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Must maneuver to escape a credible threat. jim, tell me? >> i don't know if there is an sop because i don't know what you are talking about in terms of the threat. if the threat is in the plane that's one thing. if the threat is on the ground and somebody's got something they are threatening with -- pilots have an uncanny ability to believe they are going to fly the airplane safely no matter what. the beautiful thing about the human being is we know how to an lieds data and we know how to make quick and fine decisions. >> all right. just to see how mad les abend is with me about cameras, i'm g...

>> well, i think the first thing we have to do is take a step back and acknowledge one thing. the fact of the matter is we have the safest form of transportation in the history of the world. we continue to have that right now, even with the presence of this issue with the malaysia flight. the reason for that is because we have safety-minded professionals up front flying those airplanes and we have a great system in which we currently manage available data. >> i understand that. with all due respect. we have limited time here. we can always improve safety. safety is good but we can make it bett...

Finding the plane, what should the numr one priority of the international team that will investigate the plane's disappearance, what should be their number one priority do you think? >> i think we all agree finding the airplane and making the search more definitive for the families. i agrooif agree with arthur. it is an overwhelming experience. the preliminary report doesn't upset me it that wasn't released. the government wanting to dot the is and cross the ts. this is overwhelming. >> it is. >> geoffrey thomas, appreciate you. and richard quest. everyone else, please stay with us. officials ...

The aircraft was not deem to be hostile. >> no planes were sent up on the night to investigate. >> no. because simply -- simply because it was deemed not to be hostile. >> don't you find that troubling that a civil aircraft can turn back, fly across the country and nobody thinks to go up and have a look? because one of two thing. i understand the threat level. either the plane is in trouble and needs help or it is nefarious and you aren't want to know what somebody is going up there to do. don't you find that troubling? >> see, coming back to my earlier statement they were not sure whether it ...

This is what the malaysians said. most of us don't buy all of. this would it climb to 39,000 feet, descend to 5,000 feet and go back to 4,000 feet and out and around the indonesian islands and fail to communicate? nothing about that statement makes any sense. the aircraft, according to the malaysians, the aircraft certainly did not behave like a commercial jetliner. anything but. so if it did behave like a commercial jetliner time to revise the story. >> very well put. swiss cheese. thank you for that, mary. are there legal reasons he would avoid saying that directly. >> he has to say the plan...