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Towards. we have no reports of injuries or tsunami warnings, that's important, because ships are going to be in that area. it just adds to the whole weirdness, the sadness around this missing plane. let's return to our discussion of the last-known moments inside the cockpit of malaysian airlines flight 370. martin and mitchell casada are inside a boeing 777. this is about the time when the data reporting systems are said to have shut down. >> right, carol. let me tell you where we are. we are at 35,000 feet. pretty quickly after we took off, the pilot, mitchell, put us on autopilot. you can se...

If the data reporting system suddenly shut down, how would the pilots handle that? >> if it was a mechanical failure. >> if the data reporting systems just shut down, what would the pilots do? >> if the data reporting system shut down, like the acars, that's a relatively big deal wechdeal. we would talk to dispatchers and maintenance. they are the folks that make the flight plan. they follow us along the route the entire way. we would talk to them and try to trouble shoot it. >> why is it they are not communicating? you brought this up, carol. there is a certain protocol that i a vee eight. >>...

There is a hijacking because the pilot could enter a code. it transmits. on the ground, that's recognized. that's what mitchell is talking about. one of the first things they would do is let's get somebody up on that plane. >> that may have happened. the malaysian government is not telling us. tell us that again. if the data reporting system shut down and also the transponder shut down, there would be many things happening on the ground. what would be happening? >> they would be aware on the ground and reacting how? >> they would be talking to the company. we are sending tol emmet tri back to ...

Would be if it followed those data points. bill: do we know it turned for sure. >> the plane would have had to turn to match up these data points. bill: let me stop you there. this what is you are talking about. 1:07 a.m. the data reporting is shut down. at 1:20 the transponder is turned off. on the triple 777 you have two transponders. that transponder is right between -- it's right between the two gentlemen. it's within arm's reach. the reason why the triple 777 has two is part of redundancy factor boeing built into the plane. if one fails you use the second one. based on this what would you...

Disclosed the communication systems for the bowing 777 were intentionally shut off in successive fashion 14 minutes apart. police on saturday searched the homes of the two co-pilots and took a special interest in the flight simulator installed in the home of the captain. 53-year-old zaharie ahmad shah who had logged more than 18,000 hours in the air and who showed off the simulator in this youtube simulator. the turning off of the data reporting system and the transponder coupled with the known movements of the aircraft which some have likened to evasive tactics have led authorities to frame i...