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>> david, i guess by definition, all air disaster reporting is speculation until you can actually pick up the pieces and put them back together. but ten days, 11 days in, are we in for the long haul? what do you think about this latest conflicting report out of malaysia? >> well, with the acars system that really doesn't change too much in my mind about what happened. the acars system is also designed that if anything else happens irregular on the aircraft, it will send an immediate signal out, so it's not like it only sends a signal every 30 minutes. that's not the situation. >> okay. >> so i...

All, of anyone trying to make any cell phone calls or send any texts or make transmissions at all from the airliner. the question is why not? is it simply the plane was too high? we also learned that other countries are planning for the possibility this plane landed somewhere and is being somehow being prepared to be used as a weapon. israeli air traffic control went on higher alert today as a precaution which redoubles the scrutiny on who took control of the airliner. was the crew up to no good? they were seen in a widely circulated youtube video, the first officer and captain going through s...

And then plunged 20,000 feet and then climbed again. we learned today that in all those hours authorities say there is no evidence, none at all, of anyone trying to make any cell phone calls or send any texts or make transmissions at all from the airliner. the question is why not? is it simply the plane was too high? we also learned that other countries are planning for the possibility this plane landed somewhere and is being somehow being prepared to be used as a weapon. israeli air traffic control went on higher alert today as a precaution which redoubles the scrutiny on who took control of ...

Reports on the health of the airplane, acars, came at 1:07 a.m. and then all transmissions stopped and the pilot then -- or the co-pilot we know now, it was the co-pilot who said "all right, good night" at 1:19. now, this led people to believe that, you know, if he reported everything okay even after this system was off, you know, this points a finger at the pilots. the prime minister believed it. listen on friday as he describes this. >> these movements are consistent with deliberate action by someone on the plane. >> reporter: all right. advance, we're at monday now and we hear from the ceo ...

You think they have a sound basis believing that that somebody did something? >> they have a sound basis that somebody put in the four key strokes or more to get the key strokes. the timing seems to be off. it's reasonable that somebody was keyed into the computer. >> the a cars system means the investigators have to move off the theory yesterday that this system was disabled before anything else happened. if the a cars recorded key stroke, obviously it was working. right? common sense conclusion. >> who knows if that time line is correct. >> if acars recorded the data, then it was on. if it w...