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Theory of the lithium batteries or a mechanical failure, the pilot would have been turning and and going to subang near kuala lumpur. that's their maintenance base. if the severity of the event, if he underestimated the severity of the event, geez, we're not going to make it where we're headed to beijing, let's turn around and go back to the mate nance base. they're not going to go back to kuala lumpur if they're not thinking it's a severe emergency. >> would that not have necessitated a mayday call or would that not be the sort of thing that rises to a mayday call? >> it definitely would have...

See them anytime soon. >> david soucie, you have some interesting new information you got i think from an engineer, is that right? >> yeah, i did. i talked to one of the lead auditors down there who worked for the maintenance base that took care of these aircraft. he loose worked as a lead auditor at malaysia and went into their facilities and revealed to me a few things about the black boxes i wanted to talk about that. because the batteries for those black boxes are tested on the sea checks every 1,000 hours. but in addition every year they should be changed. and i asked him, so what's the c...

The acars was normal. i'm not convinced that the transponders were turned off. i think it's possible they just didn't receive the request to send the information that far away from the radar station. so let's take that off the table for just a second. now the aircraft drops to 12,000 feet and makes a turn. the only airport i can see it may have been attempting to get to which would make sense is paneng. a maintenance base for malaysia air. a place where if i had a problem with an aircraft that's where i would head. >> let me ask you again a layman question. if that is what they were doing, why...

Boxes are modernized to send information, the search crews will be forced to hunt for those black boxes first. and, jim, i asked him when you get malaysia airlines jets, are they poorly maintained? he said there are some airlines around the globe that do not take as good care as other airlines, but malaysia airlines is not one of them. he says not only are they adamant about their maintenance, they overdo it. jim? >> victor blackwell, thanks very much. 19 full days have ticked by but time is still of the essence because these black boxes come with an expiration date, about 30 days of battery...

It's like when i have on star. you say i signed up for the service, so you should have found me. it's not their responsibility. they are not in the business of finding airplanes. they are in the business of receiving data from the aircraft to forward on to the maintenance base of the airline and the manufacturer. arthel: when you hear the news this morning which is no news, that nothing has been discovered overnight. what do you make of the status of the search? >> i think with the debreeze most recently spotted, my gut feeling it is probably maybe a container or parts after shipwreck. we have...