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That would be in the box. he still could have it on heading mode. that sets up a scenario where if the crew did, in fact, become incapacitated the plane would hold that heading and hold that altitude until the tanks were dry. that puts us right back where we were. deep into the indian ocean. but suddenly as mary was saying earlier, i feel like the pieces are coming together a little better. we've been really stretching before. and this, you know, the old idea, go for the simplest scenario, this is starting to fit. >> you bring up a very good point here, miles. i'm going to go to mary next. mar...

Number of waypoints just as a just in case, and that would explain why it is that they made those erratic movements. >> that's correct. they could have done that. or simply use a heading mode, which is the fastest and the simplest way to turn the aircraft from the navigation route that they -- the original route. we're told to -- if we need to do that in a hurry, you basically just push one button, heading select, and turn to heading to whatever you want it to be. in this case, would have been heading 270, which is westerly heading. and this also explains perhaps why there was no communication...

Number of waypoints just as a just in case, and that would explain why it is that they made those erratic movements. >> that's correct. they could have done that. or simply use a heading mode, which is the fastest and the simplest way to turn the aircraft from the navigation route that they -- the original route. we're told to -- if we need to do that in a hurry, you basically just push one button, heading select, and turn to heading to whatever you want it to be. in this case, would have been heading 270, which is westerly heading. and this also explains perhaps why there was no communication...

Number of waypoints just as a just in case, and that would explain why it is that they made those erratic movements. >> that's correct. they could have done that. or simply use a heading mode, which is the fastest and the simplest way to turn the aircraft from the navigation route that they -- the original route. we're told to -- if we need to do that in a hurry, you basically just push one button, heading select, and turn to heading to whatever you want it to be. in this case, would have been heading 270, which is westerly heading. and this also explains perhaps why there was no communication...

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...