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>> AND THE BREAKING NEWS, SOME
MORE MYSTERIOUS INFORMATION JUST
COMING INTO CNN FROM THE
MALAYSIAN AIR FORCE.
THE MALAYSIAN AIR FORCE SAYS IT
HAS NOW TRACED THE LAST TRAVEL
OF MALAYSIA AIRLINES FLIGHT 370
TO A VERY SMALL ISLAND IN THE
STRAITS OF MALACCA, ACCORDING TO
THE SENIOR MALAYSIAN AIR FORCE
OFFICIAL.
THE OFFICIAL DECLINED TO BE
NAMED, BECAUSE HE'S NOT
AUTHORIZED TO SPEAK TO THE NEWS
MEDIA.
BUT THE OFFICIAL SAYS THAT ABOUT
2:40 A.M. LOCAL TIME, THE
CIVILIAN AND MILITARY RADAR LOST
ALL CONTACT WITH THE AIRCRAFT,
STRAIT OF MALACCA IS IN A BODY
OF WATER THAT SEPARATES THE
PENINSULA FROM THE INDONESIAN
ISLAND OF SUMATRA.
IT'S MANY HUNDREDS OF MILES FROM
THE USUAL FLIGHT PATH FOR
AIRCRAFT TRAVELING FROM KUALA
LUMPUR TO BEIJING.
SO IT WAS WAY, WAY OFF COURSE,
ACCORDING TO THIS MALAYSIAN AIR
FORCE.
NO EXPLANATION, OBVIOUSLY,
GIVEN.
STILL NO SIGHT OF ANY DEBRIS.
NO SIGHT OF THIS AIRLINER.
PETER GOELS IS JOINING US RIGHT
NOW, FORMER NTSB MANAGING
DIRECTOR.
SO THE -- THIS AIR FORCE
OFFICIAL FROM MALAYSIA, PETER,
IS NOW SAYING THE PLANE WAS
HUNDREDS OF MILES OFF COURSE
FROM WHERE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
GOING IF ON A NORMAL ROUTE FROM
KUALA LUMPUR TO BEIJING.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT?
>> EVEN MORE PERPLEXING.
I THINK IT STARTS TO NARROW THE
OPTIONS DOWN.
IF THIS REPORT IS TRUE, IT MEANS
A COUPLE THINGS.
ONE IS, WAS THERE SOMEONE
UNAUTHORIZED IN THE COCKPIT
ORDERED THE TRANSPONDER TURNED
OFF, ORDERED THE PLANE TO FLY,
YOU KNOW, 90-DEGREE TURN OFF
COURSE.
SECOND IS DID ONE OF THE PILOTS