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>> i concur. there is nothing out of the ordinary or suspicious with these. >> matt, if there were a fire on board, and the pilots were aware of it, would we expect to see some language about it some place some time in this, if they knew about it? >> if they knew about it, sure. but pilots abide by the -- a rule of thumb. aviate, navigate, communicate. they need to fly the airplane, then they need to communicate with ground and controllers, and then aviate, navigate and communicate with ground controllers at the very last. they need to fly the airplane. so, i wouldn't suspect them, if there is...

>> i concur. there is nothing out of the ordinary or suspicious with these. >> matt, if there were a fire on board, and the pilots were aware of it, would we expect to see some language about it some place some time in this, if they knew about it? >> if they knew about it, sure. but pilots abide by the -- a rule of thumb. aviate, navigate, communicate. they need to fly the airplane, then they need to communicate with ground and controllers, and then aviate, navigate and communicate with ground controllers at the very last. they need to fly the airplane. so, i wouldn't suspect them, if there is...

Plane to make that turn away from beijing, that instruction had already been programmed into the plane's computer before the crew in the cockpit made their last voice contact with air traffic controllers when they said good night. that hard left turn, what was almost a u-turn off the plane's planned course had already been executed as an instruction to the plane while the pilots were still in contact with the ground controllers. yet the pilots said nothing about it to ground control. the reason this timing can be pieced together, the reason we know this timing of events is apparently because t...

Now why is that important? it just so happens to contradict a government assertion made only yesterday. and it's important, because if the pilots had said that a normal good night actually happened after the acars was switched off, it could suggest they had a deliberate role whatever happened to that aircraft. in either case, the u.s. official says the jet climbed to 45,000 feet after ground controllers lost contact. and then it dropped to 23,000 feet before climbing yet again. and as i mentioned, vast. just look at this. satellite pings that went on for almost six hours after the plane flew o...

Several times sharply before heading out into the indian ocean. and authorities believe the plane was manually turned after ground controllers lost contact wit, and someone was needed to go below deck on the 777 to disable one key piece of electronics, suggesting sabotage. back with our panel. barbara starr, you are getting information about the human hand perhaps being involved in this disappearance, which seems to corroborate what "the wall street journal" is reporting. >> right, anderson. i've spoken recently to some u.s. officials. what is going on is in the last 48 hours, since it's gotte...