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Air traffic control way point. this was a 777, a boeing 777-200. extended range plane. that is commonly used for these long routes going from europe to asia or the united states to europe. the united states to asia. very commonly used. and we should also make the point that, of course, this is coming 4 1/2 months after malaysia airlines flight 370 disappeared on the flight to beijing. all evidence right now, according to those who are looking for that plane, continues to suggest that the plane did a u-turn and is still missing somewhere in the south indian ocean. they still haven't found a sin...

Confirmed by the state department or the pentagon, is a claim by kiev, by ukrainian officials that this was shot down by either a separatist backed by russia or a russian system from russia proper. possibly a case of mistaken identity. no confirmation of that. this could have been pilot error. could have been mechanical error. all we know is a plane is down. we don't know of any survivors. 295 people on board from amsterdam to kuala lumpur. john cox, how many pilots would have been on board this kind of plane? >> there probably were three and possibly four but at least three for the length of ...

Ground has to radio in the position, and somebody in the aircraft has to write it down and then enter into the weapon, itself, so was a number transpose odder a mistake made or who knows, and it could have been mechanical error or some kind of faulty bomb or guidance system or whatever, but again, that probably won't be known until the investigation is completed. >> all right. jim miklaszewski, thank you for your reporting. >> yes, kristen. and right now, a member of the armed services committee just received a briefing about the release of sergeant bowe bergdahl, and this comes amid a fires...

Us. richard, we've talked a lot about this indonesian radar issue. they've been very quiet, all 17 countries have responded; but not them. go ahead. >> a.p. reported on march the 17th that indonesia military said they had no trace of mh370 on the night. and not only that, indonesia said they've handed over all the data requested to malaysia. so, although they have been very quiet, i think we have to agree they've not exactly been at the forefront of this, they have said they have no trace of mh370, which does lend credence to this idea of going around the northern part. >> all right, let me as...

Initiate a dive down to a habitable altitude so that the people can survive. and the pilot's oxygen bottles last a lot longer than the folks in the back. and this was a two-man crew, so they could conceivably fly at a higher altitude for quite a bit. >> before? >> before the -- before they passed out. >> matt, you know, if there is something going on that was mechanical or decompression, i mean, even chat between the two pilots, you know, even like they are scared or what they were doing, if it hadn't been deliberately cut off, the communication to the ground, that would have been picked up so...