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A lot more fuel burned than if youre up at altitude. >> yeah. youre going to increase your fuel burn by anywhere between 40 and 50% at that altitude. so your weight is going to be decreased with the higher speed. >> so we know that this search area has been pushed back by about 700 miles to the northeast. does this seem to fit with an aircraft doing 400 knots at what altitude? >> well, even with all the stuff we dont know, it does make sense. but to get a definite answer we would have to know th...

>> this will remain at somewhat an exact science i dont have exact figures of speed but this is estimated speed between south china sea and straight of malaka. >> human control of the plane beyond a certain point? >> aassumption is that it was traveling at a chose to constant speed we reasonably know the aircraft continued to travel as we bring together the team two sets of data. from hulling of the satellite that can give the specified time and aircraft which we rely on the likely performance o...

>> this will remain a somewhat inexact science. i dont know the exact figures of the estimated speed, but this was an estimate between the south china sea in the strait of malacca. a range of assessments have been made about likely speed thereafter. >> no human control of the plane beyond a certain point? >> the aircraft was traveling at a constant or close to constant speed. the reason we know the aircraft continued to trouble is that we are bringing together, we and the international investor ...

Know more than what were hearing about, because it just doesnt make a lot of sense to me. >> you know, there has been a lot of talk, speculation in the media over the last week or so. but then when you hear the actual people involved with this, talk about how they came to the analysis that theyre releasing it does seem like speculation. i mean, theyre essentially guessing at the speed. theyre guessing at what they think the aircraft should do. they dont know if it was on auto pilot or human cont...

And these turns could have been over just coincidental with way points that -- >> so lets talk about what we dont know. we dont know if it was under human control or on auto pilot. we dont really know the altitude that the plane was flying at, right? >> that was my point. but if -- i mean, lets get rid of the 12,000 feet scenario just for the purposes of this. if it stays at an altitude of 35 -- over 35,000 feet then youre talking about that higher fuel burn, arent you, captain. and youre talkin...

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...

New debris sightings and a more focused search area still havent answered a key question about the missing jet liner. why did it fly for hours and hours to one of the most remote areas on earth. cnns martin savidge plays out a haunting scenario from inside a boeing 777 flight simulator. >> reporter: morning, carol. its called the zombie plane or its called the ghost plane or the plane without a brain. whatever you call it, it is an aircraft that is now no longer in human control. heres a scenari...

Then the plane had to go back up to optimum altitude of 35,000 feet. how would you take the plane back up from 12,000 feet to say 35,000 feet. you would have to do it manually by pulling back or have to reset the auto pilot? >> yes, and if you reset the auto pilot, theres electrical power in the airplane. >> and youre going to burn fuel to climb back up. >> if this report is true, and this is a source telling cnn, it hasnt been officially confirmed, if the plane did go down at 12,000 and went ba...

Malaysian site over the straits of malacca and we know nothing else about it until today. >> there is a source that the plane at one point flew at some 12,000 feet. >> yes. after the turn, immediately after the turn, the plane is said to have descended to 12,000 feet and one implication being so the pilot could fly back along the route without getting in the way of danger of other air traffic that would be at normal altitude. >> thats based on a source that has not confirmed. >> if that is true,...

Do you share marys point of view that in light of this new information about the sequencing that its unlikely that you have an indication that the piles did this intentionally? >> i keep coming back to the fact that the aircraft changed course for some reason. it didnt apparently go wildly out of control. it changed course. now, why did it change course? it seems to be under human control. now, the fact that nobody telegraphed those actions ahead of time doesnt change anything. im just hesitant ...