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Now they have 12 years of training, could they imagine what they could do today to change that objective instead of crashing the airplane, taking the airplane, having hostages and then using that again. in order to turn off the transponder, you can either pull the circuit breaker or turn it off and change it out of mode c, the fact they both went off at different times -- >> let me ask you this, the satellite -- did you know as pilots the plane could be communicating with the satellite? if you pulled the transponder would you know the plane would be in communication with somebody, did you know...

The plane but you did not immediately destroy the air frame, those -- it could progress over a few minutes in a time where you would lose both of those depending on what was happening in the belly -- >> are you suggesting the plane could have been in auto pilot with everybody on board dead? wow, does anybody else believe it was a possibility? >> possibility. >> there was an air-worthiness that came out on the triple 7 recently, there is no way that asia air could comply with it. it warned of corrosion -- >> why would that shut down the communications system. let me ask you, as an investigator,...

>> this video is to be used to optimize, in order to reduce your electric bill. >> now to the first officer, 27-year-old fariq hamid who just graduated to the cockpit of the triple 7. his family and friends say he is a good son, a great muslim, recently engaged. but this week, a passenger said on an earlier flight he invited her and another passenger inside the cockpit and flirted with them. that is not a violation here in the united states but when malaysia air found out about it, they were shocked. and it opens the possibility of the pilots allowing somebody else into the cockpit. investigat...

This particular care craft had an issue where it bumped another aircraft on the tarmac and had some damage done to the wing. normally those repairs make the aircraft even stronger this is something i would be focusing on. martha: how about the plane itself? it's a triple 7. it is about 242 feet long and about 60 feet from the belly to the upper, to the top of the plane. what we're hearing is that the water in this region is about 240 feet deep, maybe a little deeper than that in someplaces. it seems almost unfathomable, in those beautiful waters in that area you wouldn't see this plane sitting...

The plane was drooping too fast. yes, sir, the pilot responded. and the warning was repeated twice, once in english, and finally in korean. the pilot at the controls was a trainee on the triple 7 but had substantial experience in other aircraft. he told investigators he was not confident in understanding how the plane's auto flight system worked and felt he should study more. he also said it was difficult and, quote, stressful to land the plane visually without an instrument approach to guide them. but he felt pressure to do it because other pilots were. >> we do have an issue in aviation that...