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It looked as though there had to be two people in that cockpit aware of what was going on. so if there was a change of course, its not something you can really do surreptitiously, is it? >> no, its not. its something -- any change of course, altitude, flight level, as we refer to it, it has to be verified. so with that white line i showed you there, when we verify, i would say to the other pilot, left turn to a heading of whatever, verify, and he would say confirm. and thats when i would enter t...

Computer or just in heading hold mode to track that heading. so the fact that it appears that it turned either to the north or to the south doesnt really jive with that theory. there is still the idea of a hijack of some sort, either an intruder or the crew. you know, thats sort of where we are. were looking for enough data to make a reasonable conclusion. >> jim tilmon, how accurate do you think this radar information is that has been released? do you believe -- because a lot of it is not clear...

Conducting this flight. >> greg, the point is that there is evidence that somebody in the crew is turning off its its the communications, turning off the radar and all of a sudden you see it re-emerge on a different flight path after a turn. that says to you somebody has made a deliberate decision to commandeer this aircraft and go in a different direction? >> absolutely. there would never be a reason for a pilot to turn off the transponders. that is the key for air traffic controllers to be abl...

Conducting this flight. >> greg, the point is that there is evidence that somebody in the crew is turning off its its the communications, turning off the radar and all of a sudden you see it re-emerge on a different flight path after a turn. that says to you somebody has made a deliberate decision to commandeer this aircraft and go in a different direction? >> absolutely. there would never be a reason for a pilot to turn off the transponders. that is the key for air traffic controllers to be abl...

It is due to transmit again it is due to transmit again and never does. 1:19 a.m., someone believed to be the copilot provides the last verbal communication with air traffic controllers. his last words, all right. good night. its a common goodbye to controllers after being handed off. at 1:21 a.m., the transponder that identifies the plane to civilian radar goes off. critical information like the planes flight number, height, speed, and heading are all cutoff. this happens at the same time the p...

Acars. it measures information about the pilots performance and sends information via satellite. its due to transmit again at 1:37 a.m. but never does. 1:19 a.m., someone inside the cockpit, believed to be the co-pilot, provides the last verbal communication with air traffic controllers. his last words "all right, good night." its a common good-bye to controllers after being handed off. at 12:1 a.m., the transponderer which identifies the plane to civilian radar goes off, critical information li...

Investigation that the malaysians are taking this morning. don? >> jim, lets talk about some of the theories. a lot of them going around. theories as to what happened including from the government that there was -- what are the latest theories there? >> well, you know, theyre leaving all options open. right? it could have been somebody that came into the cockpit and took over the plane. u.s. officials dont think thats likely because, you know, one of the main communications systems that reports ...

Paint, non descript blip on the radar that said the airplane was at a distance and heading in a direction but that was it. >> so lets look at potential flight paths here on the map because it could have gone a couple of different directions. the southern route versus the northern route, if youre going north, all you of a sudden you get over a big land mass in south asia, the middle east. a lot of u.s. military assets there, other military assets that other countries have. it seems implausible yo...

And more than one person may be involved. manually changing the planes course. malaysian military radar showed the plane climbing and diving erratically after its transponder went dead as the "new york times" first reported. is it a sign of a fight for control in the cockpit? well get right to our breaking news. dramatic breaking news. joining me now cnns barbara starr at the pentagon, also "new york times" reporting matthew wald and john ostrow from the "wall street journal." john the "wall str...

User friendly. pfs designed by pilots for pilots. as ive said before the auto systems are -- theyre fantastic. what they can be very simple to operate. i could, for example, take this gps, set a court, pick up a bearing, say its 300 degrees, rotate the heading select to 300 degrees, press the button. now the plane is flying at 300 degrees. i can do that on any airplane on earth. i dont have to be familiar with the airplane. i have to know that the airplane has an auto pilot, that the airplane ha...