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Are specifically, but if you reverse that process that i was describing of somebody at sea, looking at the stars to figure out where they are, if you reverse that trigonometry and say i'm going to use this satellite to give me an idea where that plane would have been in an hour after its last successful hand shake, you wind up with these areas. that's why the u.s. is focusing so much here. >> tom, thank you very much. i want to bring in a captain that's flown the 777 and john nance is back with us. les, let me start with you. people have been talking about hijacking or pilot suicide. but five ...

However, is this erratic flight path. it did fly in multiple directions. the question of the radar is still out there, but it begins to narrow the search and give them more of an idea where to look. >> i want to bring in michael schmidt, one of the reporters who wrote this story about the change in direction and the different altitudes. michael, do these erratic altitude changes give credence to a specific theory what may have happened to the flight? and can you explain more about what you know about the altitude changes and course of direction chan changes? >> what it could suggest is that so...

To the right or toward the left. officials say the plane flew either in a northwesterly direction crashing into the bay of bengal in india or in a southeast direction as they tell barbara starr crashing somewhere in the indian ocean. all told the plane is thought to have flown for five hours after its last transponder contact. the latest information we had was that it was carrying about 7 1/2 total hours of fuel. "out front" tonight our barbara starr and "the new york times" reporter michael schmidt who broke the story about altitude changes. thank you both. when you put your two reports toget...

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