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Where we took off to beijing. it's preset, every waypoint, every turn, everything is in here. yesterday we talked about the possibility somebody could put in an alternate route and quickly access and change the trajectory of the airplane. right mitchell? >> that's absolutely correct. we've programmed the route. we passed the point b. this is the place they last made contact. we're still on our course to beijing. we're going to show how easy it is to deviate from that hah course. these are points long the route. they're not places just waypoints in the sky defined by latitude and longitude. if ...

Believe it. this is data that came from the acars system that adjusts the sequence of events investigators have been laying out. telli tell us about it. >> that's correct. acars can be set up different ways. it can radio back to the ground the current flight. if you set it up differently, it will radio back to the ground the next leg or leg after that is going to be. at some point it radioed back or satellited back this change in course, this very sharp left turn. there are a lot of ways to change the direction of the airplane. you can grab the yolk, turn it, reach up to the glare shield where...

Sometimes the facts are slippery. we're having trouble putting into context. >> that is -- you know, a simple reality that you don't need to plot a course to ditch a plane. it sounds obvious. it's important to note. >> right. >> did you get from your sources because it's all the same facts here. the acars system -- what your reporting does is establishing the acars system must have been functioning when the key strokes were put in. obviously we wouldn't know about them otherwise. anything there your sources about who would have the know how -- >> that's close. >> go ahead and qualify for me. >...

Welcome back to "new day" everyone. i'm joining -- kate of course. the search grid has been expanded once again. now covering almost two and a quarter million square nautical miles. malaysia is getting more help from other countries after being criticized for response. also this morning a new york times report out all but concludes the decision to turn the plane off original course, route, came within the cockpit where the change was entered manuelly into the plane's computer. now to a "new day" exclusive. so much direction has been on the pilot and co-pilot. i spoke with the co-pilot's neighb...

Spotting the plane. we'll tell you what it means for the search. live in malaysia, now the area is the size of the continental u.s. the flight's course was changed in the computer. we talked to a neighbor who knows the co-pilot. breaking this morning, vladimir putin telling his parliament crimea has always been a part of russi russia. he's also targeting u.s. senators with sanctions. good morning. welcome to "new day." i'm chris cuomo in new york. plenty of developments in the malaysian jet mystery. new radar data shows the plane. we have an expanded search area and kate bolduan most impor...