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Does that mean anything? or is it simply a striking coincidence? joining me now is jay rollins, retired american airlines captain and a former u.s. navy pilot and jim cavanaugh, an nbc law enforcement analyst. thank you both for coming on the show tonight. >> thanks, reverend. >> you bet. >> jay, let me start with you again. we haven't confirmed this news report, but if it is true, it certainly lends the impression that everything was pretty much normal right up until the transponder shuts off. what's your reaction? >> i read over the transcript that they put out and i don't see anything that ...

They can look at the read out on the screen and it shows this fire is emanating from the front cargo area. could be that the front wheel overheat and there is a fire in the electrical system. so the pilots immediately one of them might go down one level below us into that unit and look at the problem. you could be going to another airport. that is what commences the turn. while that is happening, the transponder shuts off. maybe the fire affected that or the copilot is unplugging the wires to shut it off like a burning toaster. the acars shuts down after that. maybe the same thing.

Going into vietnam's airspace. so that makes sense. it's a very, very common phrase. but more on the data and what we're learning. we know that more than 40 ships, more than 50 aircrafts later on this day eight of the search for missing flight 370, it has taken quite a drastic turn. here's why. the ntsb and faa are using technology never intended to be used for this purpose. they're analyzing satellite data that picked up the plane in the air more than five hours after the ground lost all communications with the plane. based on this new satellite data we have now a brand new timeline for the p...