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Switched off, and then you hear a voice say, "all right. good night," are you convinced that it is the pilot, given that we just talked to one pilot before the break who was saying usually there is a whole lot of other information identifiable information for the pilot before they say good night? is this -- how strange is this to you? >> its strange. but richards right. ordinarily you have to do the readback and you have to do the readback because, and its part of air traffic control, because so...

Were dealing, and here, this is one of them, with conflicting pieces of information. it may all become ridiculously clear when somebody tells comes out tomorrow and says, well, no, he didnt say, all right, good night. that was a mistake. or something else happened. you know? for example, one persons just e-mailed me to point out the, "all right. good night," it should have been a full readback from the pilot, with the name of the aircraft, malaysia 3-7 d-0, acknowledging what he just heard and t...

Richard quest joins us now by phone from new york. so, richard, that the communication system was disabled and that, according to malaysian authorities, this voice was able to say, "all right. good night." you were telling us earlier thats a radio frequency. thats radio conversation, and thats why that information was able to be transmitted, but is it possible that that pilot, if that was the pilots voice, didnt know that the communications system was disabled? >> well, when you say communicatio...

The -- the information may be lacking is about procedures and methods and means is being provided and is being assisted by an entire body of people out there who are helping us understand. >> thanks very much. well have richard back in the broadcast. just to be clear, were making baby steps forward. this is a step forward. it doesnt eliminate any explanation, but it does give more evidence for the planner, even as the prime minister said being under control at that point by someone under duress ...

About the data block and the fact that the information disappeared. we should have heard the malaysian controllers or vietnamese controllers say something on the radio. i havent heard anything about that. >> bill savage? >> i agree with the other two gentlemen. it was exactly my thought during the break. but its quite obvious that whoever was flying that airplane was an aviator and knew how to fly that aircraft. with all of the turns and climbs and decents, plus the interruption of the systems, ...

Transponders had been turned off, the acre system had been turned off and they wanted to become invisible. and they did. >> i want to go to bob bare now. your experience in intelligence, how important is this information and does it convince you that the plane was commandeered? >> i think at this point turning off all the systems, the change in direction, i have been listening to the pilots. im not a pilot myself. i think the evidence is myself. the melees have come out and admitted it a week la...

Welcome back. im jim sciutto in new york. did something sinister happen in the cockpit of flight 370? we have exclusive new reporting. cnn just learned that the last radio transmission and the words "all right, good night" were said after the tracking system were turned off. joining me is richard quest, who knows flying better than anybody in the building. >> this is really interesting. whats happening here is all ive done is take the prime ministers statement and ive compared it to events that ...

Good to see all of you, gentlemen. >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> so mr. savage, i want to ask you first. you know, given that this information is being provided by malaysian authority, that these words, all right, good night, have been now conveyed publicly, and malaysian authorities have already said that they do believe that there was a deliberate action taking place here. does it frustrate you at all that they wouldnt first try to identify whose voice that is, so that it is not pre...

Was still over land. thats a vital piece of information because a very calm and normal-sounding handoff message was sent from the plane after that point, after the tracking system was turned off. extremely mysterious. back to the ground for a minute. police went through the homes today of the pilot and co-pilot. they are looking hard at the passenger manifest and very hard at the flight crew. little else to go on, officials are trying to learn all they can about the people on that plane. back in...

It took a month for some people to know the president died. jfk was hour. and boston bombing, you see how quickly information moves. thats whats the most fascinating part to me. youre seeing almost the investigation happening realtime. everyone gets to see it happen in realtime. thats kind of the unprecedented part here. i got a call that the best investigator i know in private security, i knew something was up when she called me two days ago and says watch whats going to happen. you can feel th...