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The guys? >> very possible its passport fraud, immigration fraud. illicit activity. was it terrorism? certainly not. theres no evidence of that. >> let me go to jim tillman. a couple questions. where do we get the idea the plane may have turned back to kuala lumpur and not hear a ping out of the ocean? so many questions. you go with your questions. >> were wondering about the same kinds of things. the radar return that gave the impression the airplane turned back from where it started from, ive ...

>> a lot of people wondering, how is it possible that none of the debris has been found yet? the last time there was a midair collision in 2009, it took five days for the first pieces of debris to surface and it took a month to find the black box. they dont believe it will take that long because the water in this area is shallower but it still could be days before they find anything. >> lets hope they find it soon. they have about a month where the ping puts out its audible signal. >> from the b...

The plane itself would have done it. without the debris field yet, starting to be very mysterious because by this time on the air france flight from brazil to paris a number of years ago, there was a debris field. same thing on swiss air 111. p>> so, how could this new data help investigators find this plane and what other technology are they relying on in the search? >> well, you know, first of all, they have additional equipment they can bring in when it was necessary to find the air france fl...

Several square miles each and you search in those square mile areas and systematically literally check off the box. you search the ocean through the grid and its coordinated, closely coordinated because you want to make sure you dont miss anything. also the navy, submersibles will look for black box recorder, data recorder, they give off audible sound, powered by a battery. the battery lasts for about a month. they want to get it before the seawater takes its toll. everyone has a different job. ...

Silence, not just commune caution with an air traffic control tower, but no black box, no ping, theres nothing of an audible sound coming from anywhere. how surprising is that? >> it is somewhat surprising, but i think in the lead-in one of the experts indicated that pilots are trained to fly the plane first. >> right. >> communication second or third. and if there was something catastrophic going on involving the aircraft and they had their hands full its not completely inexplicable that they d...

Difficulty in listening for that ping, but this is a matter of putting some kind of sonar device underwater and just listening. and the first time we get a ping, we know for sure that we are in the right place and looking for the right aircraft, but that ping is very definite, and we have very, very sensitive instruments that can determine that it is, and where it is. >> and how could the ntsb help in this investigation? >> oh, the ntsb is the premiere investigative source in the world. they hav...

Now, weve got several days of this signal so its not going to switch off overnight, after seven days of it. and that will be a good indicatien indication. it wouldnt be easy. im not for a moment sitting here saying it is. they will find the plane. i promise you this. everything weve known so far they will also find what happened because planes do not fall out of the sky at 36,000 feet without somebody wanting to get to the to the bomb of why. >> all right. richard quest. thank you. if of course ...

At least vietnamese authorities seem to believe right now, its much more shallow water. detecting that ping in that plane might be a little bit easier. is it your understanding that the reason why the ntsb would be involved in this because there are three americans on board? or is it simply the interest of any airline that would go down in any part of the world that the ntsb would want to be part of the investigation? >> right, so, we were in contact with the ntsb yesterday and their official co...

Disoriented. that was an airbus a-330. different planes and different systems. that investigation was hampered by the fact the plane was on the bottom of the ocean. it took the french government two years to find the plane and lift it out of the ocean. the challenge is to find this plane, the malaysia airlines plane. the cockpits have ultrasonic system that is can be detected from several hundred miles away. inside the wreckage, that hinders how far the sound could travel. they have a big challe...

Nail there because fact is, there is a ping system that does emit a sound that can be tracked by sensitive equipment. as a matter of fact, depending upon the devices used to track it, it can be a very, very long distance. 75, 80 miles away. so, that ping is extremely important in locating the wreckage. im confused a little about the timing. the timeline seems a little bit off to me. >> what do you mean? >> ive heard everything from 15 minutes to after take off to up to two hours after take off. ...