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The question in who was behind that. there are a lot of warning signs along the way. the fact the trans ponder was turned off, the flight pattern changed abruptly. we have two iranians with stolen passport that's were not checked with interpol which we would have done in this country. one-way tickets bought with cash that the hijackers do, there are a lot of questions raised. one thing is very clear, chris. this was an intentional, deliberate act that unfortunately probably killed 239 people. >> as we said, they're now focusing on the crew and the passengers. any evidence that you have heard s...

It is not measuring where it is on the plot. it knows it is on the line but it doesn't know where it is on the line. i guess one of the questions is, let's assume that the point of this was, pilot take over and like a flight 990 suicide. why not just put it in the drink right away? why fly it for six or seven hours? >> well, aviation, commercial aviation cannot stay in a vacuum. we need to find out what happened. air france 447 which crashed in the south atlantic, they searched for two years until they found that. and we've done it on other accident investigations. and terrorist acts. the pilo...

Physical actions of turning off the transponder is absolutely critical. it shows that someone in the flight deck, someone with training was able to do both functions. in between the two the crew signals all right, good night. that is damning evidence that indicates something was going on in the flight deck. >> you were saying to me before we went on the air. and you've been involved in these investigations. in addition to whatever they may be able to find on the ground, that they may do some analysis. these communications between cockpit and the ground? >> sure. you're going to look at, you'll...

The question in who was behind that. there are a lot of warning signs along the way. the fact the trans ponder was turned off, the flight pattern changed abruptly. we have two iranians with stolen passport that's were not checked with interpol which we would have done in this country. one-way tickets bought with cash that the hijackers do, there are a lot of questions raised. one thing is very clear, chris. this was an intentional, deliberate act that unfortunately probably killed 239 people. >> as we said, they're now focusing on the crew and the passengers. any evidence that you have heard s...

After a man hit another passenger for reclining on his seat. here is the air traffic controller audio recording. >> united, we have a passenger secured. >> neckive, passenger is not secured, the passenger has settled down, though, but an assault has taken place but at this time it is in the secure. >> the spokesman said the pilot made the call to return to dulls and fighter jets on stand by since the attack of 9/11 and our national correspondent is on this. security threat at automatic here? >>guest: well, it does not turn out that way but the pilot was in the sure. flight 990 from dulles took...