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CNNW Wolf March 28, 2014

Ten search planes that flew over the new area today actually spotted objects in the waters below. Investigators are going over the photographs right now, the photographs of the objects. The ship is expected to arrive at the site tomorrow. The new search zone is 680 miles northeast of the previous sites. Its 1,150 miles from perth, australia. Analysts say this shift in location is based on new calculations of satellite data and fuel consumption patterns. They say the data suggests the plane didnt fly as far south as they originally thought. We want the to give you a sense of what its like on board one of those planes flying over the southern indian ocean. Our correspondent, kyung lah is joining us live. You were on one of the planes that just returned to perth after flying over this new search area. Describe what happened when searchers actually spotted something on top of the water. Reporter i was with the United States p8 poseidon crew. And as we were entering the search area, it took about two hours and twenty minutes to arrive to the search area. As we got closer to the ocean, one of the crew members, one seated to the left, looking out at the ocean, suddenly saw white debris. A number of white debris spots on the ocean from that high, all he could see from specks. Then another crew member to the right saw some orange rope, what appeared to be orange rope. And then another sighting, a blue bag. All of it in the same general vicinity. What they did was they marked the coordinates, they swept through it twice, got a good look at t. A cam did give us a look on board the plane, what it was. It was really hard to make out. It looked like a misshapen white object. Thats the only part i saw, wolf. What we can tell you is that its definitely debris. But we definitely do not know if it is connected to the missing plane. The coordinates have been set and a sea vessel has been directed to go there. Wolf . So the vessel probably wont get there for several hours. Im assuming its going to take a while to get out there. Once they get out there, how did the waves look . How did the weather look . You think theyre going to be able to get close to this specific location where you saw this suspicious object . Reporter well, the old search area was described as being so the waves being so violent, it looked like a washing machine. A very different story what we saw today. Weather is unpredictable. These waters can change. But they were very, very calm today. It was barely any wave activity. There was one point where you could see some white caps, but it was only for a short period of time, maybe ten minutes. The rest of the time, very calm waters. We understand the sea vessels are staying out there in the overnight australia hours, and theyre going to try to pick up some of this debris. A lot less violent weather further north where the new search area is. The waters, as you correctly point out, a lot calmer right now. So maybe that will help in identifying what these art questions articles, these items are. Kyung lah back from this flight. A surprising turn in the hunt for flight 370. A new search area, new objects seen floating in this new area. Lets discuss whats going on. Mark weise is an aviation analyst, former 777 pilot for american airlines. Peter goelz is a cnn aviation analyst, former ntsb managing director. Tom fuentes, cnn Law Enforcement analyst. Former assistant director of the fbi. So mark, lets talk about this. So what do you think when you see whats being described as these objects . Youve flown 777s. Does it sound, does it appear to be based on the initial indications wreckage from that plane . You know, wolf, we heard this before when we heard the 300 objects. The 122 objects. And those seem to be debris fields. Again, trying to manage expectations. We have been down this road before. And certainly everybody is hopeful. You know, some of the pieces, single pieces, may or may not really be part of the wreckage. We just have to wait. This one, fortunately, is close enough to a ship thats being repositioned that will have hopefully have it in our hands tomorrow. If it is wreckage, peter, and youve investigated a lot of these disasters, is it likely theres one individual piece floating around in an area . Wouldnt there be a whole bunch of stuff sort of clogged up together . Well, you would have hoped that that was the case three weeks ago. But today with three weeks worth of wave action, the debris could be wellseparated. So its not surprising you could have individual pieces floating alone. What are you hearing . Is this a real breakthrough, potentially . Or is this potentially another false lead . Well, i think theyre pretty optimistic. They have been working nonstop over the past ten days, recalculating the numbers that they got from inmarsat. This is their best effort. If this falls short, if this is not the site, boy, theyre going to have to go back to square one. This is, what, almost 700 miles, tom, from the other locations where they had been spending the last couple weeks desperately looking for something. They found nothing. They found a lot of objects, but nothing could be confirmed to come from that malaysian airliner. Whats your assessment . Well, the fact that this time the airplanes have seen the debris, not fivedayold satellite information. That was the problem before, the satellites would say five days ago, this object was at this location. The time they got out there, a day or two later with aircraft, they couldnt find anything. This time, they have dropped the sonobuoys on the debris so they would float with the debris if the waves take them in a different direction. And now theoretically, should be able to get to the ships to the actual debris this time for sure. Before the airplanes couldnt find it so the ships couldnt find it. Thats the optimistic part of this one, at least theyll be able to fish something out of the water hopefully in the next 24 to 48 hours. It may not be the plane, but a better chance to look at something physical and make that assessment. And whats encouraging, peter, the water is a lot calmer, 700 miles further north than that original area. And the weather is a lot better too. Yeah. Things are lining up. Lets hope that the new calculations are good, because if theyre not, were getting into the final days of the life of the pinger on the recorders. And boy, thats going to present a whole new set of challenges. And assuming those pingers are still pinging. Exactly. Thats another matter right there. How could they get this wrong, this destination . Because apparently they recalculated how fast the plane was flying across the malaysian peninsula after it made that left turn moving away from beijing, heading in the opposite direction. How did they miscalculate where the end point was . What did they do to refine it now by 700 miles . Well, if you remember early on, we had the aircraft turning in multiple directions. We were concerned if the waypoints put it on the ground, in the air, we didnt really know. And there was so many potential variations in altitude, which certainly would change the entire fuel calculations, which would be the range of the aircraft. So i think what they were doing now, based upon the pingers, and different altitudes and different speeds, they have refined it now to a point where they really believe that this is going to focus in on the search area. This reassessment, you buy it . You gave us an indication yesterday that they were they had discovered this new area where they want to devote their search efforts. I think they had really put the pencil to the paper. Remember, this was always a term of art. I mean, this is not something thats been done before. They were breaking new ground, and i think theyre confident this is a more accurate analysis. Very quickly, tom. To those who say were now back at square one, you say . I say that if peter and mark are optimistic, im optimistic. They know the calculations that were done at ntsb and the recalculations. So, you know, thats what i would base it on. All right, guys. Were going to continue our analysis. Stand by. We have shown what its like searching above the indian ocean for flight 370. Up next, the view from under water. Ill speak with an ocean search specialist about what crews are up against right now. The hunt for flight 370 so far has only raised a lot more questions. 