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Problems. famous air france flights that goes back in the atlantic. its the horrible kind of winning the wrong lottery after winning the wrong lottery after winning the lottery. you have -- >> im losing you. >> sorry, im totally -- >> i can talk to that. can you hear me? >> yeah, ive got you. >> lets take the fact that all pilot errors are -- mechanic kag are a combination of things. air france, the pilots werent trained how to compensate for it, in fact, made the wrong decisions. weve had that ...

Had catastrophic damage to the plane, they are both going to go out. its likely they have the wiring, et cetera is all in the same area. there is not going to be an answer to this question as to whether they were destroyed, damaged and went down or they were turned off until we get the come mitt voice recorder and flight data recorders. thats the data we have got to have. bill: you need physical evidence. >> i need evidence. i dont like speculating. bill: you say there is no evidence of terroris...

Winning the lottery. you have -- >> im losing you. >> sorry, im totally -- >> i can talk to that. can you hear me? >> yeah, ive got you. >> lets take the fact that all pilot errors are -- mechanical are a combination of things. air france, the pilots werent trained how to compensate for it, in fact, made the wrong decisions. weve had that often. its normally not just a pilot error. something mechanical. the md-11 swiss air flight in nova scotia. the pilot decides to dump fuel off nova scotia as ...

That matter, it would be the 777. its an exceptionally reliable airplane. >> secondly, a mechanical failure would have had to have been so catastrophic it took out all communication, but apparently did not cause the plane to break up in flight. theory four, human effort. its the leading cause of commercial airline accidents responsible for up to 80% of crashes. but the errors are often compounded by external problems like weather or technical issues. the last time a plane just disappeared, air f...

So again, i dont think were going have those answers until we either put eyeballs on that fuselage or recover those flight recorders, the black boxes. >> mary? >> and also if this was like an air france scenario, again there was a mechanical problem followed by a pilot error, and what it did is stalled and then it falls to the earth. its been likened like to a leaf. and thats where it would break up is as it fell to the earth. so its hopeful. its possible. and for the families sake i hope that i...

Until we take some eyeballs on that fuselage or recover those flight recorders, the black boxes. >> mary? >> also, if this was like an air france scenario, again, there was a mechanical problem followed by pilot error, and it just stalls and falls, its been likened to a leaf, thats where it would break up. its possible, and for the familys sake, it is hope it is. every piece of information is excruciatingly painful for them. i hope this is it. >> david, what do you make of the communication by m...

Microscope. the first 777 rolled off the assembly line in the early 90s. now its flown by almost every major airline. american has 57, delta 18 and united 74. in its 19-year history, only one fatal crash. the asiana airlines crash in san francisco last july. early indicators point to pilot error. the faas web site lists more than 100 air worthiness directives for the 777. they alert airlines to potential issues with the plane so they can inspect or repair it. last september, a warning that 777s ...

>> thats right, anderson. you dont know until you actually find the physical evidence. building on davids point, there are four competing theories of whats occurred here and weve really got to look at all the facts whether it be terrorism, hijacking, pilot error or mechanical failure. at this point without any real physical evidence i think youve got to look at all the people that are involved. three of those competing theories that are people that would have been involved in those first three a...

Talked to quite a few of them, that would seem to me to suggest foul play in some form. i cant imagine a plane just flying around for an hour without being able to communicate with anybody involuntarily. >> well, exactly. and that was the central point i was trying to make earlier. it is worth underscoring. very strange indeed. and you say well it would seem to suggest foul play. there are all kinds of things that seem to quote suggest foul play. i for one dont rule out foul play. in fact as tim...

Figure this out. the oddest thing, the black box gives a ping and that has not been picked up at this point. then you have the transponder shut off. i talked to a 777 pilot who said that could be turned off by the pilots, if theyen watted to turn it off, but why would theyen watt to turn it off. thats odd, right? >> its all very odd. the australian women who were in the cockpit with the pilots beforehand. it does not look like pilot error, if the plane had broken up, they would have found a debr...