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Out at me, and first and foremost is there was an unusual request for unusual route requested, and some people have questioned whether weather might come into play. ordinarily, the pilots would get the updated weather from air traffic control and of course their on-board radar. so whether there was weather in the area would not be a mystery. so i would immediately question whether weather was a factor. and requesting an unusual route will certainly raise some suspicion. before you take oft pilots have to have alternate safety routes, and they program them into their flight computers and they h...

Freedom. >> some would call it ironic or hypocritical because the administration started some six years ago saying they were going to be the most transparent ever. ebony and larry, got to wrap it there. have a fantastic day. >> kumbaya. >> i know that song well from when i was a kidding me? though words from a frustrated operator after a 737 landed at the wrong airport. how in the world did that happen? trace gallagher with more on that. all right, what did you find out? >> this is a nighttime landing in january, southwest flight 4013 was spofrd to land in branson missouri. they had branson pr...

Was this belief that the malaysians had data that indicated there was a preprogramming or reprogramming of the flight computers that took it away from the course to beijing somewhere over the gulf of thailand and sent it on the westward course that we have now charted. now, it's not clear why that information was relayed to u.s. authorities last week but we do know from malaysian authorities today that everything was normal in the computer system and that the acars system, the system that relays that system back to home base didn't indicate anything was amiss on the way to beijing. >> is there...

This month. beyond that, russia's exports to the eu account for a full 15% of its gdp. it will be interesting to see if the europeans stop buying what russia is selling. lrkall right, 19 minutes af the hour. new developments on missing flight 370. were the pilots planning to take that plan off course before they even took off? who reprogrammed those flight computers? we have live, team coverage ahead. plus, trees ripped from the ground, severe storms battering parts of the country. indra petersons tracking the very latest. that's coming up next. that's a man interviewino.for a job. not tha...

Even though he's caught in the act. the neighbors still like him and think he's cool. >> a life of crime, kitty, you go for it. united airlines passengers could face delays or canceled flights today because of emergency maintenance on the company's fleet of 757 jets. >> the planes are being pulled out of service for more than an hour while inspectors take a look. lisa stark has more from washington. >> reporter: the problem is with united airlines' boeing 757s, 96 planes in all. back in 2004, the faa began requiring airlines to upgrade one of the key flight computers on the jet. apparently u...