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WILLING TO LEAVE ANYTHING OUT.
THE CAPTAIN HERE SEEN IN A NEW
TRIBUTE VIDEO POSTED ONLINE DID
NOT LEAVE SUICIDE NOTE OR ANY
OTHER EVIDENCE AT HIS HOME THAT
SHOWED HE PLANNED TO TAKE DOWN
THE FLIGHT.
TONIGHT CNN HAS LEARNED FROM
SOURS THAT AFTER A PRELIMINARY
REVIEW OF THE HARD DRIVE FROM
HIS HOME FLIGHT SIMULATOR, U.S.
INVESTIGATORS HAVE FOUND NO
SMOKING GUN.
>> I HAVE TEAMS WORKING
LITERALLY AROUND THE CLOCK TO
TRY AND EXPLOIT THAT.
I DON'T WANT TO SAY MORE ABOUT
THAT IN AN OPEN SETTING BUT I
EXPECT IT TO BE DONE FAIRLY
SHORTLY, WITHIN A DAY OR TWO TO
FINISH THAT WORK.
>> Reporter: SOURCES SAY SO FAR
IT DOES NOT APPEAR SHAH WENT TO
GREAT LENGTHS TO SCRUB THE HARD
DRIVE WHEN FILES WERE DELETED
LAST MONTH OR THAT HE HAD
ENCRYPTED ANY OF THE FILES.
SOURCES SAY INVESTIGATORS HAVE
ALSO NOT FOUND ANY INCRIMINATING
DATA ON THE HARD DRIVE OF HIS
27-YEAR-OLD CO-PILOT SEEN HERE
IN AN INTERVIEW WITH CNN'S
RICHARD QUEST WEEKS BEFORE THE
PLANE DISAPPEARED.
TONIGHT SOURCES SAY THE FBI IS
STILL WORKING TO BUILD A PROFILE
OF THE MEN'S EMOTIONAL,
FINANCIAL, AND PERSONAL
BACKGROUNDS AND TO REVIEW
INTERVIEWS OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS
BEING DONE BY MALAYSIAN
INVESTIGATORS.
>> THE FIRST WEEK I THINK PEOPLE
WERE LOOKING AT MECHANICAL
FAILURE.
SO THERE'S PROBABLY JUST ABOUT
TWO WEEKS OF ACTUAL TIME TO DO A
THOROUGH INVESTIGATION.
THAT'S NOT ENOUGH TIME TO REALLY
TURN OVER ALL OF THE POTENTIAL
CLUES IN AN INVESTIGATION LIKE
THIS.
>> SHAH SEEN HERE GOING THROUGH
AIRPORT SECURITY WAS A AREN'TED
PILOT WHO HAD BEEN WITH MALAYSIA
AIRLINES SINCE 1981, FLYING MORE
THAN 18,000 MILES.
THE 53-YEAR-OLD SEEN HERE WITH
HIS FAMILY WAS MARRIED WITH
THREE GROWN CHILDREN.
CNN IS NOT SHOWING THEIR FACES.
THE FAMILY LIVED HERE IN A GATED
COMMUNITY, BUT A SOURCE CLOSE TO
THE FAMILY SAYS HIS WIFE
ROUTINELY STAYED SOMEWHERE ELSE
WHEN HE WAS FLYING.
IN HIS FREE TIME, HE POSTED
VIDEOS LIKE THIS ONE ONLINE.
SHOWING HIM IN FRONT OF HIS HOME
FLIGHT SIMULATOR TALKING NOT
ABOUT HIS JOB BUT ABOUT HIS
INTEREST IN HOME IMPROVEMENT
PROJECTS.
WHILE SHAH POSTED FREQUENTLY TO
YOUTUBE AND FACEBOOK, LESS IS