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Seemed if indeed they were in a controlled descent, believe me that is a fair amount of time to descend. its not an unusual rate of descent. its a descent that indicates some sort of problem to me on board and they were attempting to rectify it through check lists. but the fact that theyre in a very sophisticated area of radar control. ive flown out of barcelona. youre constantly talking to air traffic control. the fact they didnt even have a chance to get out one mayday signal, if indeed thats ...

In altitude is because they were aware if they had said that, that would tell people that somebody was in control of the aircraft. it does seem to be something very closely held. they have taken a lot of time to get the information, not only about the change in altitude. remember we were talking about flying around radar control. all these different indications showing somebody was controlling the aircraft. that sort of information the investigators have been not willing to put forward. were get...

Questions about the flight that ive heard from our viewers. this no mans land, miles, when kuala lumpur and malaysia hand over good-bye, before ho c ho cho ch ho chi ming picks up, is that normal? >> basically what the controllers do is send it off in a gate fashion and youre supposed to maintain a certain speed of altitude and you report it on a high-frequency radio but youre not under positive radar control. there are all kinds of places in the u.s. at a lower altitude where that happens. >> a...

They obviously knew it was missing. so, for them not to come forward, it makes you wonder about the quality of the radar control and coverage in this area if you go up the coast a little bit further. you have burma, same questions could be raised there. and, you know, thailand is a constitutional monarchy. its a great place to visit. i have been there. but its not the most democratic and open country out there. >> well, i read that they said that they hadnt been asked for the radar yes, thats wh...

Missing. so, for them not to come forward, it makes you wonder about the quality of the radar control and coverage in this area if you go up the coast a little bit further. you have burma, same questions could be raised there. and, you know, thailand is a constitutional monarchy. its a great place to visit. i have been there. but its not the most democratic and open country out there. >> well, i read that they said that they hadnt been asked for the radar yes, thats what they said. clearly they ...

They turn out over the water, once you get 200 to 300 miles offshore, there is no radar. airplanes are not typically under radar control once they are out 200 or 300 miles over the ocean. that radar starts jent generally within 200 or 300 miles of reaching land. at that point the land based radar picks up up. once you are out over the water there is no radar. typically any radar system is as good as the equipment, which many times in these countries equipment is not as sophisticated as it is in ...

>> now moments ago senior u.s. intelligence officials told nbc news that the nations spy satellites have found no evidence of an in-flight explosion. jim tillman is a former pilot and aviation expert. you heard the malaysian defense minister saying theres no confusion at all. do you agree that assessment? >> i cant believe hes said that. hes obviously not hearing what im hearing or seeing what im seeing. its full of confusion. >> how shocking is it that the confusion is over where the plane was?...

It appears they are now doing just that. among the changes, that we can see, nine hours between shifts for any one controller and no swapping of shifts will be allowed. they can have long weekends. and -- so they can have long weekends and managers will have to be present at late hours and early hours and there will be hand-off procedures between the regional radar control and individual control towers and, on fox news sunday, secretary lahood, again, expressed his anger over this. here he is: >...

Any one individual controller. no swapping of shifts. managers will now be on duty during the late night and early a.m.s, and there is also a new hand-off procedure between the regional radar control and the local control tower. but but change that the f.a.a. did not make, shep, they are not going to allow, as you just suggested, for sanctioned napping for those controllers on the overnight shift. >> shepard: they wanted sanctioned napping like at times when jets werent landing or something? >> ...

To the outskirts where the government forces are lined up. this is the most massive display of military force of moammar gadhafis army weve seen since weve been here. multiple rocket launchers, multiple tanks, artillery pieces, radar control, weapons systems, multiple soldiers, hundreds, possibly several thousand. multiple dozens upon dozens of large, heavy trucks, full of ammunition, ammunition for ak-47 to large tanks. the soldiers feel confident. the government feels confident. there was a re...