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We weren't able to ask questions for more details about what exactly this all meant. one note of caution, this amongst many things is not a police investigation. they may be holding back information in order to benefit the inquiry. >> okay. keir simmons, kuala lumpur, thank you for that. >> former airline pilot, anthony roman. this information you are hearing, what do you make of that? >> well, there are not many groups in the general vicinity in china, malaysia, pakistan or india that could come on deer this aircraft. it is a remote possibility. however, there is a history of pilots common de...

>> take care. we'll be in touch again. the mystery behind malaysian airlines 370 is triggering questions about the plane's technology. investigators say some communications systems were active several hours after the flight lost contact with air-traffic controller air-traffic controllers. they're looking at this technology for clues about the location. joining us is brian if you think, technology reporter at "the washington post." brian, thanks for joining us. you put out a great article that answered a bunch of questions. we'll go after some of that. after the transponders were disabled how...

Leads, have malaysian officials been holding back information or mishandling this investigation? we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> this is cnn breaking news. >> and we begin with the breaking news. the new information that's led investigators to believe that flight 370 may, i repeat, may have flown for several hours before it disappeared. we caution nothing is certain in this rather bizarre mystery, but here's what we know right now. u.s. officials tell cnn malaysian authorities think they have several...

Different areas, experts on weather, maintenance, on air traffic control, every aspect of it. >> reporter: there's no indication that the malaysians haven't done that and fiercely defend their handling of this. they only hold back information when there's more analysis needed. >> this is a crisis situation. it is a very complex operation and it has not always been easy. >> reporter: analysts say part of the problem could be cultural. there's been one coalition leading malaysia for decades. >> in the glare of international publicity. >> reporter: and it's not just the malaysian dealing with med...

Nothing -- and of course, you take the ships in, where this debris was found and then track it back to where the impact or the explosion would have been, and you look on the ocean floor and you don't find anything, that casts doubt on it, because there should be something on the floor. not everything floats. there's currents on the floor of the ocean as well that will move it around, but you should have two different places where you could be looking, where the floating debris is now and where the event was on the floor of the ocean. and if they're finding nothing in either place, that casts d...