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THE PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT IT TAKES FOR A 777 TO
BECOME INVISIBLE.
EVERYTHING ON THAT AIRPLANE IS
TRIPLE REDUNDANT.
THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS.
THE CHARGING SYSTEMS.
THE BATTERY SYSTEMS.
COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS.
EVEN THE TRANSPONDERS ARE ON
COMPLETELY SEPARATE BUSES.
THE CHANCE THAT ALL THE
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WAS OUT OF
THAT AIRCRAFT WOULD HAVE
INDICATED A MUCH MORE MASSIVE
FAILURE OF SOME KIND.
SO TO THINK THAT ALL OF THAT
THAT HAD TO HAPPEN TO MAKE THAT
AIRCRAFT INVISIBLE, TO TURN
AROUND AND GO THE OTHER
DIRECTION, LIKE YOU SAID, IF
THIS INFORMATION IS CORRECT,
REALLY STANDS A LOT TO REASON TO
ME THAT SOMEONE FORCED THOSE
PILOTS TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE
AIRCRAFT AND TAKE IT OFF COURSE.
>> SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE MATH
NOW -- GO AHEAD, CONTINUE.
>> YEAH.
THE THOUGHT THAT SOMEONE IN THE
COCKPIT, ONE OF THE PILOTS TOOK
OVER, IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY TO ME,
FOR ONE REASON THAT IN THE PAST
WHEN THAT'S HAPPENED, IT WAS
WHEN ONE OF THE PILOTS HAD LEFT
THE CABIN TO USE THE RESTROOM,
THE DOOR WAS LOCKED AND THEN
THAT OTHER PILOT TOOK CONTROL.
FOR THAT TO HAPPEN DURING THAT
PHASE OF FLIGHT GOING INTO
VIETNAM AIR SPACE, HIGHLY
UNLIKELY, BECAUSE DURING THAT
TIME YOU NEED BOTH PILOTS TO DO
THE TRANSITION.
YOU'RE DOING CROSS CHECKS AND
DOUBLE CHECKS WITH EACH OTHER
DURING THAT TRANSITION TIME.
SO THE THOUGHT THAT THAT
HAPPENED SEEMS UNLIKELY TO ME.
>> WE HAD JUST A MAP UP EARLIER,
JUST A SECOND AGO, OF THE
RANGE -- THERE IT IS RIGHT
THERE.
THE RANGE OF WHERE THIS PLANE
COULD GO.
THAT'S A MAXIMUM RANGE WITH THE
AMOUNT OF FUEL THAT IT HAD.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE AIR,
BUT LOOKING AT THAT, THERE IS A
LOT OF LAND AND A WHOLE LOT OF
OCEAN, A WHOLE LOT OF WATER
WHERE THIS PLANE COULD HAVE
LANDED.
>> RIGHT.
RIGHT.
AND AGAIN, IF WE'RE RELYING ON
THE PRIMARY RADAR, THE SECONDARY
RADAR IS KIND OF LIKE THE POLO
TO THE MARCO.
WHEN PRIMARY RADAR IS OUT
LOOKING, IT CAN SAY HEY, I SEE
SOMETHING OUT THERE.
BUT UNTIL YOU GET THE POLO BACK,
WHICH IS THE TRANSPONDER TELLING
YOU HERE'S WHO I AM, HERE'S
WHERE I AM, THAT'S THE SECONDARY
INFORMATION THAT'S MISSING.
SO FROM THE COCKPIT, YOU CAN
TURN THAT OFF.
WHAT YOU CAN'T TURN OFF IS THE
PRIMARY RADAR, WHICH IS GOING TO
TELL YOU THERE IS SOMETHING OUT
THERE.
SO I THINK WITH THE SEARCH,
YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S A HUGE AREA
WHERE IT COULD GO.
BUT IF THIS INFORMATION IS
KRE
CORRECT, IT'S VERY SIGNIFICANT
INDEED AND WOULD REALLY NARROW
THAT SEARCH DOWN.
WITHOUT THAT, THE CHANCE OF
FINDING AN AIRCRAFT,