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Or at least tried to get it to safety. >> we want to look at what folks on twitter are asking. we thought we would put some questions to you guys. we'll ask one question from the viewer. assuming the transponder and acars were disconnected deliberately, is it possible the recorders would have been switched off zoo. could they be turned off manually from inside the plane. >> according to these guys, they had advised me, there is nothing on that airplane they shouldn't be able to turn off if it is an electrical fire. i cannot believe you would be able to turn the flight recorders off. according ...

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 would have have happened --...

Turned off, they said good night. ac acars went off, transponder, take the line from the last transponder hit and then take the line from the thai radar skin paint and draw that line and see where it goes. it heads straight for india. it doesn't go to the indian ocean and the south. why would anybody be so clever to do that, and fly the airplane for seven and a half hours and then let it flame out? i don't believe that. >> you know, i know you're such a serious person. you make such a compelling case. you make me pause every time i talk to you, general. you turn the transponder off. you turn -...

Cnn has not been able to independently confirm that the transcript is genuine. this is what we are getting. joining me now, aviation and government correspondent and miles o'brien, pilot and cnn aviation analyst. i will kick it off with you. me what you have seen. does anything jump out as unusual? >> i haven't seen enough to make a at the same time. they got ahold of the acars transmission. that's the automatic e-mail component. it talks about it being a technical conversation. what you get are the tapes and routine handoffs. we are at flight level 350. they will say that and unless something...

Going to settle is what are they going to find on the hard drives on those computers? is there any kind of telltale sign that would give any indication as to the motive of somebody intending to take this airplane and turn off the transresponders and acars and fly it into a place in the world that is literally no man's land. >> bob hager, what can you tell us about those so-called black boxes on board the passenger planes? they seem like almost the only piece of hope that we can look for. >> it's one of the few things and they can tell you a lot if you find them but this is, still, i got to say...