to try to full hasten things along. but why there has been a gap in relaying information to the public about the route of the aircraft, we don't know. but certainly that sort of thing will leave them open to further criticism. >> certainly will. all right, nic robertson reporting for us from london. let's dig deeper with richard quest, former faa chief of staff, and former fbi negotiate tore. chris, first to you. the u-turn we know how to about, without the trancsponder lettin anyone know where the plane was. what does that say to you you? >> well, it gives me indicators of two things at the same time. first of all, there is an indicator that whatever happened to the plane you can rule out as there wasn't a catastrophic event that immediately took down the plane. that begins to give you insight