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Why do you think it took investigators this long to figure this out, and was precious time wasted searching in the wrong area? >> well, one thing we go back to, in lieu of facts, we've had so little amount of facts in this case that we've had politics run rampant, international politics run rampant and speculation. there was a little thing that could have prevented two weeks of this search. had this malaysian aircraft had what was called the swift upgrade, an application, that application would have pinged information back like an air france 447 to the ground, through the satellites that would...

But somebody should have looked at what was the last known point and the velocity at that point and recalculated how far the aircraft could have flown. but that's definitely something they should be considering. so if this is where it puts us, then let's get in the water and pick up some debris. >> les abend, you're a pilot. you've flown 777s. you're an expert in all this. what do you think and what's going on the last 24 hours? >> i'm encouraged by the fact that they've refined their calculations. i think david will agree a lot of this is all based on assumptions and i think they've refineded...

Analysis of radar data. >> and the chinese plane is one of the eight dispatched to the area today. seven ships in that area looking for any sign of a missing plane. >> in the meantime, let's talk about the families here. what roller coaster this is for them. the families of the missing passengers protested again in beijing today. they're demanding proof of the game by malaysian officials that all lives were lost. this is what's interesting today. >> yeah, just a few hours after that, a top malaysian official was offering some hope to the relatives there in kuala lumpur, he told them, quote, mi...

Ocean. none of the objects has been confirmed as coming from the lost plane yet. we don't know of any ships that have been able to retrieve. >> this search area is the size of new mexico. look at the map. northeast of where the authorities found the last few items via satellite in that last hunt. the shift was based on analysis of radar data. >> the chinese plane was one of eight aircraft dispatched to the zone. seven ships are in the area looking for any sign of that missing plane and seeing if they can get a hold of that debris. >> meantime, devastated families protested in beijing demanding...

Aircraft could have flown. but that's definitely something they should be considering. so if this is where it puts us, then let's get in the water and pick up some debris. >> les abend, you're a pilot. you've flown 777s. you're an expert in all this. what do you think and what's going on the last 24 hours? >> i'm encouraged by the fact that they've refined their calculations. i think david will agree a lot of this is all based on assumptions and i think they've refineded their assumptions. i think personally this radar data may be very correct that the airplane actually got down to 12,000 feet...