CNN New Day March 17, 2014 12:11:00
Transponder is off, immediately communicate to the plane. we don't know that happened here. it makes more sense when the pilot said good night he had working coms. >> that's very possible. if you're going to do something like a 9/11 style hijacking that's the point you would do it. you already said good-bye. it's several minutes before they start looking four. one of the things that disturbs me about this case, when this thing went missing in the first hour they should have reached for this downloaded data service and asked them to turn it on. there's a lot of missed opportunities early on may...
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