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Because they believe that the speed was consistent, the heading was consistent, and the altitude was consistent. and so when you put all that together, that suggests autopilot. so did we have a scenario where the people in the cockpit are dead are, incapacitated? did something catastrophic happen and theyre unable to perform their functions? most investigators now think its unlikely that somebody wasnt doing this on purpose. why? we have no idea. and investigators are now trying to really get in...

Generally. thats the custom. lets assume the left engine flamed out first. if you guys could put it -- 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. so put it on auto pilot, 12,000 feet. give it asymmetrical thrust with the right engine going and left engine off. im curious if the auto pilot has enough authority to compensate for that asymmetrical thrust. in other words, if one engine is going full gun...

This would be helpful for the searchers. then we could get an idea how far it might be able to fly on one engine, and if, in fact, it would stay on heading. thats all useful information that might help us. >> mitchell, do we know? >> i can try it here. it would take some time. >> reporter: were at 22,000 feet. >> what is your sense of what might happen, do you know, mitchell? >> yeah, i think the compensator, if theres electrical power in the airplane, then it would compensate. thats what its de...

You pass out, passengers pass out. airplanes got plenty of fuel. its on a predemmtermined cours. it will now fly for hours until eventually it runs out of fuel. thats the scenario. we dont know if it really happened that way. many speculate it could have. >> miles obrien, the plane did make several turns. so would that be possible under an auto pilot scenario? >> you would have to put in the way-points for those turns. that given the scenario you just laid out is highly unlikely. what that pilot...

And this is important. and im going to explain why its important. because, according to the investigators with the british accident investigation board, let me go back to this page, they have come up with this scenario, here, where according to the data, the plane came all the way down like this, and this is based on the satellite pings, youll recall. those faint pings, coming off the immarset satellite. that would give them some source of direction, but theres kind of a branch here. if you cons...

>> the pilot could pull off in the shadow of another plane. and it would disguise that youd om see the information from the first plane and you wouldnt see the blip from the second plane. my opinion is that that couldnt really have happened. >> the skill set necessary to fly formation undetected for an airline pilot is not a normal skill set. also, theyve got to find another airplane at night. i think its a very very far-fetched scenario and theres no evidence at all to back it up. >> if not in ...

Hijackers demand to be flown to australia. >> okay, guys, i told them, this flight is destined to nairobi. we dont carry enough fuel to australia. lets land in nairobi. well refuel. and then we can go to australia. otherwise, i told them, its impossible. >> the hijackers refused to allow captain abate to refuel at cities along his route. they want him to fly out over the water toward australia. the pilot knows thats a losing proposition so he hugs the coast. >> then he said, why are you flying a...

Development tonight about the missing malaysia flight 370 and what may have happened inside the cockpit. it is about the heading and altitude of the plane before it vanished from radar. a source close to the investigation tells cnn that according to military radar records, the plane made a sharp turn, dropped a considerable distance toward the ground. thats important because our source tells us that maneuver was done abruptly and just two minutes. meaning the pilots likely did it intentionally. ...

And then they say, already, good night. the plane ds flight number, height, speed, and heading are all cut off at the same time that the plane is supposed to check in with air traffic control in vietnam. then, between 1:21 and 1:28 a.m., the plane changed altitude as it headed to the strait of malacca. the plane then disappeared from all radar. at 2:40 a.m., malaysian airlines tries to contact the missing flight. and then theres a code red at 3:45. at 6:30, the flight is due to land. at 8:11 a.m...

Tracking a major development tonight about the missing malaysian flight 370 and what may have happened inside the cockpit. it is about the heading and the altitude of the plane before it vanished from radar. source close to the investigation is telling cnn that according to military radar records, the plane made a sharp turn and dropped a considerable distance toward the ground. thats important because our source tells us that maneuver was done abruptly in just two minutes or so, meaning the pil...