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Because he was the one everybody was looking at. you know, the captain. there had been reports he was getting a divorce. he was having problems with his girlfriend. well, so what? that means with a lot of people. that doesnt mean you wind up killing 238 people and winding up with a stolen jet. >> absolutely, megyn, just because theyre done with the simulator part of it doesnt mean theyre done with the computer. in fact, i read a report that said they still have work to be done on the computer. t...

>> this man sold shah some of the parts he used to build his simulator. he tells cnn that the 53-year-old father was so interested in making the simulator feel real he wanted a robotic seat like the one seen here that would mimic what it feels like in a cockpit. he says he doesnt believe shah could have been involved. >> he was a down-to-earth guy even if he was flying, hes a pilot. i wouldnt think that he would go that far, no, to turn a plane around and fly for hours just to do something stupi...

Had crashed and no one survived, he said he wasnt surprised by that. a lot of victims families were. for him to say it wasnt a surprise was striking. >> that is striking indeed. we know obviously from watching the course of the investigation, the simulator in the pilots home was taken. they took it. we know the fbi was taking a look at it as well. what are investigators finding out about the files deleted from that simulator? >> reporter: were expecting announcement from the fbi any day now on t...

Happened and hopefully well learn enough from that to prevent this type of event from occurring again in the future. thats the ultimate goal. >> david funk, tom fuentes, appreciate it. still to come -- high in the air with no fuel. what happens to a boeing 777 on auto pilot? well take you to our simulator next. huh, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. everybody knows that. well, did you know bad news doesnt always travel fast? (clears throat) hi mister tomp...

Anything were hearing. until someone will come forward, show their face and say, here is whats happening. this investigation continues. they are still looking into this. and the reason, by the way, piers, that officials are saying that this was a deliberate act is because of how the plane acted. because of that turn that was made. that turn cannot just happen on its own. and so they believe thought was a deliberate act. now, was it because of fire or was it because of something else in the cockp...

Very sad they have no answers for these families. >> by the way, the weather is going to break saturday, sunday, and thats when well find out if the japanese, the french, the australians and the thais, satellite photos and some of the things that the chinese pilots actually saw is debris, well get to the bottom of it, but it is very interesting the fact that he was having a terrible day. he was having an emotional issue, so were not saying hes guilty at all. everybody has had bad days, and we ha...

Theres been nothing from the simulator hard drive. at this point in the investigation, thats a smoking gun. but i want to emphasize, this is an ongoing investigation, and sources ive spoke to said they arent ready to jump to conclusions. they dont have that concrete evidence. the plane still hasnt been found. thats the key here. >> you spoke to us about what they said about the simulator and pilot s. have u.s. officials told you anything about what happened on that flight, do they know? >> no, n...

>> theres 30 degrees. 20 degrees. 25, 30 degrees nose up. the need is dropping ridiculously low. >> were not flying anymore. were following. >> youre going to see instability here. the aircraft beginning now to just plummet. the ocean is here. i think well stop it right there. the rest of it you get. unfortunately it will not end well no matter how many times you run it in this simulator. >> carol? >> ahead in the next hour of "newsroom," lessons learn ed from the disappearance of flight 370. co...

He was on his first flight as a fully approved pilot for the boeing 777. we know talking to passengers on a few of his earlier flights a few years ago he had a habit of letting random passengers come into the cockpit. are either of these things significant at all? should we give them any credence in casting any aaspersions? >> you dont want to allow passengers in the cockpit. a 27-year-old pilot allowing women in the cockpit i can tell you that was not unprecedented. i can tell you also that has...

Captain about his behavior before the flight and investigators are looking at the flight simulator in the captains home. but according to a new report this afternoon, the flight simulator looks like just another dead end. lea gabrielle is a pilot. what are you learning about the investigation of the jets captain? >> according to u.s.a. today, malaysian law enforcement official told the paper they captain has looked at because he was the only person with the capability to make that course change ...