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ACCEPTED BY THE HOST COUNTRY.
BUT HERE YOU REALLY HAVE TO LOOK
AT -- THIS IS A HIGHLY ADVANCED
AIRPLANE WITH A GREAT DEAL OF
REDUNDANCY IN THE NAVIGATION
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM.
AND THE FACT THAT THIS AIRPLANE
MADE WHAT LOOKS LIKE A 90-DEGREE
OR PERHAPS MORE TURN AND AT THE
SAME TIME THE TRANSPONDER WAS
TURNED OFF OR AT LEAST THE
TRANSPONDER RETURN DISAPPEARED,
THAT WOULD SUGGEST TO ME A
HIGHER PROBABILITY THAT SOMEONE
UNAUTHORIZED HAD GAINED CONTROL
OF THAT AIRPLANE.
>> THAT OBVIOUSLY IS STILL A
MATTER OF CONJECTURE.
THERE ARE CONFLICTING REPORTS
FROM VARIOUS MALAYSIAN
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.
THAT IS PART OF THE PROBLEM
HERE.
THE INFORMATION FLOW HAS NOT
BEEN GREAT.
EROL SOUTH ERS, YOU'RE ASSOCIATE
DIRECTOR OF THE -- WHAT IS YOUR
ASSESSMENT OF WHERE THIS
INVESTIGATION IS RIGHT NOW?
>> WELL, AS MR. BRENNAN SAID
THIS MORNING, WE CANNOT RULE OUT
TERRORISM AT THIS POINT.
AND WE WILL FOLLOW TERRORISM TO
GROUND UNTIL WE KNOW SOMETHING
DIFFERENT.
YOU'VE GOT 239 PEOPLE ON THIS
FLIGHT.
239 PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE TO VET
AND MAKE SURE NOTHING NEFARIOUS
ON BOARD.
WE KNOW OF TWO PEOPLE ON WITH
FRAUDULENT PASSPORTS.
TO FRAN'S COMMENT ABOUT WHO ELSE
WAS ON BOARD AND RELATIONSHIPS,
THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
WHAT WE'LL DO NOW WE'LL LOOK AT
THAT PLANE AS THE CENTER OF THIS
INVESTIGATION, LOOK AT WHAT
MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE
COCKPIT, AT EVERYONE THAT HAD
ACCESS TO THAT AIRCRAFT FROM THE
POINT OF ORIGIN, INCLUDING THE
GROUNDS CREW, MAINTENANCE,