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REGRETTABLE THE FLIGHT ENDED IN
THE SOUTH INDIAN OCEAN.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
INVESTIGATION ITSELF.
A LOT OF FOCUS ON THE PILOTS,
OBVIOUSLY -- IS THE FEELING
GENERALLY AMONGST ALL THE
EXPERTS THAT IT IS MORE LIKELY
THERE WAS SOME CATASTROPHIC
EVENT, PERHAPS A FIRE, PERHAPS A
FIRE FROM BATTERIES, THAT WE'VE
SEEN, THAT IGNITED THE CAUSE
UNDER CONTROL, EVERYBODY
UNCONSCIOUS, AND THE PLANE THEN
FLEW ON AUTO PILOT?
DO ENOUGH FACTS STACK UP NOW,
ACCORDING TO THE INVESTIGATORS
THAT SUGGEST THAT IS MORE LIKELY
THAN HIJACKING?
>> WELL, PIERS, I'VE BEEN
SPEAKING TO SOURCES,
INVESTIGATORS AND NO ONE IS
JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS AT THIS
STAGE, MORE THAN TWO WEEKS IN,
EVERY THEORY IS ON THE TABLE,
YOU POINT OUT THE FACT THAT
THEY'RE STILL LOOKING AT THE
PILOTS.
AUTHORITIES SAID TODAY, SO FAR,
THERE'S BEEN FULL COOPERATION
FROM THE MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE
THEY'VE INTERVIEWED, THEY
INTERVIEWED FAMILY MEMBERS OF
THE PASSENGERS AND CREW, THE
INVESTIGATORS DO CONTINUE TO DIG
DEEPER INTO THE TWO PILOTS,
LOOKING FOR ANYTHING THAT COULD
HAPPEN EXPLAIN 370s EXPERIENCE.
SOURCES ARE SAYING AT THIS POINT
THERE IS NOTHING THAT INDICATES
FOUL PLAY, AND THEY'RE STILL
LOOKING AT THE PSYCHOLOGICAL
STATE OF THE PILOTS, SABOTAGE
AND HIJACKING, ANY THEORY THAT
COULD HELP EXPLAIN THIS.
AND WITHOUT THE WRECKAGE.
WITHOUT THAT FLIGHT DATA
RECORDER, THEY CAN'T COME UP
WITH A DEFINITIVE CONCLUSION.
>> MOST OF THE PEOPLE WE TALKED
TO, THE PUNDITS, THE FORMER THIS
AND THAT, THEY DO BELIEVE THAT
IT IS A NEFARIOUS ACT.
EITHER BY THE PILOTS OR BY THE
HIJACKERS OR TERRORISTS.
>> BUT WHY?
WHAT POINTS TO THAT NOW FROM ALL
THAT WE KNOW?
>> WHAT POINTS TO IT IS THE
THREE BASIC THINGS.
FIRSTLY, THE ACARS FAILURE, NO
COMMENTS MADE ABOUT ANYTHING
WRONG.
SECONDLY, TRANSPONDER OFF,
THIRDLY, WHAT EVERYBODY AGREES
WAS A DELIBERATE TURN BACK, AND
THEN YOU HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF
THIS DESCENT, 12,000 FEET AND
BACK UP AGAIN.
THEY TAKE ALL THOSE.
>> WE'RE SET TO COLLAR PHI, THAT
COULD ONLY HAVE HAPPENED WITH A
PILOT RESETTING THE COORDINATES
TO TAKE THE PLANE BACK UP, IS
THAT WHY THAT INDICATES SOME
KIND OF PILOT OPERATION?
>> WE KNOW THE PLANE COULD NOT
HAVE GONE DEEP INTO THE SOUTH
INDIAN OCEAN AT 12,000 FEET, IT
HAD TO BE AT ITS OPTIMAL FLIGHT
ALTITUDE OF 35,000 FEET.
ONE SOURCE SAYS IT WENT DOWN TO
12.
IF IT WENT DOWN TO 12, IT HAD TO
GO BACK UP AGAIN TO 35.
THAT COULD ONLY BE DONE EITHER
ON THE YOKE OR THE AUTO PILOT.
SO THE VIEW -- LOOK, LET'S BE
BLUNT ABOUT THIS.
THE VIEW OF MOST OF THE PEOPLE
YOU TALK TO IS THAT NEFARIOUS
HUMAN INTERVENTION BROUGHT THIS
DOWN.