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Were following the breaking news that is coming in this time from "the new york times." reporting that the malaysia air flight 370 experienced significant changes in altitude and altered its course more than once as if still under a pilots control. american officials and others familiar with the investigation says radar signals appear to show the missing airliner climbing to over 45,000 feet soon after it disappeared from civilian radar and then made a sharp turn to the west. radar shows that th...

Then according to the "times" report, it made a sharp turn to the west. the radar track then shows the plane descending unevenly to an altitude of 23,000 feet, thats below the approved cruising level and thats as it approached the malaysian island of panang. thats this dot here. thats one of the countrys most densely populated islands. then the plane turned from a southwesterly course here to a northwest-bound course, climbed to a higher altitude, flew over the strait of malacca. the times did s...

Many as four hours after it went missing. but malaysian officials are denying this, at least publicly. >> those reports are inaccurate. the last transmission from the aircraft was at 0107, which indicated everything was normal. >> reporter: in a hint the focus of the search might be shifting west, india has dispatched two ships to the eastern indian ocean, and u.s. ships involved with the operation are steaming toward the same area to help with the expanding search area. >> its my understanding ...

Of the island of panang. made a sharp turn recrossing the peninsula before disappearing. malaysian officials have been careful not to speculate if this blip is in fact the missing jet. officials have come under criticism from other countries for giving confusing statements and withholding critical information. today they pushed back. >> malaysia has nothing to hide. we have spared no expense and no effort. we have followed protocols as since the incident began. >> reporter: adding to the already...

Operations. but complicating efforts are a string of confusion and conflicting statements by malaysian authorities. military officials there now appear to be backing off an earlier suggestion that the plane made an abrupt turn to the west less than an hour into the flight. rerecognizance the malay peninsula and ending up in an island in the middle of the malacca strait. other asian officials doubted this theory. then the military offered another theory, saying instead an unidentified blip turned...

Cutting off essential data like altitude, heading and speed. lets check in with jim clancey from kuala laum pu r? >> very heated press conference today in kuala lumpur. we watched the malaysian officials hedge their bets. they said, yes, they tracked this when it had the trans poppeder out there into the south china sea and, yes, they had another object from the same point at the same time that tra transponder went off and going out about 200 miles northwest of panang which would put it in an al...

Now, this plane was last seen by this radar track, and its called a primary radar. which meansit not sophisticated, doesnt give much information at all about the plane. the last time they saw that plane on the primary radar was about 200 nautical miles, 250 miles, northwest of an island called panang. if it was northwest and we dont know what altitude, it was heading towards indian waters. significantly, the indian navy has been asked to join the search. so slowly joining the dots, cannot say --...

Radar see the plane having made a distinct left turn. 45 minutes later at 2:15 a unidentified plane shows up for final time on military radar 200 northwest of panang. six hours after that, at 8:11 a.m. a satellite picks up the last known signal from flight 370. within hours malaysian authorities confirm the plane is missing. a vietnamese plane spots an oil slick but it is not from a plane. debris is also spotted unrelated as it turns out. then the theories. two iranians on board using stolen pas...