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>> very good points. listen, there is so much to go over here. we have learned a lot of new information today. it feels like because weve been covering this for three weeks that nothing concrete has been learned. theyve not pulled anything out of the ocean that they are for sure is part of flight 370. but, again, we have learned that they are getting things that may be related to that. the families are wanting answers. the families are walking out of -- walked out of one press conference. were h...

In terms of the crew members, in terms of the cockpit crew members. i think thats something that people better address right now, irrespective of how this continues to unfold. >> very good point. les abend? >> id like to see more information with regard to the radar data when it comes to direction of flight and especially altitude. i think some of the assumptions on where the search area has gone, im not clear on that. >> more on the radar data. >> more on radar data. >> especially when it perta...

Field weeks ago as opposed to just now. >> more transparent might i asking, bob, to who? is security a reason why they may claim theyre not sharing it? >> so, you know, christi, a really good question. in any organization of government people are always kind of holding on to data. they dont want to give it up and want other people doing their analysis. you have this military government in malaysia that is not used to sharing data, not used to sharing radar data. but what we know the main reason,...

Ive looked at it for that night. basically it was an east to west cross wind. it would have blown the plane a little bit to the west but would have no appreciable difference on the range. so basically 400 knots is as fast as the aerodynamic frame is designed to go at 12,000 feet. why they are just now realizing this, we talked about this a week ago. im a little mystified. they have the radar data now. theyve gotten their act together. theyre sharing this information. a lot of this is sensitive s...

So basically, 400 knots is as fast as the aerodynamic frame is designed to go at 12,000 feet. why they are just not realizing this, we talked about this a week ago. im a little mystified. but they have the radar data now, and theyre sharing information. a lot of this is sensitive stuff, i get all that. but thats why we have a sear thatch is much shorter -- far shorter than before. >> question for miles or mitchell. at 12,000 feet, at 400 knots, flying for six hours, do you get the range that put...

Why do you think it took investigators this long to figure this out, and was precious time wasted searching in the wrong area? >> well, one thing we go back to, in lieu of facts, weve had so little amount of facts in this case that weve had politics run rampant, international politics run rampant and speculation. there was a little thing that could have prevented two weeks of this search. had this malaysian aircraft had what was called the swift upgrade, an application, that application would ha...

But somebody should have looked at what was the last known point and the velocity at that point and recalculated how far the aircraft could have flown. but thats definitely something they should be considering. so if this is where it puts us, then lets get in the water and pick up some debris. >> les abend, youre a pilot. youve flown 777s. youre an expert in all this. what do you think and whats going on the last 24 hours? >> im encouraged by the fact that theyve refined their calculations. i th...

Analysis of radar data. >> and the chinese plane is one of the eight dispatched to the area today. seven ships in that area looking for any sign of a missing plane. >> in the meantime, lets talk about the families here. what roller coaster this is for them. the families of the missing passengers protested again in beijing today. theyre demanding proof of the game by malaysian officials that all lives were lost. this is whats interesting today. >> yeah, just a few hours after that, a top malaysia...

Ocean. none of the objects has been confirmed as coming from the lost plane yet. we dont know of any ships that have been able to retrieve. >> this search area is the size of new mexico. look at the map. northeast of where the authorities found the last few items via satellite in that last hunt. the shift was based on analysis of radar data. >> the chinese plane was one of eight aircraft dispatched to the zone. seven ships are in the area looking for any sign of that missing plane and seeing if ...

Aircraft could have flown. but thats definitely something they should be considering. so if this is where it puts us, then lets get in the water and pick up some debris. >> les abend, youre a pilot. youve flown 777s. youre an expert in all this. what do you think and whats going on the last 24 hours? >> im encouraged by the fact that theyve refined their calculations. i think david will agree a lot of this is all based on assumptions and i think theyve refineded their assumptions. i think person...