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I HAVEN'T HEARD WHERE EXACTLY,
BUT THEY SHOW EXPANSION --
>> YESTERDAY ONE OF THE
COMMANDERS OF THE U.S. NAVY
SEVENTH FLEET SAID THEY WERE
MOVING THAT SEARCH AREA WEST OF
MALAYSIAN.
AND NOW WE'RE HEARING FROM THE
WHITE HOUSE THEY'RE MOVING IT
ALL THE WAY INTO THE INDIAN
OCEAN.
SO IF YOU LOSE THE TRANSPONDER
AT ONE POINT, BUT THEN THE PLANE
IS CONTINUING TO FLY REVERSE
COURSE, FLY OVER MALAYSIA AND
HEAD TOWARDS THE INDIAN OCEAN,
WHAT DOES THAT SAY TO YOU?
>> WELL, IT COULD BE ANYTHING.
CLEARLY THERE COULD BE SOME TYPE
OF INCAPACITATION OF PILOTS,
THEY REPROGRAMMED TO GET BACK
AND KEPT ONGOING.
>> SO ONE THEORY THE PILOTS
ACTUALLY TURNED OFF THE
TRANSPONDERS.
>> NO, LET'S SAY THERE'S SOME
TYPE OF MASSIVE EVENT HAPPENED
ON THE AIRPLANE AND THEY WANT TO
GET BACK TO KUALA LUMPUR, THEY
REPROGRAM AND CHANGE AND THE
PILOT BECOMES COMPLETELY
INCAPACITATED AND KEPT ONGOING.
>> WE'VE SEEN A CASE BEFORE
WHERE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T TURN
ON THE OXYGEN SYSTEM THE WHOLE
CREW WAS INCAPACITATED, THE
AIRPLANE FLEW TO ITS
DESTINATION, CIRCLED TO THE
AIRPORT, RAN OUT OF FUEL AND
CRASHED.
>> THAT'S ONE SCENARIO.
>> YOU'VE STUDIED THIS CLOSELY
OVER THE PAST SIX DAYS, RIGHT?
>> OH, I'VE LOOKED AT IT ALL.
>> GIVE ME YOUR SENSE.
WHAT IS YOUR HUNCH RIGHT NOW?
>> THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH DATA.
>> AND DID YOU -- ARE YOU
CRITICAL OF THE MALAYSIAN
AUTHORITIES?
ARE YOU CRITICAL -- WHO ARE YOU
CRITICAL OF IF ANYONE?
>> HAVING BEEN IN THIS POSITION
BEFORE, I'M NOT --
>> BEEN AN INVESTIGATOR
YOURSELF.
>> I'VE BEEN AN INVESTIGATOR
MYSELF.
I'M NOT CRITICAL OF ANYONE
BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH
THE DATA YOU HAVE.
SO THEY'RE GRABBING DATA AS
QUICKLY AS THEY CAN FROM MANY
SOURCES.
NOT ALL THE DATA IS COMPATIBLE
WITH EACH OTHER.