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Information we had with 447. the acars messages were sent in realtime. we knew the general location, we knew the emergency the pilots were facing, the inconsistent information they were getting. so there was a great deal of information that was readily available at that time. unfortunately here, we don't about whether the information was unavailable because it was disabled or turned off or due to some other cause. we don't have that kind of information and that will make it more difficult. >> let's talk about the assets out there. right now, it's incredible state of the art technology being us...

Plane. floating debris found on top of the circle, the area in blue. the actual plane found two years later, a short way from its last known location. >> that was the last known location pick ed up by the acars or engines. >> it was the last position transmitted by acars. they transmitted that. >> it was the actual location. so we are talking seven, eight miles away. >> didn't get very far. >> the hunt for mh 370 tougher, so little data, such a vast area. miguel marquez, cnn. breaking news here on cnn. planes and ships are kris cross crisscrossing the area. they have ruled it a criminal act ...

I think it would have helped. in fact, i have an inkling it was happening that way when they changed the search area to the other search area. >> better organization, sharing of resources in the early days could have focused the search. searchers now redoubling efforts to find any shred of debris, a critical piece of the puz le. >> if we can find a piece wreckage, some debris we will be able to narrow the search to a smaller area. >> like a trail of bread crumbs it would lead investigators to the plane. >> we can take that and backtrack it using detailed computer simulations. >> she helped to ...

>> it was the last position transmitted by acars. >> reporter: and that was the actual location. so, seven or eight miles away. >> right, it didn't get very far. >> reporter: mh 370, much tougher. a much vaster area. miguel marquez, cnn. >> and in malaysia, all passengers have been cleared of criminal acts. i want to bring in my team. probably a little less animated than cameras in the cockpit. but what does it mean that they haven't cleared the crew,

Will live stream for the whole flight? i don't think a, there's the bandwidth. >> it will live stream to the point where it can't live stream anymore. any way, go on. finish your thought. >> i'm just saying the guys are only picking up what is a computer data linking system that allows them to talk there i the acars and if the acars can be turned off which isn't supposed to be turned off, anyone who wants to do something subversive will disable the cameras. cctv isn't the be and end all to crimes. >> maybe we should have cameras, transponders and acars that can't be turned off. that would solv...