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Military radar and nobody thought to send a plane up there to see what was happening. and we are, there are rumors that the pilot took the plane down to 12,000 feet. that's never been confirmed by the malaysian authorities. it wouldn't have made much difference. 12,000 feet, you're still on civilian radar at that level and certainly on military radar. you have to remember, the whole area, the countries involved in this area all have regional tensions of one description or another and the place bristles with military hardware and radar. so, the fact, i mean, look, the fact he, the fact whoever ...

Would lose flight controls because the spread above that air speed is about ten miles per hour -- >> what does that mean? >> in other words, the airplane is flying so high the max performance of being able to stay in the air, and the speed controlled he would have, let's say 500 miles an hour, if he went 505, he would get a high speed buffet. if he went 490 miles an hour he could endanger the plane with a stall. but if he did anything like pulling the plane up with a zoom cloud for altitude, the airplane would become uncontrollable. >> and your thoughts on whether the passengers on board the a...

Would lose flight controls because the spread above that air speed is about ten miles per hour -- >> what does that mean? >> in other words, the airplane is flying so high the max performance of being able to stay in the air, and the speed controlled he would have, let's say 500 miles an hour, if he went 505, he would get a high speed buffet. if he went 490 miles an hour he could endanger the plane with a stall. but if he did anything like pulling the plane up with a zoom cloud for altitude, the airplane would become uncontrollable. >> and your thoughts on whether the passengers on board the a...

The malaysians have said yes, there is a radar track that shows this plane traveling west into the indian ocean since early on. on saturday. they dispatched a c-130 to search that area on the northern end of the strait of malacca. the reason is as they explain it, they did not know for sure whether this was flight 370. now, in the middle of the week when we asked them about our source and the way that this plane was headed, they said they had to reconcile that, they had to get all of this data together. they could not be sure and they were not willing to dismiss the search in other areas just ...

Is coordination getting any better? is transparency getting any better? >> reporter: in all fairness, the malaysians have said yes, there is a radar track that shows this plane traveling west into the indian ocean since early on. on saturday. they dispatched a c 130 to search that area on the northern end of the strait of malacca. the reason is as they explain it, they did not know for sure whether this was flight 370. now, in the middle of the week when we asked them about our source and the way that this plane was headed, they said they had to reconcile that, they had to get all of this data...