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Issues in many respects pushed the investigation to the background with the chinese and malaysian government. all with legitimate interests with passengers on board. i don't think we have the same mix present here. we have 155 malaysianens on board. under the international convention certainly it is quite clear that the malaysians take it the lead on the investigation. and they're quite experienced in accident investigation. >> there have been cases in the past -- i'm thinking of the silk air crash, i think it was in 1997, where american investigators, greg feith from the ntsb, concluded that ...

Are there lessons that we can apply to this search? >> i think one of the primary things now is the fact that we have a very cooperative spirit. the search and rescue efforts started very early. it was multinational. they gathered a number of different players between malaysia and indonesia and singaporeans. all of this came together very quickly and the search began in very short order. the other thing is we know what technology we have. we have very sophisticated underwater listening devices and mapping devices with the rovs. that will help the search effort looking for the main debris field...

Miles to work out what it is they are going to do. usually they make a request to air traffic control which will deviate them from the track, maybe ten miles, to get around the system not above it. the usual norm is to go around the system and get back on track as soon as they cleared the weather. >> interesting to see what happened since there was a silence after that request and not hearing from them. greg, i want to ask you what kind of assistance the united states can provide in this investigation. >> right now the ntsb and faa are monitoring events. they don't intend to launch until there...

Over the disputed areas in crimea and ukraine went down and then of course one there in the indian ocean mh flight 370. this one has gone down over the java sea if that's indeed what has happened. it's been now some 13 hours since anyone heard anything from that plane. there are joint rescue operations being launched in the sea and also in the air. the singapore navy and singapore air force joined forces with malaysia to do its best to try to find this plane. 155 passengers. five crew members. a pilot and co-pilot onboard this plane which can carry up to 185. it's a workhorse of a plane. i thi...

You refer to at duration of the plane, how long it's been in use or the kinds of flights it's been in if it's long haul or short haul does that affect it differently? >> alex i flew this plane for six years as a captain. it's been in service as a fleet-type since the '80s. it's a well-proven design and has not shown a history of metal fatigue. i think the idea of anything along that line is pretty speculative. we don't have any information and if they had a problem and needed to come down once they had their oxygen masks established, one of the things they will do is advise air traffic control...