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That plane down on land in the maldives. not many. they have very little land and a lot of water. you go down here a little bit farther, you will find that island right there. that is a 1.6-mile-long runway and not too many people on that island either. >> bill, what do you think? simple as a fire and that he wanted to find a place to put this bird down? >> well, i agree with the premise. im not convinced that theres any indication there was a fire onboard. with a mere two button push on the fli...

Sense in a fire. how does that, fred -- so simple. how does that theory sit with you? >> well, i actually read that closely this morning because i was fascinating by his theory. let me tell you first and foremost, when youre a pilot and you have a fire onboard an aircraft, his premise is that there was a fire. first thing you do -- you dont try to get to the airport. you need to put the airplane on the ground as soon as possible. the jet crash in miami, that pilot, she tried to make it back to m...

Disregarding the enemy fire, he pulled the pin from a hand grenade and advanced on the bunker, leveling suppressive fire until he could drop the grenade into the bunker, mortally wounding the insurgent and destroying the fortification. without hesitation, he employed identical tactics as he proceeded the eliminate the next two enemy positions. with the destruction of the third bunker, specialist 4 erevia had exhausted his supply of hand grenades. he courageously charged forward behind the fire e...

Fire. clearly, richard, i hear you loud and clear. youre saying maybe not a fire because that throws in a lot of other variables, but indeed mechanical. one, we knew that this plane flew. lets say it was mechanical. continued to fly for hours and hours. could it have continued to do so on auto pilot, right? >> right. and lets just begin there. auto pilot. does that work? >> sure, absolutely it works. >> even with a fire, lets say? >> even with a fire. and the thing about the fire is now youve op...

Company c, first battalion air mobile, 501st infantry, 101st airborne division air mobile during search and clear mission near the republic of vietnam on may 21, 1969. after breaching an insurgent perimeter, specialist 4 erevia rendered first aid to several casualties and the rest of the platoon moved forward. as he was doing so, he came under intense hostile fire from four bunkers to his left front. although he could have taken cover with the rest of the element, he chose a retaliatory course o...

One expert is throwing out this stunningly simple theory, the left turn theory, hes calling it. the fact that the pilots first instinct was just to find a runway. because there was a fire. thats it. this expert is pinpointing an exact spot. well break that down for you. chad myers will join us to show all of us what hes talking about. also, we have heard so much about the captain on this flight 370. but a friend of the co-pilot is talking to cnn, coming to his defense. hear his thoughts coming u...

We also know as weve been learning, thats a pretty tough thing to do. and you have to do it from the cockpit. so we can assume it was someone with aviation knowledge, but the when, the where, the how, the why all still a mystery, as i speak to you this hour. lets dive a little deeper into that sharp left plane that that plane took before disappearing. thats really also been a source of confusion. watch the red line as it takes that sharp left. one theory is really a point of stunning simplicity....

Enemy bunker and then advanced forward and split off with two men to recover the team commanders body. observing the maneuver, the hostile force concentrated its fire on staff sergeant morris three-man element and successfully wound both men accompanying him. after assisting the two wounded back to forces line staff sergeant morris charged forward into enemy fire with only his mens suppressive fire as cover. while enemy machine gun emplacements continuously directed fusillade against him staff s...

No acast messages received warning about it. it is so designed that even if -- i mean, not literally, but even if the toilet fails, certainly if theres a fire in the wheel well and fire censors are going off, then acast would send out an emergency warning to the ground. and we know -- this is really significant, because we know this because this is what happened in air france 447. 24 messages were sent out before anybody else realized what was happening. now, arguably, acast was the first thing ...

Disappearance of flight 370. let me bring back our guests, plus one here. commercial pilot and former federal prosecutor. seth kaplan, managing partner for airline weekly. and christine denison. welcome back to all of you, and fred, let me begin with you. this is a theory -- i read about this first thing this morning from this 20-year veteran pilot originally posted on google plus. this is a fascinating read. highly recommended for people who are following this as closely as we are. so he sugges...