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From ignition of the flammable fuel air mixture in the tank. >> reporter: another great mystery, u.s. air flight 427. it left chicago's o'hare international airport on september 8, 1994, bound for pittsburgh. just six miles out while passing through the jet stream of another plane, flight 427 began to shake. it rolled upside down, spiralling 300 miles per hour toward the ground. 132 passengers and crew were killed. >> it involved two full public hearings and several million dollars worth of testing trying to duplicate the failure. the findings were never 100% conclusive because they couldn't d...

Update. weath joining us is shawn henry, president of -- former assistant director of the fbi where he was responsible for cyber and international divisions. david galla of the national oceanic and air institute. leading of the search for ethiopian flight 447. peter, let me start with you. what do you make of the news that the transponder was turned off and the plaecne made this significant turn? how easy is it to turn off a transponder? >> it's not difficult and pilots can do it. although the circumstances of them being able to do it or wanting to do it is simply inexplicable. they wouldn't w...

Update. joining us is shawn henry, president of -- former assistant director of the fbi where he was responsible for cyber and international divisions. david galla of the national oceanic and air institute. leading of the search for ethiopian flight 447. peter, let me start with you. what do you make of the news that the transponder was turned off and the plane made this significant turn? how easy is it to turn off a transponder? >> it's not difficult and pilots can do it. although the circumstances of them being able to do it or wanting to do it is simply inexplicable. they wouldn't want to d...

Handled compared to the simulator. because very often pilots will do the majority of their training in the simulatorer and then to the end move to the aircraft itself. he had a very experienced pilot next to him. and the same with the doomed aircraft 370. very experienced captain. >> you talk about the experience he had. you would think about the simulator question once you are flying with life and death in your hands versus simulator it is not the same thing. >> he had been flying for many years but now on a different type of equipment, a different type of aircraft. the simulator is very real...

For any sign of the plane, possible wreckage or its passengers. >> reporter: hi, karen. it's the mid of the night in that part of the world now. rescuers are waiting for dawn in a few hours' time so they can resume the search by air, looking for any trace of this malaysian airlines flight, trying to look for any wreckage. the on reported sightings have been from two vietnamese planes who said they saw two oil sliks around 6 x 9 miles that would be consistent with the iengines an fuel of an airliner of that size. we're not going to get much more until daylight when the search can continue. it's...