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A.M. IN THE EAST.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US.
UP FIRST, WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS.
WE NOW KNOW THE FINAL WORDS
SPOKEN BETWEEN THE FLIGHT 370
COCKPIT CREW AND AIR TRAFFIC
CONTROL.
CNN JUST OBTAINING THE FULL
TRANSCRIPT AND WE'LL HAVE THOSE
DETAILS FOR YOU IN JUST A
MOMENT.
BUT FIRST, NEW THIS MORNING, A
MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT SOURCE
TELLING CNN INVESTIGATORS ARE
CONVINCED THAT SOMEONE IN THE
COCKPIT OR ON BOARD THE PLANE IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT SUDDEN TURN
OFF COURSE.
AND AGAIN, AT LEAST ONE
MALAYSIAN OFFICIAL TELLING CNN
THEY CONSIDER THE DISAPPEARANCE
OF FLIGHT 370 TO BE A CRIMINAL
ACT.
AND WITHOUT REAL EXPLANATION,
THEY ARE ALTERING THE OFFICIAL
VERSION OF THE FINAL SIGN-OFF
FROM THE JETLINER'S COCKPIT.
JIM CLANCY LIVE ON THE PHONE
FROM KUALA LUMPUR THIS MORNING.
JIM, YOU OBTAINED THE TRANSCRIPT
NOW.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
WAITING FOR THIS FOR AN AWFUL
LONG TIME, BUT YOU NOW, AT
LEAST, HAVE IT, THE TRANSCRIPT
OF THE FINAL COMMUNICATIONS, THE
CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE COCKPIT
CREW AND AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL.
WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED, JIM?
>> Reporter: JOHN, IF YOU CAN
HEAR ME, WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF
JUST A MAJOR, TORRENTIAL
DOWNPOUR HERE.
WE OBTAINED THIS TRANSCRIPT OF
THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE
PILOTS ON BOARD FLIGHT 370 AND
THE CONTROL TOWER, KUALA LUMPUR
TOWER, AS WELL AS GROUND
CONTROL.
THEY SHOW, IF ANYTHING, A
COMPLETELY NORMAL CONVERSATION.
WE UNDERSTAND NOW THAT THE
GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO RELEASE
THIS TRANSCRIPT TO ALL OF THE
MEDIA IN THE COMING HOURS.
IT SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY SAY
THEY HELD BACK BECAUSE OF THE
INVESTIGATION, THAT THEY FEEL
THAT THEY CAN RELEASE IT NOW.
IT SAYS, AND I'M QUOTING HERE,
THERE'S NO INDICATION OF
ANYTHING ABNORMAL IN THE
TRANSCRIPT.
IT DOES, PERHAPS, DEFINITIVELY
CLEAR UP HOW THE PILOT SIGNED
OFF.
HE SIGNED OFF "GOODNIGHT
MALAYSIAN 370," AND THAT IS WHAT
WE KNOW AT THIS STAGE.
BUT AGAIN, WHAT'S REMARKABLE IS
THAT IT'S SO ROUTINE, JOHN.
AND AS YOU LOOK AT THIS, ALL YOU
CAN THINK OF IS THAT MOMENTS,