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That would not lead you in the direction of failure. if this is true, this would mean it was some sort of deliberate act. and there's the data reporting system, at 1:07 a.m. shut down. and the transponder, shut down at 1:21 a.m. thank you for joining us. what is your speinterpretation this? >> well, it's starting to look like this had to have been a deliberate act. a very resilient airplane, you probably would not have that length of time between them. could we construct a theory

>> the investigation becomes narrower with time. >> we don't know a whole lot. >> this is not a normal investigation. as we enter the second week of searching for malaysian airlines flight 370, the search area is growing and so, too, are suspicions of foul play. either a hijacking or pilot sabotage. u.s. officials say two different tracking systems on board the aircraft, a data reporting system and the transponder, were turned off separately which is a strong indication that this was done manually. an exclusive report from reuters earlier today details new evidence suggesting the plane was d...

Assumption alone it is simply a matter -- akin to logging on and off the computer. so if the pilot chose to log off the system which is the data link system to the controllers that would be easy enough. there is a secondary system to that likewise -- >> just to clarify on that. the data reporting system was shut down at 1:07 a.m. according to abc news, the transponder shut down at 1:20 a.m. >> yeah, and for the pilot to shut that down, that is reaching over and shutting down one switch. not a difficult task. >> how could you shut down the transponder and fly for five hours? >> the airplane is ...