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Seemed if indeed they were in a controlled descent, believe me that is a fair amount of time to descend. it's not an unusual rate of descent. it's a descent that indicates some sort of problem to me on board and they were attempting to rectify it through check lists. but the fact that they're in a very sophisticated area of radar control. i've flown out of barcelona. you're constantly talking to air traffic control. the fact they didn't even have a chance to get out one mayday signal, if indeed that's correct because we don't have all the data from air traffic control at this point in time as ...

In altitude is because they were aware if they had said that, that would tell people that somebody was in control of the aircraft. it does seem to be something very closely held. they have taken a lot of time to get the information, not only about the change in altitude. remember we were talking about flying around radar control. all these different indications showing somebody was controlling the aircraft. that sort of information the investigators have been not willing to put forward. we're getting it only now from sources, carol. >> nic robertson reporting live from kuala lumpur. let's brin...

Questions about the flight that i've heard from our viewers. this no man's land, miles, when kuala lumpur and malaysia hand over good-bye, before ho c ho cho ch ho chi ming picks up, is that normal? >> basically what the controllers do is send it off in a gate fashion and you're supposed to maintain a certain speed of altitude and you report it on a high-frequency radio but you're not under positive radar control. there are all kinds of places in the u.s. at a lower altitude where that happens. >> and how long is it usually? ten minutes? an hour? >> if you're flying in the north atlantic, it's...

They obviously knew it was missing. so, for them not to come forward, it makes you wonder about the quality of the radar control and coverage in this area if you go up the coast a little bit further. you have burma, same questions could be raised there. and, you know, thailand is a constitutional monarchy. it's a great place to visit. i have been there. but it's not the most democratic and open country out there. >> well, i read that they said that they hadn't been asked for the radar yes, that's what they said. clearly they knew about the search. they knew about the missing plane. the entire ...

Missing. so, for them not to come forward, it makes you wonder about the quality of the radar control and coverage in this area if you go up the coast a little bit further. you have burma, same questions could be raised there. and, you know, thailand is a constitutional monarchy. it's a great place to visit. i have been there. but it's not the most democratic and open country out there. >> well, i read that they said that they hadn't been asked for the radar yes, that's what they said. clearly they knew about the search. they knew about the missing plane. the entire world knows about it. and i...