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Russians or someone else, to be able to effectively operate this missile system? >> you know, it's one of the odd things about these very sophisticated systems. to some extent, they are easy to use. i mean, you can give a guy five hours instructions on some of these things and you can launch a missile and get it off toward a target. the question is, how do you operate them as part of a system where you're plugged into target acquisition radar where you know what the civilian flight paths are. so it looks as if in this case, this was likely an incompetent, partially trained crew that wasn't ade...

Of flight 17, the faa expanded u.s. flight restrictions over eastern ukraine. >> there are certainly questions about the route flight 17 pilots took on their way to kuala lump lumpur. most have been avoiding the area because of the fighting. indra petersons is here to take a look at the dangerous flight path. >> getting closer to why the flight path changed yesterday. there's a lot of reasons flight paths change. one can be weather. the flight path to the south, the path they took yesterday is 200 miles to the north. take a closer look. the reason is because there was rain in the region. we we...

Guideline, the flight path they took to the south, that would have been more dangerous. only now have they expanded the restrictions to include the flight path area they did take yesterday. malaysia airlines does not have to follow the faa regulations. regardless, that was considered a safer area. the one thing to show is there were 21 other planes in the region. not to say there were no planes right now. russian airlines as well as private jets were flying in the restricted air space. >> it's incredible to think they wouldn't move the flight paths at an earlier time. just have them fly over a...

The whole time i'm wondering, wow, isn't there a war going on down there and aren't we at risk flying on these airplanes? clearly the international community has to get together on some of these zones where planes are flying and lay down rules about why we do or don't fly over these areas. >> we've seen an adjustment with some airlines saying this isn't the flight path they'll take in this region. thank you very much. you're a pilot. you were taking a look at the flight paths over the last several days. this is the flight path that this airline has used consistently at least for the last sever...

Now airlines are reportedly examining their flight paths and they're saying they're avoiding flying over the area. it should be pointed out that in recent months the faa had put out some restrictions for american pilots, american flights and american cargo traffic in this hostile area of the world. i am joined tonight by captain tom bund, retired airline captain and also with us this evening is jim cavanaugh, nbc news and msnbc law enforcement expert and joining me on the phone is scott hamilton, aviation analyst. gentlemen, great to have you with us tonight. captain bund, you first, the faa d...