contact with air traffic control at 2:40 a.m. this morning. most people at initial stage thought it was a straight forward crash and it would come down south of vietnam and the wreckage would be found very quickly. a lot of people took a hands off approach. reporter: malaysia waited to show the details of its radar the airplane reversed course. how much of a turn back? we are still look at that. reporter: suddenly anything became possible. wild theories fed fears of a terror plot led by two young iranians who boarded with stolen passports. they weren t terrorists just trying to begin new lives in
ocean. how much of a turn back it made? 20 kilometer? 10? we are still looking at it. suddenly anything became possible. wild and intricate internet theories fed fears of an elaborate terror plot led by two young iranians who boarded with stolen passports. the only problem, they weren t terrorists. just trying to begin new lives in europe. suspicions soon shifted to the only people capable of flying the boeing 777, the pilots. captain zahari shaw, some expected has practiced the stel thi turns and changes in altitude on his home flight simulator. but analysis of the simulator s data turned up nothing. no claim of responsibility, no known ties to terror groups among passengers or crew. no motive supported by evidence. intricate analysis of satellite hand shakes took to the search to an area where it likely ran out of fuel. with the plane, all evidence of
10? we are still looking at that. reporter: suddenly, anything became possible. wild and intricate internet fieris fed fears of a terror plot led by two young iranians who boarded with stolen passports. the only problem, they weren t terrorists. just trying to begin new lives in europe. suspicions soon shifted to the only people capable of flying the boeing 777, the pilots. captain zaharie shah some suspected practiced the stealthy turns and changes in altitude on his om flight simulator, but investigation turned up nothing. no claim of responsibility. no known ties to terror groups among passengers or crew. no motive supported by evidence. intricate analysis of satellite handshakes took the search to an area where it likely ran out of fuel. with the plane, all evidence of what really happened on its flight data recorders.