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To retrieve it. the company that made the sim later is actually based in alexandra, virginia, right outside washington, d.c. and brian todd is here. you actually went out to the company and just got back here to the studio. what did you see out there, what did they tell you? >> they didn't tell us anything. they didn't want to speak to us. we were told the head of the company was not available, wolf. an update to what you just said. we have been told by law enforcement officials that u.s. law enforcement officials are examining the hard drives of the pilot and the first officer of the missing ...

The deleted file was overwritten or nuke and the fact that malaysian authorities say it was delete old february 3rd a specific date and recoverable data on the hard drive, a promising sign that investigators will be able to pull all or at least part of the information from that hard drive, but erin, what is found from the hard drive could end up being an insignificant detail. we just simply don't know. >> all right, pamela, thank you very much. obviously crucial at this point, because we just don't know the motives and what may have been innocent and what may not have been. joining me is forme...

Point in time? just as you were saying. >> an interesting point. by the way if it is true these five airports near the indian ocean were programmed, obviously, could be reasons not nefarious that would have happened. if it did happen aren't question would be when was that deleted? because was that in the -- before february 3rd or after? aft, the guy wasn't trying to cover it up because it was sitting there, along with diego garcia, we know was also on that flight simulator. >> i think it is also important to remember, in a matter like this you have to account for everything that occurred. it i...

Not significant. a lot of pilots have flight simulators in their home. i have one in my home, probably not as elaborate as is. we that to practice and be good what we do. however when we talk about files being deleted, depends what is on the files. most of them can be recovered from fbi sources. so if we can recover those files, find out if they were locations, obviously that gives us someplace to look. bill: can one person do all of this or do you need help? >> you know, could one person do it? i guess we could say yes, sir. more than likely there is more to this than one pilot on board the a...

Or did one of the pilots have an agenda? well, the background of the pilots doesn't suggest they had an agenda. so we are left with the question -- the pilots or passengers? >> let me go back one step further to the pilot. we have this information about the deleted files off the flight simulator. is there anything in and of itself us is patient bus that? >> no, not at all. i have a flight simulator myself. i delete files all the time. essentially some of the flight simulators are just pcs with enhanced programs and lots of computer screens around them. these type of simulations eat up a lot of...