 275 knots or whatever that heading is set until it runs out of gas if no one intervenes. that may explain at the high powered setting this they were going faster than 250. if he used flch to do an emergency descent, that filter flight level change, that gets you down the very fastest. the auto throttles pull them back to idle. at 12,000 fight the...

In other words, one side is going full blazes, the other one is dead. told that auto pilot compensate for that. theyve answered that question. that means it would maintain the heading it was on even if one engine flamed out first which is highly likely. so thats a really important clue to help searchers. because we know that last we call it the last half handshake, its one of the scenarios is that just that happened. one of the engines flamed out, caused an electrical surge, and it tried to rech...

12,500 feet, probably after that, they became totally incapacitated. that airplane would stay at that altitude and on that heading until it would run out of fuel. >> reporter: so that low altitude could have been set by the pilots when they realized that the plane was in trouble or by autopilot. also this revelation that the plane was flying faster than expected initially supports the notion that the pilots may have been trying to get that plane down as quickly as possible to the nearest airport...

Simulator, martin savidge and mitchell casavo. and miles obrien and richard quest. theres a question that miles brought up two nights ago if one engine konked out before the other. can you show us how that would impact the planes heading? >> reporter: right. miles and i actually spoke on the telephone and sort of worked this through. so mitchell casado will shut down one engine. >> this is the fuel control for the engines. left engine, right engine. pull the fuel control lever cutoff. you can se...

To 10,000 feet and if they were overcome, the plane would continue on that heading. what we see from the data that was released today are two additional turns. two additional turns. one tend sends them up to the northwest, the other to the area where were searching. so in the heat of that battle, as it were, were they have put in extra wait points? it didnt take him to an airport that was close by, so unfortunately, thats where this theory tends to fall down. there must have been something else ...

Whatever, fumes. everybody is now unconscious, but because the plane is on a new heading and because its on automatic pilot and its got six hours of fuel, it will fly and fly and fly until eventually it runs out of fuel, the engines turn off and then the plane begins a descent into the ocean. now its not clear if that descent would be dramatic or whether it would be gradual. there are a number of features on this airplane to make it gradual. either way, without human control, once it gets to the...

Action. the plane starts a descent and it starts a sharp turn. the reason for the turn is youre over water, you want to get back towards land and get back towards the airport or longest runway you can find. youre descending because you need to breathe. youre up at an altitude where people cannot breathe. the oxygen masks are on for the pilot and co-pilot. the passengers have had that drop down in front of their face. you need to get the aircraft down at an altitude where people can breathe norma...

Obvious what happened. >> yeah, we dont have anything clear cut here. i like the guys in the simulator to try one idea. lets assume the left engine is the first engine to be started generally. lets assume the left engine flamed out first. if you guys could put it -- and lets go with the 12,000 foot altitude, which weve been talking about. i dont believe a lot of these altitude numbers weve been hearing about it. so put it on autopilot with asymmetrical thrust with the left engine off. if one eng...