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Sea operations specialist. les abened, cnn aviation analyst and boeing 777 kand and the justin green, aviation specialist and pilot. when we look back at this investigation, are we going to see a turning point in terms of the flight -- the path this plane took and where it ended up? >> yes. right now i think theyre focusing in on a debris field, they should be focusing on both. >> you talked about a double search area. >> yes. >> it was stunning to everybody all of a sudden weve got this search ...

Because of the convention, an international trieaty that says theyre liable fop sue boeing, accuse boeing of causing this right now is i think really irresponsible. its not fair to the families, its misleading to them and also not fair to boeing. >> i remember with twa flight 800, everybody thought there was an explosion or something. a rocket that shot up. ultimately, it was determined that once they pieced together all those parts of the plane, they realized that it was something electrical th...

Gentlemen, thank you so much. tim taylor, les, justin and jim tillman, thank you all so much for your insights into this continuing mystery that so many people want to know so much about. gentlemen, thank you. well, was the 777 jet safe enough for long flights over the ocean? an aviation expert says, no. hes going to explain to us, next. ♪ [ male announcer ] when fixed income experts...

Been an egypt air flight with a flash fire on the ground in the cockpit. its absolutely crucial if there were a fire if there were some catastrophe like that we know right away so that we could take the right kinds of actions. remember that swiss air flight 111 that had the fire in the cockpit. drove the crew out, sat helplessly by while the aircraft crashed. its vital to find out. and the other gefrts saying, more dangerous getting a cab or crossing the street. ive been in the air probably a do...

Find the answer, but so that all of this data is being streamlined into a central location? realtime? so were getting a loop? les what do you think? >> i mean, all of these tools combine together to make an accident investigation more accurate. so, i mean, airplane signals, if that -- it becomes more available, more prevalent. this combined with the flight recorder will definitely help in an accident investigation. i mean, theres all of this stuff, it can be combined in realtime data, that the d...

So far in this search. >> will ripley, great job with the new information. thank you, will. well get back to you especially if there are any new developments. but i want to bring in our panel. jeff gardere, les abend and david jordan is a deep ocean explorer and former u.s. navy submarine officer. david, im going to start with you. my question is do objects retrieved today look significant to you in any way? or do they look like ocean trash? >> unfortunately, there is a tremendous amount of tras...

Possibly can. well, going to 45,000 feet doesnt fit into that scenario. at 30,000 feet, enough -- no oxygen out there to put the fire out. i think there hasnt been an integration in terms of radar data from malaysia and thailand in terms of the pings reported but not giving us the data and there is frustration here in the united states among the faa, the ntsb and easteeven boeing, the hasnt were there. even when the malaysians said heres where he think it crashed, they didnt consult in full with...

They did minutes after the emergency, or on the flight data recorder, and that was the key evidence in the case, and not having that would have really complicated our efforts. >> les, as an active pilot, do you believe changes is be made to the black boxes and changes should be made to the black boxes? >> well, i think changes are already in the works. i think its after 2015, ill be corrected if i get it wrong. 90 days on the beacon batteries. >> on the ping. >> i think there might be a possibil...

Question. in terms of what we expected to see from the black boxes, is there going to be that uh-huh moment, that sound of an explosion, that sound that, you know, were losing control? because sometimes we talk so smudge about the black box and then we finally get the black box and its not what we want. its not that conclusive. oh, thats what happened. >> the flight recorder probably is not going to have anything on it, because it only loops every two hour, but the black boxes -- >> distinguish ...