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Right. as soon as there is a fire on board, as a pilot you want to get that aircraft back safely on the ground as soon as possible. >> is there some protocol pilot takes over the flying and the co-pilot -- he had communication after the acars was either shut down deliberately or from some fire or something, i mean, he certainly was still commune case. there was some time of communication. isn't there protocol in the cockpit for that? >> there is. the nonflying pilot or the pilot not at the controls generally has the ability to communicate or also to switch frequencies and to talk to the back a...

Try to get a visual. take a look at what we are going to see over the next 48 hours or so with this. here we go. we have a little more cloud cover that is in the area now. this is the future radar and satellite and that white indicates cloud cover. the green indicates precipitation. and as we move forward over the next 24 hours this front gets mighty close to it, about 24 hours from now. so the winds will increase, which makes it much more difficult for the planes. it also makes the planes become even choppier than they generally are and we start to get the visibility really declining there. t...

Puzzling to you about this whole story as a pilot? >> as a pilot, the most puzzling thing happened immediately after takeoff. the acars was disabled. the aircraft turned. and if there was a mechanical problem there was no communication whatsoever from the pilots. nothing. and i find that to be very compelling in supporting a scenario that perhaps one or both of the pilots were complicit in taking this airplane off track for some reason that we don't know. had there been a mechanical issue these guys would have declared an emergency, tried to turn back toward kuala lumpur or perhaps another air...

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,...

Transponder and the acars, the radio as well. saxby chambliss echoing what a lot of people in the industry say, it can't all happen at the same time. >> of the information coming from the manufacturer lends some weight to the argument that raising eyebrows. heather nauert, you have headlines for us. >> another big story we're following and that of course is what's going on in the ukraine. tensions are mounting in an increasing war of words over what is going on with the sanctions on vladimir putin's inner circle. russia responding today with its own list of sanctions targeting some congression...