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And we havent got enough information to take any of the cards off. >> just quickly, i want to know about entering this vietnamese airspace and whats the significance of that quickly? >> weve got to treat every single piece of information regarding altitude changes from the malaysian government with extreme caution. there is a very sensitive backdrop to this information. there is an aircraft that has a huge radar cross section that was traveling at over 300 knots across the malaysian peninsula wi...

Air defense radar as a big blip. if that big blip doesnt care a squawk, the transponder with a four digit code, thats what its for, to identify it on a radar screen. if you have a big blip that doesnt have a squawk, that isnt flight planned or part of routine airways traffic this is a big red flag to any sovereign territory that has air defense jets ready to react to anything entering into the sovereign territory. this is always been the question for me. >> lets talk about also the area that wer...

Your ear. every time the radar tracks around and paints across the fuselage, you can hear that. and thats what draws your attention to where the radar is. but i think an equally compelling analysis case here is the track of it crossing malaysia. if you can go to the map, youll see that the aircraft actually made a case in point of avoiding thailand. now, the 777 is a wide-bodied jet. that means its going to have an absolutely huge radar cross section. so it will be seen on radar. the question th...

Ill-fated turn. >> weve got to look at what we know. we know the acars went out of. we know the communication saying, all right good night. the transponder was turned off. its vital. it gives position. it gives squawk, 2157. we know from yesterday what the transcript said and we know it was at flight level three-five-zero. this is unequivocal data but its the last we have. we know that they were told to go to 120.9. they didnt go. what were the emergency protoco protocols. there was a distress c...

Colonel, michael kay. michael, youve had a look at the transcript. very short, quick read. anything seem out of the ordinary to you? >> a bit of information that is pertinent, who made the transcript. was a single pilot, the captain, co pilot or a mixture of two conversations going on. i think there were some key pieces to the transcript in terms of we now know that the aircraft had an individual squawk. it was 2157. thats quite important, because on transoceanic flights, the aircraft are given ...

Its called the squawk. you do not receive the squawk until you file your flight plan, receive your atc clearance. that clearance is received usually by a computer printout in the cockpit, and sometimes on a radio transmission. somehow, yes, you could poach a transponder code and put it in, but if you took off as soon as you got the gear up, you would be discovered. it would be the same if somebody stole your credit card, you reported it, and then the thief tried to use the credit card. as soon a...

I will go with you jason. 15 years air traffic controller. what is the crisis emergency procedure that an air traffic controller would engage in if this air traffic kiss appeared? >> he will first try to get a hold of the aircraft may be mechanical may be de trailing issue. -- derailing issue. they might respond try to reach out aircraft to aircraft go into emergency frequencies theres several avenues to get a hold of this aircraft and make sure theres a reason it doesnt work and maybe get it ba...

Four-digit code. its called the squawk. you do not receive the squawk until you file your flight plan, receive your atc clearance. that clearance is received usually by a computer printout in the cockpit, and sometimes on a radio transmission. somehow, yes, you could poach a transponder code and put it in, but if you took off as soon as you got the gear up, you would be discovered. it would be the same if somebody stole your credit card, you reported it, and then the thief tried to use the credi...

I will go with you jason. 15 years air traffic controller. what is the crisis emergency procedure that an air traffic controller would engage in if this air traffic kiss appeared? >> he will first try to get a hold of the aircraft may be mechanical may be de trailing issue. -- derailing issue. they might respond try to reach out aircraft to aircraft go into emergency frequencies theres several avenues to get a hold of this aircraft and make sure theres a reason it doesnt work and maybe get it ba...

Its called the squawk. you do not receive the squawk until you file your flight plan, receive your atc clearance. that clearance is received usually by a computer printout in the cockpit, and sometimes on a radio transmission. somehow, yes, you could poach a transponder code and put it in, but if you took off as soon as you got the gear up, you would be discovered. it would be the same if somebody stole your credit card, you reported it, and then the thief tried to use the credit card. as soon a...