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Boeing in-flight fighter case in dubai. it was really incredible to see what systems failed, including the oxygen, including the flight control system. so it really just opens up a random possibility of explanations for this what seems to us confusing sequence of events. >> uh-huh. all these theories. conspiracies. it could have been something as simple as mechanical. gentlemen, i have to leave it, but thank you so much, as we continue digging and talking to our sources and trying to figure out where the heck this plane is. there's so much more coming up on the disappearance of this may -- fli...

>> i also want to bring in john hansman professor of aeronautics marry schiavo. professor hansman, all this new information, altitude changes, satellite pings, is there any chance in your mind what happened to the plane could still be mechanical? >> i think it's less likely. but there's still a chance there may have been some sort of progressive failure that was making it difficult for the airplane to fly in the flight control system. but the fact that if it's true that it took both -- i can understand why it would have trouble if the flight control system and pitch. so maybe climbing and desc...

Fly. but the fact that it if it's true that it took both -- i can understand why it would have trouble if the flight control system and pitch, so maybe climbing and descending. but it's hard to see that and also the airplane changing course. so it does sound more like it was being handled by someone not familiar with the airplane. jet airplanes of this type are very sensitive in pitch, so it's not as difficult as you think to climb up and down. >> but not changing course once but more than once according to "the new york times." >> exactly. yeah, the first course change could have made sense, ...

Airplane. jet aim airplanes of this type are very sensitive in pitch. it is not as difficult as you think to climb up and down. >> not just changing course once but more than once according to the "new york times." >> exactly. the first course change actually could have made sense because it was a diversion towards an emergency airport. but the multiple course changes don't make sense from a failure problem. and it's hard to see a problem that we would have in the flight control system that would cause this erratic flying that, would allow the airplane to keep going for the five hours. >> go a...

In the cabin. we're soon going to be making cell phone calls from cabins. i think it should have been made apparent long ago. for example serious crash of air france flight 447 in the south atlantic several years ago. by pure chance that plane transmitted 20 so-called maintenance messages. in paris looked and realized something was wrong with the plane before it disappeared. turned out fault messages were a clear indication of what was happening to the plane. it was losing its flight control system. that was pure chance. in the case of every -- you don't have to do this with every plane flying...