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THE QUESTION NOW, IS THE U.S.
COMING AROUND TO THAT WAY OF
THINKING?
SOME U.S. OFFICIALS SAY EXPERTS
ARE BEGINNING TO SUGGEST SOMEONE
IN THE COCKPIT COULD HAVE
DELIBERATELY BROUGHT DOWN FLIGHT
370.
>> THEY JUST DON'T FALLOUT OF
THE SKY AND IT IT WOULD REALLY
TAKE MULTIPLE FAILURES OF
MULTIPLE SYSTEMS FOR KNOW
BELIEVE THAT THIS IS WHAT COULD
HAVE OCCURRED.
>> Reporter: THE IDEA OF A
DELIBERATE ACT IS NOT BEING
RULED OUT BY THE U.S. IN PART
BECAUSE OF WHAT EVIDENCE HAS NOT
EMERGED.
IF THE PLANE WAS IN TROUBLE,
EXPERTS SAY, THERE SHOULD HAVE
BEEN TIME FOR THE PILOTS TO SEND
A MAYDAY AFTER THE PLANE TURNED
AND FLEW WEST, BUT NO CALL WAS
HEARD.
SO WAS IT A TERRORIST ATTACK?
U.S. OFFICIALS SAY THERE'S BEEN
NO CLAIM OF RESPONSIBILITY SO
FOR NOW THEY DON'T THINK IT'S A
LIKELY SCENARIO.
WHAT ABOUT A HIJACKING?
AGAIN, EXPERTS SAY THERE LIKELY
WOULD HAVE BEEN TIME FOR THE
PILOTS TO MAKE A CALL.
SO WHY NOT SOME KIND OF
MECHANICAL FAILURE?
>> IF YOU HAD AN EMERGENCY, IF
YOU HAD AN EXPLOSIVE
DECOMPRESSION, IF YOU HAD A
FIRE, THOSE ARE CATASTROPHIC
EVENTS THAT YOU WANT TO GET THAT
PLANE ON THE GROUND AS QUICKLY
AS POSSIBLE AT THE NEAREST
SUITABLE AIRPORT AND POINT OF
TIME.
>> BUT INSTEAD, WHOEVER WAS AT
THE CONTROLS APPEARS TO HAVE
DELIBERATELY HAVE ABANDONED THE
FLIGHT PATH AND DELIBERATELY
MADE A LEFT-HAND TURN FOR
VIETNAM AND THEN THE PLANE
TURNED OVER THE INDIAN OCEAN AND
APPEARS TO HAVE FLOWN SOUTH
UNTIL IT RAN OUT OF GAS.
>> TO ME, THAT SAID THAT PERSON
OR PERSONS IN THE COCKPIT WERE
REALLY DELIBERATELY TRYING TO
TAKE THAT PLANE AND PUT IT
SOMEWHERE WHERE NO ONE WOULD
FIND IT.
>> AT THIS POINT THEY CAN NOT
SAY IF SOMEONE ENTERED THE
COCKPIT FROM THE PASSENGER CABIN
OR THE PILOT OR CO-PILOT MIGHT
HAVE BEEN INVOLVED.
U.S. INVESTIGATORS HAVE COMPILED
PROFILES OF THE TWO PILOTS BASED
ON INTERVIEWS WITH FRIENDS,
NEIGHBORS AND FAMILY MEMBERS
CONDUCTED BY MALAYSIAN OFFICIALS
AND A SEARCH OF THEIR ONLINE
ACTIVITIES.
THERE IS NO EVIDENCE SO FAR THEY
DID ANYTHING WRONG.