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But if it was a dire situation, whatever they had enunciated on their panels they may not have had time to get it out or it was attempted and they weren't able to communicate because of the situation itself. absolutely that is a great radar environment there. they have all the sophistication that we have here in the states. i've flown out of barcelona. you're always in radar contact for the most part. and there should have been some ability to communicate with somebody on the ground. >> les abend, mary schiavo, stand by. much more coming up on the breaking news. when we come back it's very mou...

Else? >> if it was a mistake, i'm sure the air traffic controllers would have come on and challenged the crew and said to the crew, hey, you're deviating. wake up. and it would have been corrected that easily. i don't think it would have made that mistake so basic loo begin with. if they did, there would have been some protection there. and on the waypoint, the waypoints, maybe -- the reason it's so far off course, what that says, they were no longer concerned with beijing. whether that was because there was something more pressing or because they were -- had a different objective, i don't kno...

They got little bit of hits over to the west coast. and the point is that's a relatively sophisticated radar environment. how do you elude that kind of radar? malaysia had quick response aircraft that could have intercepted that airplane which clearly shouldn't have been in that spot. so -- >> okay. hold it right there, arthur, because i want to continue this conversation with all three of you. a short break and when we come back, let's talk about why malaysia's military didn't dispatch its f-18s and f-5s to go after a plane that may have gone through their air space. i reckon a storm's a brew...

Paint, non descript blip on the radar that said the airplane was at a distance and heading in a direction but that was it. >> so let's look at potential flight paths here on the map because it could have gone a couple of different directions. the southern route versus the northern route, if you're going north, all you of a sudden you get over a big land mass in south asia, the middle east. a lot of u.s. military assets there, other military assets that other countries have. it seems implausible you could fly a plane and not be detected. doesn't this still point to the idea it crashed? >> it do...

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