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It's easily forgotten especially in an emergency situation. so it's possible -- >> let me go back to keith wallzinger for a moment. as a piles if you were involved in this kind of scenario and there was something catastrophic going on, would you dive down to the nearest airport as david is suggesting is a possibility here penang? >> certainly if it's a depressurization or fire in the airplane. get the plane turned toward the nearest airport on the ground and let everybody know in the process. >> let me ask you this. most people i've spoken to about it, everyone's still gripped because the myst...

447, to make the assumption they were pinging at all. and so overlook an area. go over and scan someplace thinking well we're not looking for anything but a ping. but what they should be looking for also as they're looking for that ping is with cameras down there checking to see what else is done there as well. >> keith wallzinger, what is your reaction as a pilot who flies 777s to what you've just heard? >> well, a lot of cases batteries don't last the full-length of time that they're supposed to do due to storage conditions or environmental conditions as he just said. the emergency locater t...

Keith wallzinger, a boeing triple 7 pilot on the civil aviation team for the spectrum group and cary walsh, salvage mast we are global diving and salvage. gentlemen, great to have you with us tonight. pilot, does this narrow or increase the chances for mechanical failure? how do you see it after today's developments, the new data that brought authorities to the conclusion that this was clearly the way this flight ended? >> well, it's really no new revelation. they've been searching this area for over a week now since the satellite image was showing objects floating in the water in this vicinit...

Some structural problem with the aircraft because the aircraft would have flown all the way from the malaysia/vietnam border all the way to the southern indian ocean. if the structure had been compromised in any way, it would have been very difficult for the aircraft to have travelled that far. >> so you do not think it was mechanical failure or any kind of electrical issue on the aircraft? >> well, i can't rule that out and it can't be ruled out definitively until the airplane has been found and the recorders retrieved. >> sure. >> but it certainly at this point it looks not like a likely sce...