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That plane down on land in the maldives. not many. they have very little land and a lot of water. you go down here a little bit farther, you will find that island right there. that is a 1.6-mile-long runway and not too many people on that island either. >> bill, what do you think? simple as a fire and that he wanted to find a place to put this bird down? >> well, i agree with the premise. i'm not convinced that there's any indication there was a fire onboard. with a mere two button push on the flight management system computer, it brings up the five closest alternate airports from your present...

Sense in a fire. how does that, fred -- so simple. how does that theory sit with you? >> well, i actually read that closely this morning because i was fascinating by his theory. let me tell you first and foremost, when you're a pilot and you have a fire onboard an aircraft, his premise is that there was a fire. first thing you do -- you don't try to get to the airport. you need to put the airplane on the ground as soon as possible. the jet crash in miami, that pilot, she tried to make it back to miami and crashed in the everglades because the fire burned so quickly. there was an md-11 crash in...

Disregarding the enemy fire, he pulled the pin from a hand grenade and advanced on the bunker, leveling suppressive fire until he could drop the grenade into the bunker, mortally wounding the insurgent and destroying the fortification. without hesitation, he employed identical tactics as he proceeded the eliminate the next two enemy positions. with the destruction of the third bunker, specialist 4 erevia had exhausted his supply of hand grenades. he courageously charged forward behind the fire emitted by his m-16 rifles. arriving at the very edge of the bunker, he silenced the occupant within ...

Fire. clearly, richard, i hear you loud and clear. you're saying maybe not a fire because that throws in a lot of other variables, but indeed mechanical. one, we knew that this plane flew. let's say it was mechanical. continued to fly for hours and hours. could it have continued to do so on auto pilot, right? >> right. and let's just begin there. auto pilot. does that work? >> sure, absolutely it works. >> even with a fire, let's say? >> even with a fire. and the thing about the fire is now you've opened up a kind of a random scenario of failures. it can explain any kind of sequence of failure...

Company c, first battalion air mobile, 501st infantry, 101st airborne division air mobile during search and clear mission near the republic of vietnam on may 21, 1969. after breaching an insurgent perimeter, specialist 4 erevia rendered first aid to several casualties and the rest of the platoon moved forward. as he was doing so, he came under intense hostile fire from four bunkers to his left front. although he could have taken cover with the rest of the element, he chose a retaliatory course of action. with heavy enemy fire directed at him, he moved in full view of the hostile gunners as he ...