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One of those systems is the 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 th...

That point. you would have contacted somebody. again looking at the time line, transponder off, acars off. then we have a computer shift in the flight path. that sounds to me -- i'm very strongly leaning that this plane was taken over by somebody. >> i still maintain it was hijacked. and for anyone to say well, they had a fire or something, look, we never heard a may day. all the communications, the comes, the uhf/bhf sat comes to our knowledge were never turned off. so they could have talked if they wanted to. yes, acars was turned off. yes, the transponder was turned off. as was just pointed...

Good evening, jason. >> good evening, greta. >> tell us about this report. it's akin to the payne stuart situation where everyone is encompass stated incapacitated and that plane went on four hours. >> some people are making the case being what happened on the plane is that the cockpit filled with smoke. the pilots only had time under this scenario to radio -- to make some changes, turn the plane and then were incapacitated are, passed out before they could radio people and let people know their plane was in distress. >> here is the problem though, when they had the conversation at 1:19, the c...

Be on the southern indian ocean and not so much the northern sector. >> roger, thiewnk. >> thank you. >> waters off the coast of australia are very turbulent. searchers battling mother nature as they the clock. rick reichmuth joins us. >> under the best of circumstances these waters are incredibly choppy and incredibly rough and the wind is always ongoing. but you take a look right there about 1700 miles from perth, australia, and right now that right there was a system that brought a lot of cloud cover and rain two days ago when they searched. you can see behind that clearer skies during yest...

Why the satellite continues -- >> michael shakes his head, he agrees. philip, let's get your in put. what are your thoughts on this. >> well, i actually agree, i've been a criminal lawyer for 16 years and what i can tell you is that an investigation of any sort, especially one of this magnitude must begin with facts c , facts that have to be reliable and complete. what we're getting are facts that are reliable and complete. only now, a lot of other countries, the united states and australia, other countries are getting involved. in fact, the fbi has possession of the simulator found in the pil...