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Looks a heck of a lot more like a hijacking or an inside job. >> something nefarious. >> than mechanical error. >> thats a potential issue. i think another potential issue, sean, as somebody who flies internationally, myself, i would love to tell you that these cockpiting are truly secure. >> theyre not. ask but on an international flight, if a pilot comes out. all they do on those international flights is the flight attendant puttings a car. >> thats all they do. >> people are blaming the pilot...

>> and correct me if im wrong, as a result of this new development, the likelihood that there was a catastrophic mechanical error as opposed to some human getting involved and doing this, the likelihood of mechanical problem has dimmed. >> thats right. the mechanical structural has reduced and human increased. >> so where does that leave the investigation now, tom? youve led these investigations in the past. i know there is cooperation with the malaysians but there are a lot of questions out the...

They might have a friendly analysis that leads us in the right direction. >> the good news if it was an accident that happened over the ocean the waters around here are te relatively shallow which would assist in recovering any evidence. the planes cockpit data recorder there are locator beacons attached to that recorder device if they locate this. >> it makes no sense with all of the technology available today. thank you very much, doug. this situation is so unprecedented. experts have been s...

Families hold out hope that a michael may still be possible. our thoughts are with all of them and all of those family members waiting for those and those still searching. that does it for us, well be back at 11:00 p.m. eastern tonight. make sure you check out the case with sunny hostin and mark geragos at 10:30 eastern time. peeshz morgan live tonight, vanished, where is flight 370. friday night when we first came on the air to tell you live about the missing malaysian airliner 777, 239 peopl...

We begin with a fox news alert, overnight we got more information on the missing malaysian airlines flight with 239 people. >> listen to this, now we learn radar indications show that the plane may have turned back or attempting to turn back shortly before disappearing over the south china sea. >> and there are still no signs of any wreckage. families desperately wait for any sort of news. elizabeth is live in washington, d.c. with brand new information with the passengers on board. elizabeth, w...

Friday. looking for very cold temperatures, however, different story in the northeast. its going to stay mild for the next few days, next chance for rain will be on friday. >> chris warren, thanks for the update. >> federal investigators continue to review the activities at the metro north engineer from the 72 hours before the train who was at the helm that crashed. his client experienced a sort of days in moments before the train traveling nearly three times the speed limit. derailed going arou...

Workers in this country has been well documented. i want to point out that metro north alone has 121 stations in seven counties in new york state and two counties in connecticut. you know, as a private pilot, i would ask do we know whos doing the maintenance? i know this is going to come out in the investigation, the ntsb is going to review all of that. im not sure what kind of regulations as far as time on engine are put on the rails or anything like that. but do we know whos doing the maintena...

To be terrorism. no one is talking about terrorists. was there human error or mechanical error? tell us about the death toll and the number injured. is that expected to rise? >> caller: unfortunately, yes. 77 people are confirmed dead by the court system here. its court officials who confirm those figures. they are still working on the scene. a spokeswoman says they expect to find other bodies in cars. dozens and dozens of people injured, some in serious injury. just to give you an idea, 218 peo...

Because of that or because of the plane crash. investigators are still looking into that, kate. >> investigators, of course, still looking into the cause, if it was human error, mechanical error, a combination of the two. have they given us any time line of when they think we will have a final answer of what they think caused this crash? >> reporter: well, theyre saying it could take about a year but theyre making this a priority to figure out exactly what went wrong with this. one thing i shoul...

Very good information about tell us about the last seconds in the cockpit. we know that seven seconds before impact the crew acknowledged in the cockpit to each other that they were slow. they had a target air speed of 137 knots, and theyre acknowledging that theyre below that. at four seconds they got a stick shaker activation, basically telling them the airplane was about to stall if they didnt take other action. and about 1.5 seconds before impact, they are calling out to each other for a go ...