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Could have been something completely different that they saw. the last known point of communication, that is -- that could be data on its own. and the other path could not have anything to do with the airplane. >> but we do know that triple 7s dont disappear on their own. and pilots would never turn off a transponder. and we do know that this ended up way off course. and we believe the mechanical data, on top of the military information that youre pointing out does suggest a four to five hour ex...

Could have been something completely different that they saw. the last known point of communication, that is -- that could be data on its own. and the other path could not have anything to do with the airplane. >> but we do know that triple 7s dont disappear on their own. and pilots would never turn off a transponder. and we do know that this ended up way off course. and we believe the mechanical data, on top of the military information that youre pointing out does suggest a four to five hour ex...

Basically. this is such a vast area. i mean, obviously were talking about the bay of bengal, as you said, indian ocean, several countries. malaysian officials say the planes last satellite communication was in one of two possible corridors. chad myers, thank you so much for being here, chad. i know you are going to walk us through exactly what were talking about. >> were talking about a ping that happened at 8:11 local time that is going to change this search dramatically. a ping almost like you...

We dont have any information of the cell phone triangulation or one ping that could mean that the cell phone were confiscate ed or smashed, but right now, there not one bit of evidence from the malaysian government that any cell phone was pinged yet. >> and a reminder to the viewers that we look at the map that is behind me, and similar to the one to your left, if you are out over the indian ocean, there is no cell towers over there, and it would be difficult even if you could get a signal over ...

>> before i get to bob, just very quickly, the last ping, any locater on that ping or we know it came at 8:11, but we dont know where it came from? >> as far as the last ping goes, no data wtransmitted, so we hav no idea what was going on with the plane as far as if it was in good condition. we dont have that specific data. what we do know is looking at this map here, based on that last ping, the airplane could have been anywhere along that red line there as far north . thats where they are zero...

Is not as robust and reliable as we would want. secondly, if you had sort of a newcomer who took control of the cockpit, it might take them time to sort of settle in and get used to flying a plane. so yes, one of the possibilities is what you outlined or what he outlines. but unfortunately, there are other possibilities, too, that are equally compelling. >> yeah. the satellite pings point to two different quarters. i should say the last ping. the north, as far as kazakhstan. to the south stretch...

Commandeered and not saying hijacking, because they have not said that, but are we closer to understanding what happened to the plane, marginally closer? >> well, we are not closer to understanding what happened, but closer to understanding where the plane is. and although if you look at this, you have got the site of last contact, and the vast area to the north of the search, and the area to the south. >> and to remind the viewers this is because of the satellite data, a ping that places the pl...

Ping. it says where are we and i need to connect with you. so it sends out basically a telephone call waiting for someone to answer. and thats what were receiving. >> so first of all, the fact that there are these pings leads me to think that whole notion of a catastrophic disaster in which every single system was destroyed and thats why this thing disappeared isnt quite the case because if there are pings why are there not transponder information available? >> exactly. now there are things that...

From the plane to satellite recordings. that records the speed and altitude. the final ping was sent over water from a normal cruising altitude. aviation officials are still investigating the possibility that someone on the the plane disabled the the communication systems. abc radio is reporting two data recording systems were shut down less than 15 minutes apart. whats the very latest? >> we can tell you they have been in touch. they have confirmed the helicopter searches are going to be in the...

"the wall street journal" reporting that three separate checking systems were shut down manually during this flight. abc news reported that at least two of those were shut down 14 minutes apart. investigators now appear to be studying more and more the possibility that this was done as a result of an intentional human act. and we are investigating where that takes us. this flew for five hours after this all occurred before sending its last data signal known as a ping, at some point over water. t...