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>> that's correct, reverend. the big thing here is that one of the pilots could have programmed both flight plans, and then when the other pilot returned to the cockpit and asked, is it ready to go? yes, we've got the flight plans programmed in. they'll put it up on the primary flight displays, see that the flight plan's been programmed in, we're good to go. >> all right. we're looking at different angles throughout this hour the show today. and just i'll end this part of this new segment, because we have other big news to get to with new information from malaysian officials. according to mala...

>> the clear thing here would be, of course, ashleigh, is there any kind of memory, is there any data that they -- the fbi can recall that shows a turn 12 minutes with programmed in. in other words, that gives you a clear key indication that somehow he rehearsed at home what we all see as this mystery and tragedy that's playing out. >> all right. martin and mitchell, thank you for that. and one last question to you. look, every one of us is effectively somewhat tech savvy today. and we all delete -- i delete over 300 e-mails a day. and there is nothing nefarious about me deleting. can can you ...

>> it makes it more difficult, but i would not totally dismiss that possibility. you touched on something a few minutes ago. it's true that pilots do sometimes program in alternate routes, stand by routes, secondary waypoints and flight plans that may be needed for some circumstance. we absolutely do that. and it's possible still that the airplane was turning because the crew was dealing with some sort of on board problem. you don't always communicate an urgency in the airplane with controllers on the ground. in fact, in the priority of -- your priorities when dealing with an emergency are to ...

Lumpur or go off into a waypoint out in the indian ocean? >> is it the sort of thing where it will vary from pilot to pilot or maybe from airline to airline in terms of how pilots make decisions about that plan 2 or plan "b?" >> absolutely. absolutely. unless the airline standardizes it and says you will build two flight plans, you'll have your primary and alternate for emergency situations. a lot of conscientious pilots will always have a secondary flight plan. >> is that the sort of information where we -- there might be stored data available either to malaysian airlines or somebody else abo...

The ground, and agreed to. you know, the way the flight plans are put in, the pilots would get a hard copy of the flight plan. then it would be uploaded by the company's operations into the flight management system. and you would read back the data points from the flight management system to the paper. and then you check that off. if the pilots had left the cockpit because this would have been done on the ground in kuala lumpur, then somebody could have gotten in there at that time and put something in. >> all right, guys. don't go away. we're going to keep you here for the hour. much more com...