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Both. and in some cases the other one wouldnt have known what one had done before they took their seat in the cockpit. >> thats correct, reverend. the big thing here is that one of the pilots could have programmed both flight plans and then when the other pilot returned to the cockpit and asked is it ready to go? yes, we have the flight plans and then theyll put it up on their primary flight plans and were good to go. >> ill end this part of this news segment because we have other big news to ge...

Homemade flight simulator that the pilot zaharie ahmed shah had built. theyre doing a study on that. they want to know why precisely he built it at home, what exactly he was doing on that flight simulator. you can see it on the screen behind him right now. and what they may discover from that. listen. >> simulator, flight simulator, and we have dismantled it from the home and we have assembled it at our office, and we are getting experts to look at it now. >> besides the pilot the investigators ...

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A press conference held moments ago and we learned that apparently data from the pilots flight simulator computer apparently -- pictured right there -- was deleted before he last left. joining us from the d.c. bureau with the latest details is our manç doug luzader. >> this is an interesting development. malaysian officials talked about this continued focus on the pilot himself and the fact that he was an aviation enthusiast. he had his own home-built flight simulator and they have spent a lot...

On the simulator, but local reports are that police have not found anything suspicious about the simulator. now the pilot pals are saying he really liked his job and really liked to fly. thats why he had the sophisticated simulator you see on the screen right now. so authorities around the world are still puzzled because we know the flight changed altitudes and direction but we dont know why. just that the working theory concludes somebody with detailed knock about the way a boeing 777 is carrie...

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>> reporter: the fbi has been asked to do forensic on the hard drive to retrieve the deleted files. this is an area they are an expert at. it was recovered from the 53-year-old pilots home and they reviewed the files with a focus on evidence that points to pre-meditation. the data records were cleared on february 3rd, a month and five days before the disappearance. an investigative source told us deleted files would be a red flag. reporters were being told about the finding this morning. >> some...

Once youre in the aircraft, anything is possible. >> also, the malaysian media is reporting that a half dozen remote landing strips were found on the 53-year-old pilots flight simulator recovered from his home in suburban kuala lumpur. they were preprogrammed into the simulator said to include strips in the indian ocean, the maldives, vsri lanka, and the suggest it could be on u.s. territory was dismissed out right. >> some news reports are saying that the missing flight could have landed in the...

Engines, a myriad of scenarios. >> looking at this, i wouldnt know where to begin. obviously a lot going on for a pilot. did it strike you as strange the pilot had a simulator in his home? >> jenna, i really dont think so. i think its encouraging. because of the scenarios involved with potential emergencies, this guy could merely be having a simulator to play those out. he was a training captain. its his responsibility to train co-pilots coming onto the fleet. >> gives us an idea how complicated...

For the plane the fbi is analyzing data from the flight simulator belonging to the captain of the plane. >> the chairman of the house committee said the hard drive and simulator are under review. on fox news sunday congressman mccall says even though files may have been deleted the fbi is working to retreat them. >> we all delete files. the question is what was deleted and can that be evidence of a route taken in this case? that is all under review. there are many theories floating around out th...