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Co-pilots that could be turning over right now. they could be laughing. this man was a veteran in and of himself. 27 years old. it doesn't mean he was fresh out of initial training on the 777. he would have much more retained than perhaps the captain next to him. and putting in a simple course into the flight management computer or turning the airplane with heading select or manual flight, he's perfectly capable of doing that. that's why he's been hired for that job. >> david, what does it tell you -- pamela brown from one malaysian source, but from u.s. sources has a very different read on th...

Those deleted files? >> i think so. i hope so. at least, it will tell us what it was he was practicing. and what locations he was aiming for and what the headings and settings were that he put into that flight sim. >> the designated path from kuala lumpur to beijing, china, was programmed into the aircraft's flight management computer, which controls speed, direction, even altitude. but according to the transpon r transponder, 26 minutes after takeoff, that prearranged course was dramatically altered. was it ahijacking, or a rogue act by the pilot? or was the crew seeking an emergency landing ...

Those deleted files? >> i think so. i hope so. at least, it will tell us what it was he was practicing. and what locations he was aiming for and what the headings and settings were that he put into that flight sim. >> the designated path from kuala lumpur to beijing, china, was programmed into the aircraft's flight management computer, which controls speed, direction, even altitude. but according to the transpon r transponder, 26 minutes after takeoff, that prearranged course was dramatically altered. was it a hijacking, or a rogue act by the pilot? or was the crew seeking an emergency landing...

Those deleted files? >> i think so. i hope so. at least, it will tell us what it was he was practicing. and what locations he was aiming for and what the headings and settings were that he put into that flight sim. >> the designated path from kuala lumpur to beijing, china, was programmed into the aircraft's flight management computer, which controls speed, direction, even altitude. but according to the transpon r transponder, 26 minutes after takeoff, that prearranged course was dramatically altered. was it a hijacking, or a rogue act by the pilot? or was the crew seeking an emergency landing...

On their manifests. they did all this and they said we can't find anything that leads us to believe it was terrorism. and if it was, this is a new paradigm, this is something we have never seen before. >> we have seen situations where it's a whole new world. i want to go back to perth, australia, jeffrey thomas, editing chief and managing director of airline ratings.com. are you hearing anything over there, your investigation that's going on, jeffrey, whether this is more inclined to be a human being responsible for this or some sort of mechanical failure? >> look, wolf, we're hearing the huma...