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Four-digit code. it's called the squawk. you do not receive the squawk until you file your flight plan, receive your atc clearance. that clearance is received usually by a computer printout in the cockpit, and sometimes on a radio transmission. somehow, yes, you could poach a transponder code and put it in, but if you took off as soon as you got the gear up, you would be discovered. it would be the same if somebody stole your credit card, you reported it, and then the thief tried to use the credit card. as soon as they tried to use it, they would be discovered. set off some alert bells and the...

Their financial situation. all of these can build to the clues that are already out there. >> would you look at the cockpit? >> yes, i would. if you look -- to be an investigator, you have an open mind and i would look at the cockpit because right now with the facts we have, which have been inaccurate. you can probably rule out terrorism, hijacking for the most part. the probabilities right now are the cockpit, someone was in control of that aircraft, someone turned it, nobody communicated, someone turned off a transponder, turned off acars. they had ample time, even during an emergency if you...

It's called the squawk. you do not receive the squawk until you file your flight plan, receive your atc clearance. that clearance is received usually by a computer printout in the cockpit, and sometimes on a radio transmission. somehow, yes, you could poach a transponder code and put it in, but if you took off as soon as you got the gear up, you would be discovered. it would be the same if somebody stole your credit card, you reported it, and then the thief tried to use the credit card. as soon as they tried to use it, they would be discovered. that would set off some alert bells and the contr...

Of mh 370? is that possible? >> no. you've got a transponder code. so you're assigned a code, you put it in -- >> the reason i'm asking that, i'm answer the viewer's question, if the pilots -- if other people were in on it with the pilot, if the ground crew is on it and got more fuel to go somewhere, there are ways to despise an airplane and wondering if this was one way, th that's it. >> you can't just switch your code. it is like all of a sudden -- >> you draw attention to that. all of a sudden you're not there anymore. >> have to be way too many people in on it. >> when you walk into work, ...

What's the cargo on that flight before they take off? >> i have never been informed of the cargo. i used to go to bolivia every night for a while. and they put $1 million in cash on the airplane every night. i found that out by talking to the security guard. nobody officially tells you what's in the cargo. >> well, vito tweets us and says why not install silent alarms on board for the crew in the event of pilot sabotage. there are codes in the cockpit, aren't they? certain codes you enter if there is some sabotage or hijacking? >> yes, there is a code for hijacking. >> there is on the transpon...