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Families have been given false hope. >> you know, and thats the sad thing, and as weve talked on this air for better than three weeks, you know, credible, its the words that these folks are using, credible leads, which raises that optimism and hope, only to be let down. and there has to be a reality check, and with, you know, all the talking heads and all of the folks that are providing information, you have to use words cautiously. when i was working doing value jet and a variety of other accid...

Out a bomb, an explosion on board? someone tweeted me an interesting point about the fire on board. if there had been a fire, how could a plane that has a fire ripping through it carry on flying for hours on end? it doesnt seem feasible. >> these airplanes are made to withstand a lot. look at the aloha accident. that time flew for plenty of time. >> so it could have a fire on board for six hours? >> in that case, it could. thats why smoke is more likely than fire. >> is a bomb ruled out at this ...

Comparing passports to the interpol database, the capability for this plane to transmit its position of altitude, thats pretty simple. it can be done with what is already on the airplane. just modified so that it cannot be disabled. >> turned off. thats an issue thats come up in a number of conversations. ive been told that the reason pilots are able to turn the transponder off is because if they have an issue like a short circuit, they need to have the ability to turn things off. so how do you ...

Flight 800 that crashed off long island, congress passed a law called family air disaster where it let the ntsb completely relate to families in such a different way from day one the malaysians, maybe they are not used to running an investigation. the families have been put back and forth with theory after theory and false hope after false hope. in this country its done quite differently. >> how is it done this this country in terms of the ntsb reaching out to families immediately? >> after pan-...

Thats very important, he did not clarify how big it was. these type of batteries have been implicated in other incidents. they are flammable. tonight cnns martin savidge is back in a flight simulator along with mitchell cosado. i dont think you guys have ever left the simulator frankly. this is one aspect investigators are looking at, the possibility of a fire on board. there were these potentially flammable lithium batteries. we dont know how many. could a fire have started in the cargo hold an...

Another new development tonight malaysia airlines ceo acknowledging flight 370 was carrying a cargo of lithium ion batteries. he did not say how big the shipment was. thats very important, he did not clarify how big it was. these type of batteries have been implicated in other incidents. they are flammable. tonight cnns martin savidge is back in a flight simulator along with mitchell cosado. i dont think you guys have ever left the simulator frankly. this is one aspect investigators are looking ...

Flight to beijing, this aircraft would have flown straight for seven hours until it ran out of fuel and ran straight into the ocean. >> and martin, the pilots have said that the priority is to stabilize the plane and navigate before they communicate back with the ground. but would there not be any opportunity in there just to make it clear to those on the ground that something was happening or would there even with be an automatic signal to the ground that there is an emergency on board? >> well...

Welcome back. another new development tonight malaysia airlines ceo acknowledging flight 370 was carrying a cargo of lithium ion batteries. he did not say how big the shipment was. these type of batteries have been implicated in other incidents. they are flammable. tonight cnns martin savidge is back in a flight simulator along with mitchell cosado. i dont think you guys have ever left the simulator framgnkly. this is one aspect investigators are looking at, the possibility of a fire on board. t...

Misstatements made by malaysia air and malaysian government authorities. we thought we had a timeline and then they will say something and back away from it. >> the facts are fight thing. we know the airplane took off, the a-car was shutdown, it turned off course, and the transponder was shutoff, beyond that it is just speculation. >> imagine there was a fire on the board that erupted after the pilot said good night. but in other fires, the pilots radioed to the ground they had a fire on board. ...

What would have happened? would it glide to a calm stop or when it runs out of fuel, did it end up crashing into the sea in a violent way? >> we know that aircrafts glide. we saw that in the miracle on the hudson with sully sullenberger. that could be on the co-pilot. if a progressive failure of all the electrical systems occurred. thats not unprecedented. in 1996, a value jet out of miami took off. they had a fire on board down in the cargo hold. that in the ntsb report showed a progressive fai...