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A tragic story in georgia, four people on a airplane were killed after it crashed. nobody on the ground were killed even though it happened in the rush hour. >> [ bleep ] a plane just crashed in front of us. >> this plane north of atlanta cake just as rush hour was ending. hundreds of people witnessed its horror. it slammed into a cement median and burst into plane, sending black smoke into the air. all four people on board were killed. the piper took off from dekalb patch tree airport and wilt ...

Hijackers sent the plane north. >> you wind up in kazakhstan. where specifically in kazakhstan its hard to say. this data is not so precise. but in the area of a place called bikanor. other places nearby. its hard to pin it down. what it does say if the bto value is spoofed, and it was not spoofed, you are winding up somewhere in kazakhstan. others say wises theory there is highly unlikely. >> i think jeff should get an award for thinking outside the box. you have to make an awful lot of assumpt...

The result of either a massive electrical problem or someone simply switching off communication systems. other theories include a cockpit fire overtaking the crew and leave nothing time for a distress call. russian hijackers faking satellite data flying the plane north to kazakhstan. the plane shot down heading for diego garcia a u.s. military base in the indian ocean. even an elaborate murder/suicide plotted by one of the pilots. >> this is where the mystery starts because what happened? >> rep...

Ago. veteran pilot rob johnson activates the boeing 777 autopilot 20 seconds after takeoff. >> its automated. >> reporter: the autopilot follows way points along the flight path and can land the plane if necessary. less than an hour into its flight, mh-370 veered off the planned route to beijing. makes the same sharp turn as the missing plane. >> could be the autopilot made it turn on its own? >> nope. >> reporter: nobody knows why one or both decided to change course or why the plane disappeare...

I think the whole aspect of this investigation really in a way it is where it was in the beginning. they really dont know why the plane made those maneuvers. it appears its not because of mechanical problems of thats the issue. >> mary, still unclear who may have been piloting the aircraft. we know that the investigation is still a criminal investigation. they are looking at the pilot and copilot but still unclear whether or not someone compromised that cockpit and took control and there by tryi...

The opposition side. jon: that opposition is palpable. karl rove from russ stain. -- austin. >> good took at that you jon. jenna: a copilot landing in police custody after authorities say he hijacked an international flight. ethiopian airlines pilot diverted the plane from rome to switzerland because he wanted to seek asylum. greg palkot with more. what happened here? >> reporter: jenna, amazing, potentially very dangerous episode on ethiopian airlines flight number 70. it had taken off from the...

Headed for switzerland. >> we are picking up more information. that was a scary roadway for 200 people on the plane including 11 americans. the ethiopian airlines left the country with a final destination in rome when the co-pilot locked himself in behind the cockpit when the chief pilot tock a bathroom break and diverted the plane north to switzerland. he was demanding a sylum and the pilot was banging on the door. and the co-pilot threatened to crash the plane. it did land safely and the passe...

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