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His home. on monday, u.s. officials confirm that the change in direction would have to have been done through a computer system in the cockpit by someone with extensive knowledge of flight systems. and by tuesday, two possible flight arcs have been identified. one north, one south. a search area of more than 2 million square miles. [screaming] then on wednesday after distraught and frustrated relatives of the missing passengers are hauled from a news conference, malaysian officials confirm flight 370 may have flown for seven to eight hours effectively invisible. and they reveal several files w...

Satellite tracks is because of analysis. it is not because somebody looked at an obvious picture and said, oh, look, it is clearly there. they had to take data they had looked over and over and over and look at it again and say, wait a minute. maybe this means something. maybe this means something. that's all conjecture. the only thing we still really know is that the plane took off and an hour later, it was gone. >> tom foreman, thanks so much. we are also following another big development this morning. "the new york times" reports that someone probably altered the plane's course away from ...

Experienced pilot of long-standing? did you feel that these were potentially able to cause a plane to come down or to cause some kind of computer malfunction? >> there had been reports over the years, not a lot but some, of interference with in flight systems. the problem is, it could hardly ever be directly attributable to a specific cause. so i think out of an abundance of caution for many years there was a blanket ban, largely because no one had ever tested all the possible electronic devices. but the airlines now are doing this certifying their airlines are tolerant. of whatever inference ...

Plane to come down or to cause some kind of computer malfunction? >> there had been reports over the years, not a lot but some, of interference with in flight systems. the problem is, it could hardly ever be directly attributable to a specific cause. so i think out of an abundance of caution for many years there was a blanket ban, largely because no one had ever tested all the possible electronic devices. but the airlines now are doing this certifying their airlines are tolerant. of whatever inference there might be. on very low visibility landings, the crew may still require everyone to turn ...

Night "sole survivor" which is the widow of a pilot actually where he'd gone 36 hours and had barely any sleep, which is exactly the point that we're talking about now. final point for you, these cell phones that we all now have, we're now being told there's going to be a relaxation of the rules, already have been on certain flights. what do you feel as a very, very experienced pilot of long-standing? did you feel that these were potentially able to cause a plane to come down or to cause some kind of computer malfunction? >> there had been reports over the years, not a lot but some, of interfe...