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We dont know if theres anybody else that would know their system that could do that. obviously, to look at the airlines there, indonesia, would we havent heard from, or vietnam, or thailand. theyre our radar experts throughout the world. but the private company with their own system, we dont know how many more mathematicians they have at that company that can take a fresh look. >> what do you think about a team b? >> i believe thats the way to go. the problem is that the malaysians, for better o...

Plane on their radar. the indonesians say they never saw the plane on their radar. both of them may have missed it. but if you look at the map, and were showing whats going on, it sounds like maybe the crew was deliberately trying, if you believe the thai and the -- the thai radar experts and the indonesian radar experts, you may be convinced that the crew was deliberately trying to avoid radar. >> i think theres a lot of fantasy to something like that. i think if somebody wanted to deliberately...

Range. these altitude -- sudden altitude changes, i have no idea of the accuracy of that. i would hope that that data is presented to the best radar experts. and i know we sent them over there to assist with this investigation. one more thing, don. one piece of evidence that i -- i think most of us put a lot of stock in were those continuous ping handshakes from the inmarsat satellite. that resulted in those two arcs. this would seem to send that out the window. >> miles obrien, youve heard just...

Investigation, i dont think you would have these kinds -- >> theres tensions, clearly, between some of these governments out there. they dont trust each other. and as a result, a sophisticated u.s. surveillance plane is not allowed to fly through indonesian air space. >> you would think just for reciprocity, because of indonesian airlines or international carriers, if this happened to one of their aircraft, they would want the full support of all of the nations involved. and certainly as an ikao...

Minor crack growth that might have resulted in a skin failure, which the plane is designed so that the skin fails it vents benignly. >> so that couldnt cause a crash? >> very, very unlikely. but id like to add to what chairman hall said, this investigation has gotten off to a very slow start. i dont know whether the fact is its a national airline theres a lot of plid or the military/civil relationship there because theres been expert faa, the people that jim hoped were there, they are there, the...

They have radar, why is it so hard to interpret that radar? >> well, im glad to hear just now that the u.s. experts and ntsb has some very first-rate radar experts and faa experts as well looking at that data. without the transponder on, youre just looking at the bounce off the skin of the airplane. this is basically radar that is designed to help you see somebody who doesnt want you to see them. like an enemy. so that primary radar is just a sort of -- can be kind of a fuzzy blip. so -- and whe...