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How accurate would this has been now the end of three weeks, about to enter the fourth week of this search, the plane goes down, lets say, in the indian ocean. How accurate, assuming they have a rough idea where it may have gone down, would the search be in terms of the currents, where they could move all the wreckage from the plane . Its a very good point. You know, the search area is going to be immense. Theres been so much time elapsed now that the debris has had a long chance to dissipate. And, of course, not all debris drifts at the same rate. Some items like seat cushions, for instance, propelled by the wind and the waves, less so by the current. Other items, such as the aircraft tail or wing tips, will be semi submerged and theyre propelled mainly by the current and not so much by the wind. So the elapsed time has allowed debris to spread over a vast area. So this could really wind up anywhere. Lets say they find some wreckage from the plane in the indian ocean. What do they do next to start deep water searches . Is because the challenges will be enormous, especially if theyre looking for those black boxes, the flight data, the voice recorders. The next step is to assess what items of did debris are recovered from the surface and then to run an exercise of navigation, which is a marriage between engineers, hiydro gravis and oceanographierses and apply that knowledge to the individual parts and backtrack back to an original source. How good is that retroactive analysis, if you will . How reliable should we expect it to be . Retro navigation is mostly a science. There is a little bit of an art to it, as well. It can be very definitive if youre dealing with a short time frame. But after the elapsed time so far, its going to be quite a complex exercise. In our business, its actually much better to be thorough and precise than it is to be fast. So this is not going to end any time soon. But these the general channel of the search at the moment is a good one. Theres been a lot of area covered and gradually the clues are come together to provide us with at least a starting point. And one poifinal question. You say its better if wreckage is found in deep water. Why is that . The if the water is deep and theres a lack of oxygen in the water, its calm, its settled, theres not a lot of marine life down there, then it makes it easy for us to search. Our equipment works well down to 6,000 meters or 20,000 feet. So all of the areas that are in question at the moment are within range of the s. O. N. A. R. Equipment. We like nice, deep, quiet water, so that the you know, the akouftices can be used to maximum effect. Robert mccallum, thanks for your expertise and joining us, rob. Thank you. Mystery has certainly surrounded what could be on the Flight Simulator found inside the home of the flight captain. Fbi agents have been closely examining the hard drives. 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The Flight Simulator captain Zaharie Ahmed Shah had built in his home. Police certainsearched the homee pilots and co pilots of mh370, taking away the simulator for investigation. Cnn has spoken to tannis, who writes a blog on flight simulato simulators. He sold the captain additional parts and helped him put it all together. He wanted to build a platform that it can create the rear motion of the plane. In a degree, it has its limits. Reporter thats done with a chair for or platform that moves, as though the pilot is seated in an it actual plane, to give the sensation of flying. He and captain zaharie exchanged at least 15 emails, which have been shared with cnn. They mostly discuss technical details, the pilot looking for guidance on setting up his simulator. Its a passion that extended beyond the job. Captain zaharie often invited his friends over to try out the simulator. They say they saw nothing sinister. But investigators still have to ask tough questions and files from the simulator have been sent to the fbi for inspection. Its very normal for pilots to have Something Like that to practice themselves. Reporter malaysian authorities mentioned concern over some deleted files. Something he says is normal, like deleting data from a game drive or computer. He says he never discussed with captain zaharie what he used the simulator for. But he wasnt concerned. I think that it was actually someone we know that is devastate for us. Weve got to be sad about it. And on top of that, we couldnt believe the things that were said about it, that it wasnt close to true. I couldnt believe that a man that had passion for a simulation like that wanted to to build Something Like that, would do something stupid or, you know, like sinister. Reporter captain zaharie seemed to have nothing to hide but his enthusiasm for flying. As one of his friends told me, if we were on a plane in trouble, he would want a pilot as passionate as captain zaharie in the cockpit. Saima mohsin, cnn, kuala lumpur, malaysia. Even though there has been so far no evidence, the pilots had anything to do with flight 370s disappears, Malaysia Airlines announced today a new policy to try to ensure all of its new pilots are mentally stable. From now on, pilots joining the Airlines Must undergo psychological tests. But what about when theres a hijacking or another stressful situation . How do you best counster that threat . There is reportedly Autopilot Technology out there, patented by boeing, that takes complete control of the plane, rendering a pilot or are a hijacker powerless. Brian todd is covering this part of the story for us. So brian, tell us about this system. How does it work . Wolf, its called the uninterruptible pilot system, reported on seven years ago by the Homeland Security news wire and daily mail. According to these reports, boeing got a patent that would enable the plane to be flown by Remote Control from the ground in the event of an emergency. In a situation of distress, in this scenario, the pilot could flick a switch or maybe some kind of a sensor could trigger the autopilot. The autopilot could then be activated by radio or satellite. And our aviation analyst, mark weise, explains what would happen next. Everything now that the pilots who try to do would be inconsequential. Because the ground controller would be handling its flight path, its landing gear, its flap system, configuring the aircraft for a landing to a safe place. And really taking away hostile threat. Mark weise says that if that

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