Report - Plane diverted on order from cockpit

VANISHED. WE'RE WORKING ON DETAILS OF THAT CLAIM. ANYTHING TO NARROW THE SEARCH AREA IS SOMETHING EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW NOW. WE LEARN THAILAND'S AIR FORCE PICKED UP A RADAR SIGNAL THAT DAY. MINUTES LATER, A RADAR SAW AN UNKNOWN AIRCRAFT NOT SENDING DATA. THE SEARCH EXPANDS AGAIN FOR THE JET. 2.24 MILLION SQUARE NAUTICAL MILES TO BE EXACT. THAT'S ABOUT AS BIG AS THE CONTINENTAL A UNITED STATES. CHINA IS TAKING THE LEAD IN THE SEARCH. THE U.S. IS SCALING BACK ITS ROLE AS OTHER COUNTRIES HELP MALAYSIA CRITICIZED CONTINUOUSLY FOR RESPONSE AND INFORMATION IT'S HANDING OUT. ON TOP OF THAT, MORE REPORTING FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES SEEMS TO CONFIRM THE HARD TURN THE PLANE MADE TOWARD THE WEST WAS DELIBERATE. HERE'S A LITTLE MORE. >> NEW THIS MORNING, GROWING SUSPICION AROUND FLIGHT 370'S PILOTS. THE NEW YORK TIMES CITING UNNAMED SENIOR OFFICIALS SAYING SOMEONE LIKELY PROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER FROM THE COCKPIT. THIS PERSON POSSIBLY TYPING SEVEN OR EIGHT KEY STROKES IN THE SYSTEM TO DIVERT THE AIRCRAFT OFF COURSE TO BEIJING. >> SOMEONE IN THE PLANE THAT SITS BETWEEN THE PILOTS, A NEW DIRECTION FOR THE PLANE TO GO IN. THAT'S WHY THE PLANE MOVED. IT SHOWS WHOEVER DID THIS HAD SOME EXPERTISE IN FLYING. THIS WAS NOT SOMEONE ON THE PLANE WHO GRABBED THE CONTROLS AND MOVED IT. >> ALSO THIS MORNING, CHINA IS RAMPING UP ITS SEARCH WITHIN ITS OWN BORDERS. CHINESE AUTHORITIES SAY BACKGROUND CHECKS ON THEIR PASSENGERS HAVE COME BACK CLEAR, NO LINKS TO TERRORISM OR HIJACKING. MEANWHILE, MALAYSIAN AUTHORITIES ARE UNDERFIRE FOR A DISCREPANCY IN THE MISSING AIRCRAFT'S THYME LINE. MONDAY, THE CEO OF THE AIRLINE SAID THE FINAL WORDS FROM THE COCKPIT 1:19 A.M. "ALL RIGHT. GOOD NIGHT" COULD HAVE COME BEFORE OR AFTER THE PLANE COMMUNICATION SHUT OFF. THE CEO SAYING IT COULD HAVE SHUT OFF BETWEEN 1:07 A.M. AND 1:37 A.M. WHEN IT WAS SUPPOSED TO SEND OUT ANOTHER MESSAGE. THIS CLARIFICATION COMES A DAY AFTER MALAYSIAN OFFICIALS SAID THE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WAS DISABLED BEFORE THE CO-PILOT'S FINAL MESSAGE PROMPTING THE INVESTIGATION TO SHIFT TOWARDS