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THIS IS ABOUT THE TIME WHEN THE
DATA REPORTING SYSTEMS ARE SAID
TO HAVE SHUT DOWN.
>> RIGHT, CAROL.
LET ME TELL YOU WHERE WE ARE.
WE ARE AT 35,000 FEET.
PRETTY QUICKLY AFTER WE TOOK
OFF, THE PILOT, MITCHELL, PUT US
ON AUTOPILOT.
YOU CAN SEE THE READOUT HERE,
35,000 FEET.
THIS IS WHAT THE PILOTS WOULD
HAVE LOOKED AT AS FAR AS THEIR
NAVIGATION.
IT IS SIMILAR TO THE GPS IN YOUR
CAR BUT A LOT MORE COMPLICATED.
WE ARE COMING UP ON IGARY, A
CHECKPOINT IN THE SKY AT WHICH
THIS AIRCRAFT WILL TURN AND MAKE
A SLIGHT TURN TO THE RIGHT.
B TODD IS THE LAST POINT WHERE
THEY WERE SEEN.
IT WAS RIGHT ABOUT THE HANDOVER
FROM MALAYSIAN AIR SPACE INTO
VIETNAMESE AIR SPACE.
IT IS A CRUCIAL TIME, NO THE A
TIME WHEN A PILOT OR CO-PILOT
WOULD SAY, GO USE THE BATHROOM.
>> ANY TIME YOU ARE CROSSING
INTO ANOTHER COUNTRY'S AIR
SPACE, YOU HAVE TO CHECK IN.
YOU HAVE TO CHECK IN AND SAY WHO
YOU ARE, YOUR INTENTIONS, YOUR
ALTITUDE, YOUR AIR SPEED SO THAT
THEY WOULD KNOW AND THEY ARE ON
THE PROGRAM, WITH THE PROGRAM.
>> I ASKED YOU, THE LAST WORDS
RECORDED ARE, ALL RIGHT, GOOD
NIGHT.
AS A PILOT, DOES THAT SOUND ODD
OR UNUSUAL?
>> NO, NOT AT ALL.
THAT'S AS PER NORMAL OPERATIONS.
NOTHING USUAL ABOUT THAT.
BOTH OF THESE GUYS WOULD HAVE
BEEN IN THE COCKPIT AT THAT TIME
FOR SURE.
>> AS FAR AS THE SHUTDOWN AS YOU
MENTIONED OF THE DATA REPORTING,
RIGHT NOW IT IS INEXPLICABLE TO
A PROFESSIONAL PILOT.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT
PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT REPORT.
SOME OF THEM ARE THE RADIOS.