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Emergency landing in the sea in shallow water. some passengers did survive. but the vast majority on board were killed. it is conceivable that we are in a situation like that where the pilots were ordered to do something that they couldnt do. but again there are other presidenpres precedents. >> im sorry. i interrupted you. >> as far as suicide, we have had suicides. but in those cases it seems that as soon as the opportunity arose the pilots plunged the plane into the ground, whereas here there...

The story of flight 370 consumes us all but why. last year was the safest year in airline travel to date. why are we so obsessed with our fear of flying? back with my panel. patrick smith, youre an airline pilot. everyones got a theory. ive got a theory that changes every hour on this based on the latest reports and so on. what is your best advised, best informed theory? could be no more than that. >> im not sure that i have one. mr. weisss suggestion i think is something thats conceivable. and ...

It will be a long time before it happened. >> theyre popping up online. did the plane land on a remote island? did a meteor take the plane down? there was actually a known meteor in the area at the time the plane took off. could it have hit the plane? >> when a spectacular event happens i think its human nature to try and find some sort of cause that explains something mysterious. >> the fate of flight 370 has become a worldwide obsession as the mystery deepens the theories are multiplying. join...

Theres talk about having been off course for something like four or five hours. so i would agree with those who are skeptical of the theory that the pilots themselves were committing suicide. >> okay. stay with me, panel. when we come back well get to patrick smith and get your theory on this. everyone has a theory. i want to hear yours. you all seem very well-informed about planes and air travel. hear what you have to think after the break. for retirement. but when we start worrying about tomor...

Airline travel to date. why are we so obsessed with our fear of flying? back with my panel. patrick smith, youre an airline pilot. everyones got a theory. ive got a theory that changes every hour on this based on the latest reports and so on. what is your best advised, best informed theory? could be no more than that. >> im not sure that i have one. mr. weisss suggestion i think is something thats conceivable. and were hearing a lot of these conceivable ideas. but although theyre conceivable the...

See. >> clive irving, patrick smith, richard quest, stand by. i want to take a quick break. the safety record of the boeing 777 and what is that safety record? more on that, more on the possible sighting of malaysia flight 370 wreckage by chinese satellites. our breaking news coverage continues. [announcer] if your dog can dream it, purina pro plan can help him achieve it. ♪ epic classical music stops ♪music resumes music stops ♪music resumes [announcer] purina pro plans bioavailable formu...

Patrick, stand by. richard kwe, our correspondent whos also an expert on all of this, whats your reaction when you heard the chinese government say they have what may be some of the wreckage of the flight? >> im going to be a little more definitive than maybe some of your other guests. look, i recognize it could be, possibly, the potential, but im much more optimistic that it is. for all the reasons that weve heard i can caveat my answer up the wazoo, but if its in the right place. if you look a...

And the 777 is no exception. when you start comparing plane to plane, thats not a fair analysis because different models are suited for different roles. the so comparing it to, say, the 737, its apples and oranges to some extent. it becomes kind of an academic exercise. i think we should be content with the fact that all commercial airplanes are very, very safe, then kind of go from there. further to that point, i hope this incident doesnt start to undermine really the fact that commercial air t...

Directive and the history of this air directive or warning is irrelevant? >> no. its very relevant. what we dont know is whether malaysian air completed that repair. >> reporter: wednesday malaysia airlines ceo couldnt answer if flight 370 was checked for that issue. >> for this specific plane i will have to check on the record. >> reporter: lets just say that malaysian airlines did not do the required inspection. does it change things? >> it only adds another piece of the puzzle. it only tells ...

Simply losing a transponder or had a malfunction with the transponder, for example, wouldnt be related to any kind of crash scenario. normally transponders operate all the way until in this example, for example, impact with the water. so the fact that the transponder may have stopped functioning somewhat prior to the impact may or may not play into it. >> and patrick smith, you know a lot of about these 777s. what would it take for a 777 like that to lose its electrical power, simply crash into ...