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'King Kong Lives,' the poorly received sequel to 1976's 'King Kong,' premiered on Dec. 19, 1986.

'King Kong Lives,' the poorly received sequel to 1976's 'King Kong,' premiered on Dec. 19, 1986.

'King Kong Lives,' the poorly received sequel to 1976's 'King Kong,' premiered on Dec. 19, 1986.

'King Kong Lives,' the poorly received sequel to 1976's 'King Kong,' premiered on Dec. 19, 1986.

Different how you shut them down. >> martin, and maybe this is more of a question for your pilot there, mitchell, but why is it possible -- because ive gotten this question a lot from viewers. why is it possible to even shut down the transponder. why can pilots have that ability? >> the only reason that we have an off switch, anderson, is when were on the ground. after youre on the ground and land and taxi off the runway, youre no longer a factor for any traffic so theres no point in you being o...

Then you say, okay, if it was something catastrophic or something very fast that overwhelmed acars, then how come the plane was still flying around for hours if in fact the radar information is correct. >> and thats exactly the conundrum in this case. thats why as the minister said, this is no ordinary -- no normal investigation. this is why the ceo of malaysia airlines said this is unprecedented. this is why were talking about it at such great length because nobody can come up with a scenario t...

I can get into the menu and begin to shut things off. think of like your iphone where you turn off the wi-fi and maybe turn off the bluetooth, eventually maybe turn off the cellular. but that phone is still communicating even with that shutdown with the main telephone system. i can degrade the system. i cant shut it down. to do that, ive got to go somewhere into the electronics bay. ive got to be more of an electrical engineer. lastly, the transponder. weve heard a lot about that. this i can tur...

The plane was still flying around for hours if in fact the radar information is correct. >> and thats exactly the conundrum in this case. there is no normal investigation. this is why the ceo of malaysia airlines said this is unprecedented. this is why were talking about it at such great length because nobody can come up with a scenario that makes sense with the facts that we know so far. >> richard, its good to have you on. martin savidge as well. i want to thank mitchell, our pilot, for your e...

It at such great length because nobody can come up with a scenario that makes sense with the facts that we know so far. >> richard, its good to have you on. martin savidge as well. i want to thank mitchell, our pilot, for your expertise. thank you. you can find out more at cnn.com. just ahead, investigators turned their focus as we mentioned before on the two pilots of the flight, the co-pilot, searching their homes, combing through their paths. well take a look at what they are looking for an...

It would have had to have been a snap, boom, and its over. >> mitchell, arent there different -- just to confuse things all the more. arent there different levels of acars that airlines can subscribe to and malaysia didnt subscribe to the more advanced one? am i correct in that? >> we talked about this, didnt we? >> thats right, we did. we talked about this. anderson, thats absolutely correct. some airlines -- actually most airlines in the world, malaysia airlines is the only one that i know of ...