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That could be the most crucial part of this story. martin savidge is live in a 777 simulator right now. this is becoming the center of this entire story. i guess could you talk about first what it would be like to fly at 45,000 feet above the 43,100 foot approved level of this 777 plane? >> reporter: yeah, the real problem we're having here, because we've been trying to emulate in the simulator here what's been reported, it's almost beyond the laws of physics and the physical ability of an aircraft to do at least what has been described in the article and described by those radar signatures. w...

Altitudes in how that team of pilots. we don't know plane going up and down. i'm divided here. there could have been inability by the pilots, all those flying the plane to then it went down or there could have been a struggle. if that is the case. then i have five or six theories as to what would have been the terrorist case. we don't have the evidence now. >> hank, listening to sort of the facts that have been disclosed by the "new york times" today, climbing to 45,000 feet above its service limit of 43100 making a sharp turn west and descending unevenly to 20,000 feet and cruising below norm...

Of fuel or crashed right before it ran out of fuel. but many questions remain in this mystery. joining me now are jim tilmon, an aviation expert and former american airlines pilot, and jim cavanaugh, an nbc law enforcement analyst whose been deeply involved in many high profile investigations, including the unabomber case. thank you both for coming on the show tonight. >> my pleasure, reverend. >> this new report certainly bolsters the theory that the plane was either sabotaged or hijacked. one portion sticks out and says, quote, an ascent above the plane's service limit of 43,100 feet, along ...

You've watched that simulation. so i guess let me start with -- caveat on this. "new york times," michael schmidt did that reporting. that was based on radar on the ground. meaning those readings may not be exactly accurate which might end up having all of this make sense. right now with the information that we have, about 45,000 feet, that's above the 43,100 level approved, so why is that the level that's approved? what happens at 45,000 feet to the people on the plane? >> what happens to the wing aerodynamically. the air is only so -- think about it being thick. molecules of air. it's suppor...