point at which it left military primary radar coverage, mh-370 s movements were consistent with deliberate action by someone on the plane. so that suggests criminal activity, not mechanical failure. well, not necessarily. i mean, you could still have that they had a mechanical and that s why they were deliberately flying the way that they did. it doesn t rule that out. the criminal investigation has been ongoing from day one just in case it is a criminal matter. but we don t know what caused the term or what caused the pilots to do what they were doing. and if there was some problem on that plane and it disabled their communication capability and they were trying to turn around and, you know, it still does not say for sure that they committed suicide or that it was terrorism or hijacking. it just said the plane was being flown in that direction. consistent with deliberate action by someone on the plane. i know that there s this loophole. tom is right. it sounds to me that the avera