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Disclosing it, does that now pique your interest as a possibility of what went on here. >> not as much at this point in time. i have trouble getting around the conversation of the pilots. sothat this sequence this started sometime before that calm communication. >> meaning at probably 1:07. this conversation was at 1:19. all right. good night. but at 1:o07 the acar system was turned off. the communication system. >> right, right, right. >> is that what catches your attention? >> yeah. absolutely. if there was some sort of mechanical problem, some sort of a fire, there is enough time there for ...

Smoke, somebody would he be saying may day one of the pilots. we need preferential treatment finds us a runway. >> this theory relies on acars was not shut off but mechanical failure. it has a different inter presentation of the timing, because it would have required that the transponders as well be shut off because of an emergency. no indication given by the pilots of any kind. >> except that the last time there was any contact was, i think, at 1:37 when there is that automatic contact when pilots said good night, all right. he never said by the way, we have got a lot of smoke on board. so it...

Transponder and the acars actually zoned in a little bit. but the positive thing the black boxes were under the ocean for two years before they were discovered. and that means the gps which has a 30-day battery life would have run out. >> we had a smaller indication where it went down, that is a huge difference, two years later. >> exactly, as mike points out. >> and from facebook, dan writes, if flight 370 continues to go undiscovered, how much longer will they search? >> sal, i imagine they have to look for a long time. >> they have to look for a long time, this is a boeing airplane, america...

So-called acars system that we've heard a lot about in this investigation that allows the system to communicate with ground control. that was shut down on this aircraft. but you have managed -- your satellites managed to continue to communicate with the airplane anyway, how? >> okay, in very simple terms just like a cellular phone system if you imagine the satellite network, whoever you choose, the box on the plane, the classic arrow product from inmarsat, is the project, and then there are various apps that may include different text messaging of different sorts that go through that box. now,...

They can look at the read out on the screen and it shows this fire is emanating from the front cargo area. could be that the front wheel overheat and there is a fire in the electrical system. so the pilots immediately one of them might go down one level below us into that unit and look at the problem. you could be going to another airport. that is what commences the turn. while that is happening, the transponder shuts off. maybe the fire affected that or the copilot is unplugging the wires to shut it off like a burning toaster. the acars shuts down after that. maybe the same thing.