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To les abend in our last show, les actually did his real job this week. we actually took a -- flew to london as a 777 pilot and he said people in the industry, the crew of the planes of pilots, the flight crew, everyone is talking about this particular story and how to improve and, you know, to come up with their own theories. and you as well, i know that you attended a con frerference a co of weeks ago. but i imagine as an investigator when you're not on cnn,which is not a lot of your time, people talk to you and have many questions about this. >> yeah, i was at the aircrafts investigator con...

There is no really -- not heavily trafficked by ships, by air. it is very strange that we're finding all this activity going on there and hopefully that debris field will lead us to that is accurate. >> i hate to be negative here. but mr. abend, thanks. les abend, thanks to so many of you. do you think in today's technology and the advances we have, you think we will absolutely find this plane? >> i'm optimistic. >> okay. thank you very much. we now know that flight 370 had a dramatic drop in altitude. coming up. we'll take you inside our flight simulator and let you know what that looks like.

Complicit and had a plot on its own, doing this kind of maneuver would not be anything that would necessarily be required. so, you know, this is one of many scenarios we have looked at, but we certainly have a game changer here. >> miles o'brien, stick around. we'll need you to help me out with this. i want to bring in now les abend. you've flown a 777 many times. does this new information reduce suspicions about foul play in the cockpit? >> on the surface, it seems to. i don't want to discount any other possibilities. but yeah, very much so, that it seems like this is the action the crew faci...

Finding all this activity going on there and hopefully that debris field will lead us to that is accurate. >> i hate to be negative here. but mr. abend, thanks. les abend, thanks to so many of you. do you think in today's technology and the advances we have, you think we will absolutely find this plane? >> i'm optimistic. >> okay. thank you very much. we now know that flight 370 had a dramatic drop in altitude. coming up. we'll take you inside our flight simulator and let you know what that looks like. staying active can ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, this can be difficult...

Suggest any wrongdoing. still, everyone in the cockpit undergoes routine psychological tests. >> going forward we will review all of this and see whether we can strengthen the various entry requirements. >> reporter: current pilots tell us the screening depends on the airline and governoring body. les says his airline asks questions about his personality. >> do you like your mother, do you hate your father, you know, things of that nature. you know, have you ever harmed a small animal. >> reporter: abend says some airlines interview the pilots' friends. many u.s.-based airlines go above and be...