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Flight. a timeline that would seem to strongly suggest foul play by the co-pilot and anyone else active in the cockpit at the time. but, crucial caveat, former national transportation safety board investigator greg feith told nbc news this new information does not necessarily by itself indicate ill intentions. according to feith, "some pilots will program into an alternate flight path in the event of emergency. we don't know what the reason was for this particular flight plan, whether to go back to kuala lumpur or take the airplane somewhere away from beijing." this information follows a repor...

Were no problems with the flight. a timeline that would seem to strongly suggest foul play by the co-pilot and anyone else active in the cockpit at the time. but, crucial caveat, former national transportation safety board investigator greg feith told nbc news this new information does not necessarily by itself indicate ill intentions. according to feith, "some pilots will program into an alternate flight path in the event of emergency. we don't know what the reason was for this particular flight plan, whether to go back to kuala lumpur or take the airplane somewhere away from beijing." this i...

Computer system that was most likely programmed by somebody in the cockpit. the person who programmed the change of course would have been somebody knowledgeable about airplane systems. the times reported this sighting, unidentified american officials. joining us to talk more martin savidge and pilot mitchell. welcome back gentlemen. >> good morning carol. we've been learning about the airplane. we're focussing on the flight management system. this system here, one here, up there, one here. essentially this is the brain of the plane. it does a lot of things to assist the pilot and co-pilot fly...

Fuel actually was loaded on to that plane before it took off or making the assumption it was only enough to get to beijing and another hour or so? >> no. they haven't verified how much fuel was on board. they have say that the plane had enough fuel to make it as far as kazakhstan after it was last seen on radar. and kazakhstan, obviously is a long way from malaysia. >> but they are not at least -- they are not giving us the precise numbers and saying we can say for certain this how much fuel was on board that 777? >> no. they are not giving out precise numbers. they are saying it could go as f...

Russian officials. >> announcing sanctions on seven russian officials. >> these sanctions are interesting. they're dramatic. >> does putin know his own end game? >> do we know the end game? >> or is he just making it up as he goes along? >> where do we go from here? there are some really big questions looming. >> we are imposing sanctions. we're making it clear there are consequences for their actions. good evening to you. i am ari melber in for lawrence o'donnell. we begin with breaking news on malaysia airlines flight 370. "the new york times" is reporting tonight that the plane's first tu...