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Ntsb now in charge of this investigation. >> reporter: if the plane was in trouble, officials say it didn't send any signal. >> there were a number of distress beacons on board the aircraft. we know they have not been activated because we are the receiving authority for such alerts. >> reporter: investigators can't rule out catastrophic system failure but say all signs point to a deliberate act. at least 12 minutes before the last radio call, "all right, good night" someone used a cockpit computer to program a change in course. two malaysian tuna fishermen in kota bharu told bob woodruff they ...

Reason investigators turned up nothing so far from the flight simulator they seized from captain's home. some data was erased from it before february 3rd. the malaysians are trying to restore the files with an assist from the fbi. investigators seized computers from both the pilot and co-pilot's homes. is it strange that the data would be deleted on the simulator? we'll get answers about that in a moment. there's also more to that sharp left turn that the plane made. the turp that sent it veering off course to parts still unknown. we know that at 1:19 a.m. local time, the co-pilot gave the fin...

then? >> jim sciutto, stick around. we've got a lot more to talk about. it now appears that the cockpit computer was reprogrammed. why is that information so significant to investigators? plus, could the pilots have done it to respond to a mechanical problem in the cockpit? one pilot says yes and he'll explain straight ahead. are you still sleeping? just wanted to check and make sure that we were on schedule. the first technology of its kind... mom and dad, i have great news. is now providing answers families need.

Driving and got off with the affluenza defense is in the news today and tonight, more scrutiny on a cockpit computer as friends of the pilot are speaking out. are we any closer to answers in this mystery? stay with us. good job!

Cockpit computer. the new york post reported similar news. so does that mean that the pilots were involved? and joining me now is "new york times" aviation reporter matt wa lc ld. matt, we should disclose that your brother works at cnn. >> correct. >> but based on the timeline that we have, this turn that you reported on, you and mr. colleague broke the news on, must have been programmed before the co-pilot said, all right, good night, to air traffic control, right? >> that would appear to be the case. yeah. and you can enter the programming into a computer called the flight management syst sy...