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I'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, we begin with the breaking news in the search for malaysia flight 370. a change this the flight path at a possibly dangerous altitude. a senior malaysian aviation source telling cnn that the plane had crossed into vietnamese airspace when it took that initial turn. so giving us more detail on exactly when that happened. at that point, the plane then climbed to 39,000 feet, which is at the upper end of its safe flying altitude. the plane maintained that altitude for about 20 minutes over the malaysian peninsula and then began the descent to about 4,000 feet...

I'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." we want to once again welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. "the new york times" is reporting the plane experienced significant changes in altitude after it lost contact with ground control and altered its course more than just once as if still under the command of a pilot. joining us now is michael schmidt, he's one of the reporters from "the new york times" who wrote this story. also joining us, cnn's richard quest. charles barnett, he's the 777 pilot, also an aviation attorney. michael, thanks very much for coming in. let's ...