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To broadband internet at home. its a place named one americas most veteran friendly employers. next is information and entertainment in ways you never thought possible. welcome to whats next. comcastnbcuniversal. welcome back. now for our money lead. its a question casual observers of the story have wondered since pretty much day one instead of where on earth, how on earth. in the era of nsa with everyone basically carrying a tracking device, how on earth did we lose a giant plane? the airline...

Hours? with all the conflicting theories on what happened with the plane, at what point do investigators start eliminating them? and with all of the technology in this world, why is it that planes dont have an unstoppable tracking device attached? were going to begin with a big development tonight. reports that flight 370s abrupt turn to the left was programmed into the onboard computer at least 12 minutes before the co-pilots famous final words "all right, good night." cnns jim sciutto and rich...

With all of the technology in this world, why is it that planes dont have an unstoppable tracking device attached? jeff beatty, you have been talking about the communication on this plane that you say no one has been talking about involving countries jamming signals. elaborate on that for us. >> certainly. well, first of all, your viewer is correct. there is no reason why we could not put technology on that is impossible or highly unlikely for the crew to be able to turn off. we have that type o...

Into asia, down through the indian ocean, are now being led by china and kazakhstan in the northern quadrants and australia and indonesia in the south. but theres no concrete evidence on where the boeing 777 may be after disappearing 11 days ago. and the clock is ticking. theres a 30-day battery life for the tracking device on the missing planes flight data recorder. >> and kyung lah joins us now from kuala lumpur. ten days later thailands military is just now telling malaysian officials they de...

>> i dont know, richard. lets face it, the himalayas are some of the most hostile places on the planet. >> we thank you very much for that, martin savidge. were going to answer more. the boeing 777 just might be the most advanced commercial airplane there is. cot technology give us the vital clues we need to solve this? im back with my experts right now. its jeff weiss, jeff beatty, mary schiavo and patrick smith. with all of the technology in this world, why is it that planes dont have an unsto...

Are greater that it would be picked up somewhere by someone listening, depending on how many people. over water, maybe not. >> it is quite possible. the device we manufacture only operates in watter it. it is a completely different system on the aircraft if it were picked up. >> not over land. that particular tracking device, not over land. this is only over water. >> exactly. it is an under-water locator beacon. >> thank you. appreciate it. good information. >> chad, we will get back to you. up...

>> well, its quite possible. the device we manufacture only operates in water so it is a completely different system on the aircraft if it were picked up. >> so, not over land. that particular tracking device, not over land. this is only over water. >> exactly. exactly. it is an underwater locator beacon. >> all right, good. >> thank you. appreciate it. good information. >> chad, we will get back to you. up next, a look at some of the histories -- of historys greatest mysteries, from amelia earh...

Point. what he said was, and you just hit on it there, the actions of turning off the communications, the tracking device, you know, the transponder, all of this was consistent with deliberate action by someone on the plane. he said based on all -- all of this was based on raw satellite data that they have had for some time, that now they confirm was actually coming from that flight 370. very importantly, he said a whole new phase in the investigation has opened up. stop all of the searching in ...

Of air having that kind of tracking device? >> the priority should be given to planes flying long distance, i think it is i cant understand why it is not being done. the in instruction is not there that it has to be done. what do you see on the horizon? >> i think, i hope that this accident coming on the heels of oofr lo another loss of a plane, the air france four years ago, that they need to make this change. >> thank you so much from london. drones are turning into the next big thing to fight...

Valentines day. pink is for snow. good morning to you. ive got other news to bring you. remember the kennedy cousin, michael skakel, turns out hes going to be able to hit the ski slopes after all even with a pesky ankle bracelet. a judge ruling he can remove his tracking device so he can put on ski boots to attend his sons ski competition. he was released from prison last year after granted a new trial in the death of his neighbor. one hour after returning home to her family in massachusetts, ...