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TO TAKE OFF, FIRST, BECAUSE
THERE ARE SO MANY THEORIES OUT
THERE, SO MANY CONFLICTING
REPORTS FROM AUTHORITIES IN
MALAYSIA AND ELSEWHERE, WE WANT
TO START WITH WHAT WE ACTUALLY
KNOW.
JIM CLANCY IN KUALA LUMPUR JOINS
US WITH MORE.
JIM, YESTERDAY THERE WAS A LOT
OF REPORTING THAT THE PILOTS HAD
TURNED OFF THE ACAR SYSTEM ON
PURPOSE.
THAT NOW HAS CHANGED, RIGHT?
>> Reporter: IT HAS CHANGED.
AND YOU KNOW IT'S -- YOU KNOW,
YOU TALK ABOUT THE FACTS.
THE FACTS CHANGE WHEN THAT
CHANGES AND THIS IS WHY SO MANY
PEOPLE HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS
ABOUT THIS ENTIRE INVESTIGATION.
WE WERE LED TO BELIEVE THAT THE
LAST TRANSMISSION, AND IT'S
TRUE, THE LAST TRANSMISSION BY
THE AUTOMATED SYSTEM THAT
REPORTS ON THE HEALTH OF THE
AIRPLANE, ACARS, CAME AT 1:07
A.M.
AND THEN ALL TRANSMISSIONS
STOPPED AND THE PILOT THEN -- OR
THE CO-PILOT WE KNOW NOW, IT WAS
THE CO-PILOT WHO SAID "ALL
RIGHT, GOOD NIGHT" AT 1:19.
NOW, THIS LED PEOPLE TO BELIEVE
THAT, YOU KNOW, IF HE REPORTED
EVERYTHING OKAY EVEN AFTER THIS
SYSTEM WAS OFF, YOU KNOW, THIS
POINTS A FINGER AT THE PILOTS.
THE PRIME MINISTER BELIEVED IT.
LISTEN ON FRIDAY AS HE DESCRIBES
THIS.
>> THESE MOVEMENTS ARE
CONSISTENT WITH DELIBERATE
ACTION BY SOMEONE ON THE PLANE.
>> Reporter: ALL RIGHT.
ADVANCE, WE'RE AT MONDAY NOW AND
WE HEAR FROM THE CEO OF MALAYSIA
AIRLINES.
WELL, MAYBE NOT, BECAUSE WHILE
THE LAST TRANSMISSION WAS AT
1:07, THE ACAR SYSTEM WASN'T
SUPPOSED TO REPORT BACK FOR
ANOTHER 30 MINUTES, 1:37, WELL
AFTER THE TIME THAT THE PILOT
SAID "ALL RIGHT, GOOD NIGHT."
LISTEN TO WHAT THE CEO HAD TO
SAY YESTERDAY AT THE PRESS
CONFERENCE.
>> THE ACARS -- LAST
TRANSMISSION WAS 1:07.
OKAY.
WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THE ACARS WAS
SWITCHED OFF AFTER THAT.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO TRANSMIT 30
MINUTES FROM THERE ANOTHER
TRANSMISSION, BUT THAT
TRANSMISSION DID NOT COME TRUE.
THAT WAS THE VERY LAST
TRANSMISSION WAS 1:07.
>> Reporter: OKAY.
DIDN'T COME TRUE.
BUT HERE'S THE POINT.
THE PILOT SAID "ALL RIGHT, GOOD
NIGHT" AT 1:19.
WE KNOW THAT THE TRANSPONDER
WENT OUT AT 1:21.
WE DON'T KNOW THAT ACARS WAS
STILL OPERATIONAL OR SWITCHED
OFF BY THE PILOTS.
EVERYBODY HAS BEEN POINTING A
FINGER AT THE PILOTS BECAUSE
THEY THOUGHT THEY PURPOSELY
TURNED THAT SYSTEM OFF.
NOT TRUE.
IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO REPORT.
WE DON'T KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW.
THIS OPENS UP THE POSSIBILITY,
THE POSSIBILITY ONCE AGAIN OF
CATASTROPHIC FAILURE.
1:19 THE PILOT SAYS -- THE
CO-PILOT SAYS "ALL RIGHT, GOOD
NIGHT."
TWO MINUTES LATER, EVERYTHING
GOES HAYWIRE.
HE'S IN A SITUATION TRYING TO
CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT.
WE KNOW IT WAS GOING UP OR DOWN.
WE KNOW RIGHT THEN THEY TRIED TO
TURN BACK.
THE TRANSPONDER WENT BACK.
ACARS NEVER TRANSMITTED AGAIN.
IT'S A DIFFERENT SCENARIO, WE'RE
BACK TO LOOKING AT CATASTROPHIC
FAILURE.
THE ONE PROBLEM WITH THAT,
ANDERSON, HOW DOES A PLANE THAT
HAS A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE GO ON
TO FLY SEVEN MORE HOURS?
THERE'S ALSO A WINDOW FOR THE
HIJACK THEORY BUT A VERY NARROW