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Like this happens, how involved is the u.s., fran? >> well, you have americans -- youre going to have some of the family members of one victim, but once there are americans involved, the u.s. law enforcement, the fbi takes the lead for the u.s. role. and theyll coordinate and provide support to malaysian authorities. theyll work with their thai counter parts where the passports were stolen. theyll work with interpol and theyll work with the other countries where they have victims. >> mary, what ...

Was it mechanical failure, pilot error or terrorism? sources say nothing can be ruled in or out. they note the stolen passports may be tied to drug smuggling and unrelated to the disappearance of the plane. every person on that plane is going to be looked at, all passengers and all crew. the fbi has teams of forensic experts ready to go if the malaysians will let them in. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >> the u.s. navy has also joined the search. the "uss pinckney," a guided missile destro...

Saying theres a troubling travel pattern attached to them. experts caution that stolen passports dont automatically mean terrorism and theres been zero chatter among known terror groups claiming responsibility. as for the families of those on board theyre being told prepare for the worst. three americans are among the missing. its been 75 hours since last contact. tests confirm that debris and oil slicks found floating in the search area were not from flight 370. that search area is now a few hu...

Freezing fog and the crew would actually only have seconds to get their oxygen masks on or risk disorientation, blurred vision and complete incapacitating problems. the air france flight that crashed over south america, some equipment malfunction but the pilots responded improperly and thats what brought the plane down. there are many, many possibilities out there and until we have more evidence, they are all in play. >> yeah, good point. tom foreman, thanks very much sf lets get a closer look n...

Were back. how how does an airplane carrying 239 passengers on board including 3 americans vanish? thats what investigators are trying to figure out right now as they look into the disappearance of malaysian airlines flight 370. it was traveling from kuala lumpur en route to beijing saturday morning. theres no trace of the airliner which abruptly disappeared after takeoff. no wreckage has been found, no sign of mechanical or pilot error, no evidence of an explosion, no claims of terrorism. there...

What are the indications, at least based upon what we know so far? can we make any conclusions? >> wolf, i think anybodys ideas are absolute speculation. my thinking at this point would be that there was some foul play perhaps involved with this. if you had had something like an exclusive decompression, thats something, by the way, that pilots train for on a regular basis when you go into a simulator. there would have been time to alert somebody, you would have had a radar signature. the same th...

Determine for the plane. it is involved in a multi national search going on. what caused the plane to actually vanish? that is still baffling. three possible causes are being looked at mechanical failure, pilot error or terrorism. because no debris has been found along the flight path for now some investigators say the plane likely disintegrated from the air. search teams would see a concentrateded debris field. malaysian air says the flight made a you turn but made no routine distress call. >> ...

Reason for the pilots to push a few buttons and get under and take the plane somewhere. its a crazy idea but strange things do happen. >> unfortunately, they do. james kallstrom, thank you so much. when we come back, two pilots flying one of the most safest jets in the area, could pilot error be to blame? and what about the safety record of malaysia airlines? well take a record when we come back. aflac.

Claiming responsibility and this group has not been identified before now. they earned an iranian man performed with the passports. it is being examined to make sure it is tied to the plane and they expanded the search area. they are sending a second warship that dozens currently scouring an area about the size of pennsylvania. the plane involved in this, the boeing has a stellar safety record. the last accident, last years crash in northern california was likely pilot error. renee covers this f...

Which disappeared over the atlantic in 2009 while search teams did find pieces of the wreckage, it took two years to find the body of the plane on the ocean floor, but that of course was an airbus a-330. this is a boeing 777. the only other fatal crash involving a boeing 777 was last summer, the asiana flight in san francisco. investigators believe that was a result of pilot error. this morning we have no idea where the plane is, no signs of wreckage, it is dark again, and now nearly 48 hours si...