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About on the missing malaysia plane. data from the flight simulator had been deleted. forensic work is underway to try to recover those missing files. officials also finding five practice runways around the indian ocean that were programmed into his simulator. experienced pilots tell us that this may be completely normal. but the question here is whether or not any deleted files show evidence of practiced approaches into odd destinations. whats also new this morning to tell you about, sources sa...

Received at this location. so, the source of that, i dont know, we read it in the newspaper, so, i havent seen the trail of that. >> assuming that information is accurate, the significance would have what? >> that would certainly tilt the shift of the focus towards some kind of a deliberate act. if i could just add a couple of things on that simulator issue as well, pilots have these things, they love flying. we hope they find a fantastic clue, but you dont need to practice diverting a plane. it...

Whatever they call it, simulator. and theyre trying to find it because there were deletions from his flight plans in that thing. theyre asking the fbi to ask what the deletions were. thats a step in the right direction. youre right, we do have a lot of capability, but again, youre dealing with such a huge area to be looking at here. with all the resources of all the countries already in there, it seems to me, day 12 now? is this day 12? i think, yes, the united states would do more. i wish they ...

Investigators appear no closer to solving how the plane disappeared, but could the key to this entire mystery be somewhere in the digital recesses of a hard drive? malaysian officials revealed this morning that the pilot of flight 370 deleted data from the flight simulator in his home. is this a case of digital housekeeping or something more complicated? perhaps even something nor sinister? for more, i want to bring in cnn justice correspondent, pamela brown. >> i just spoke with the law enforce...

A lot dont make sense. >> reporter: that makes it tough on farmers like erskin and his son. >> dont be a farmer. government gets in the way. >> they are hoping senate will pass a water bill. its already been passed in the house. they came to protest appeals court decision on delta smelt that came down last week that will continue protections for the tiny fish. as you can imagine, jenna, environmentalists are celebrating that decision. >> good perspective for us, will. a very important story out ...

Reason investigators turned up nothing so far from the flight simulator they seized from captains home. some data was erased from it before february 3rd. the malaysians are trying to restore the files with an assist from the fbi. investigators seized computers from both the pilot and co-pilots homes. is it strange that the data would be deleted on the simulator? well get answers about that in a moment. theres also more to that sharp left turn that the plane made. the turp that sent it veering of...

Information suggests a deliberate act by a pilot, copilot, or a third party. theyll look for e-mail traffic for evidence of a conspiracy. >> youll look for indicators of influence from the outside. now, if the flight crew is guilty of a crime, theres something external to them that got them thinking about this in the first place. it could have been something as simple as greed. >> there are opposing assessments that a pilot having a personal simulator is nothing out of the ordinary. and that dat...

Suspicious. the files are tiny and -- >> if they were just in a casual flight just for entertainment or for practice, thats why it would never be saved and there would be no need to delete it. >> a company called pmdg, manufacturer of the software captain shah used in his simulator said he had no relation to them. in an e-mail, they defended shah, saying those who connect his love of flight simulation to the planes disappearance are engaging in wild conjecture thats insulting to pilots. >> if it...

Any questions you have, let me know. well talk to a commander from the u.s. navy seventh fleet about changes in the search where the u.s. is looking now. they have very highly sophisticated information. well run through some of the scenarios that investigators have been looking at in a 777 simulator. its pretty much -- pretty much 100% identical to the real thing. and later investigating not just the captain and first officer, really the entire crew and the people on the ground to see if anyone,...

The transponder, why fly around for however long it flew around for. >> if thats what youre going to do, you might as well right after takeoff hit the drink, theres no big deal. just dive right into the water. i think thats a far-fetched idea, way off the mark. >> the flight simulator at the pilots home, does that raise any red flags for you as an experienced pilot? >> normally it wouldnt, because i do know that there are guys that like to have a simulator so that if theyre going to fly into an ...