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Criminal history check or just because somebody is not on a terrorist watch list does not mean that they are in the clear. just because we do that and i hear people talking, well, they cleared that, thats irrelevant. what if they had nothing on their record before that? >> what are you looking for? if you are going and evaluating pilots -- going into the home and looking at a flight simulator, what are you looking for? >> with regard to the flight simulator, again, that should have been done day...

Important. that they did not request to fly together. why thats important to investigators is because if there was a suggestion of collusion, it might begin with the fact that they asked to work on this flight together. but they had no indication of that. if there is something that happened in the cockpit and it happened at the will of either the pilot or the co-pilot, it does not appear that they would have done something in concert. thats what the investigators are looking at. they also want t...

Really what was going to happen to flight 370 but it could be the first real clues and the only living memory that may exist at this particular time. it is all locked inside the aircraft. everything from the sharp turns that may have been made or the sharp descents or the plans to go to 35,000 feet or the plans to plummett down to 22,000 feet all of which has been reported, all of which may be contained inside of the brain of the simulator. >> and it is interesting youg use the words brain of th...

You will not find the plane off the ping of those black boxes. you need wreckage and something like that. >> i think the easier part as this is a complete mystery but now they have the flight simulator they are reconstructing that and looking at the backlog of history on it and the mystery might be solved by figuring out the people who were on board. >> i would just say that is an area of concentration. the two pilots, you know, are things to zero in on but you hope you get a suicide/murder plan...

Flight. it was entirely at random. people are thinking about, is it a possibility that someone else was on the plane to help them? >> as they do that, they would wonder immediately, how would they learn about a 777. thats where the simulator comes in. the pilot and the co-pilot, didnt need a simulator. thats just a theory at this point that investigators here in malaysia are following up on. don? >> jim clancy, stand by. i may bring you in as part of this panel. i want to talk about the search a...

>> its a reflection of his love for flying. >> reporter: but there is also this -- >> the other thing that could be important in the simulator is whether the pilot trained anyone else on the simulator. >> reporter: investigating the pilots requires a deep dive into their health and personal history, bank accounts, recent life insurance purchases, divorces, separations. >> there could be a number of things that cause personal stress and under severe stress, a person can do bad things. >> reporter...

The search on mountains and deserts and oceans. catherine herridge is live. what are you learning today? >> well, shep in terms of the house homeland security committee telling fox news the fbi sent a team after the investigation was formally declared a criminal case. the 53-year-old pilot, who logged more than 18,000 hours in the air, and showed off his flight simulator on youtube, is now at the heart of the investigation along with his copilot. >> two scenarios are possible. one is ran another...

There is all kinds of additions and you can buy these controls to get the tactile feel of the controls. that can run you into the thousands. this simulator must have cost upwards of 5,000 or $6,000. >> it is a computer and thats the vital part. it can have a lot of evidence or information. >> its storing all the information. that leaves a footprint. >> we know investigators are looking into footprints to rule this guy out and say he is absolutely innocent or perhaps not. we just dont know that y...

Searched both mens homes and found a simulator. the reason for the scrutiny on the pilots is this. malaysian officials believe the plane could have been on the ground when it made the last satellite contact. that means somebody would have had to land the plane. somebody with a pilots training and experience. also, the search areas being shaped by countries ruling out any chance the 777 entered their air space. india, for example, said they would have seen it. crews from 25 countries are searchin...

Before he took care of himself. rosa? >> now, a quick question for you. i know that a lot of attention has been made about the simulator. does this simulator have a memory, so for instance, if there was some simulation of something, that investigators would be able to trace that? >> reporter: were trying to get more details on this flight simulator and exactly what kind of programs were inside. the investigators say theyre still looking at it, rosa. they havent actually come back to us to tell u...