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VERY SAME PLANE THAT'S MISSING
TONIGHT.
>>> I FLEW THIS PLANE.
>> YOU FLEW THIS PLANE.
>> THE MISSING 777.
HE SAYS HE FLEW THE BOEING
PASSENGER JET FOR MALAYSIA
AIRLINES WHERE HE WAS BOTH A
PILOT AND EXECUTIVE TILL HE
RETIRED TWO YEARS AGO.
THE MISSING AIRLINE HE SAYS WAS
ONE OF THE YOUNGEST PLANES IN
THE FLEET.
>> I NO HE THAT IT IS MORE SOLID
THAN ANYTHING ELSE IN THE WORLD
AND FOR IT TO JUST DISAPPEAR THE
WAY IT IS, LOTS OF QUESTIONS.
>> HAVING FLOWN THE 777.
>> YEAH.
>> DO YOU RULE OUT CATASTROPHIC
MECHANICAL FAILURE.
>> MECHANICAL FAILURE, IT
WOULDN'T BE FLYING SILENTLY.
IT WILL JULY OF DISAPPEAR.
>> INSTEAD IT FLEW FOR HOURS NO,
DISTRESS CALLS BEFORE OUR
INTERVIEW, HE WAS IN THIS HALL
OUTSIDE WHAT HE CALLED A WAR
ROOM FOR THE MILITARY, THE
AIRLINE AND THE GOVERNMENT.
HUZLAN IS NOT AN ACTIVE
PARTICIPANT IN THE INVESTIGATION
BUT HE SAYS ANY 777 PILOT KNOWS
THE WIDE BODIED JET CAN BE
TURNED.
>> HOW DIFFICULT IS IT TO TAKE
THIS PARTICULAR 777 OFF COURSE?
>> IT IS SO EASY.
IT IS SO EASY.
ANY PILOT CAN DO THIS.
IT'S JUST A KEYSTROKE.
A STEWARDESS CAN TURN A
KEYSTROKE.
>> DOES IT TAKE A PILOT TO TURN
A 777?
>> YOU JUST NEED TO KNOW WHAT
INPUTS YOU NEED TO PUT INTO THE
COMPUTERS.
>> IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THEN THAT
IT'S NOT JUST A PILOT AND
CO-PILOT?
>> DEFINITELY, IT IS.
IT IS VERY, VERY POSSIBLE.
>> WHAT HE FEELS IS IMPROBABLE
THAT THE PLANE'S PILOT CAPITAL
ZAHARIE SHAW WAS RESPONSIBLE.
THE TWO BEGAN THEIR PILOTING
CAREERS TOGETHER MORE THAN 30
YEARS AGO.
CAPTAIN HUZLAN SAYS ZAHARIE HAS
BEEN HIS USUAL SELF-NO ODD
BEHAVIOR.
>> THE SIMPLEST FORMULA IS TO ME
A SAD THING BEING A PILOT
MYSELF, MY OWN KIND.
>> HOW MUCH HAS THIS SHAKEN
PILOTS SUCH AS YOURSELF?
>> I'M JUST SHOCKED.
I'M SHOCKED.
>> IT'S AMAZING TO HEAR HIM TALK
ABOUT THAT PLANE AND HOW EASY IT
WAS TO TURN IT.
THERE WAS A POINT WHERE HE WAS
TALKING WHERE HE SAID LOOK, A
STEWARDESS COULD DO THIS.
I KNOW HE DOESN'T THINK HIS
FRIEND THE CAPTAIN WAS
RESPONSIBLE.
DOES HE THINK IT WAS ANOTHER
CREW MEMBER OR I AN PASSENGER?
>> ABSOLUTELY HE THINKS IT WAS
SOMEONE ON THE PLANE, ERIN.
IMMEDIATELY HE'S TURNING PERHAPS
TO THE CO-PILOT OR SOMEONE WITH
EASY ACCESS TO THE COCKPIT.
WHY?
BECAUSE OF COCKPIT PROCEDURES AT
MALAYSIA AIRLINES.
IT'S SO DIFFICULT TO ACCESS THE
COCKPIT.
HE SAYS STANDARD OPERATING
PROCEDURE IS THE DOOR IS VERY
THICK AS IT IS IN THE UNITED
STATES.
YOU NEED A KEYPAD ENTRY AND
THERE'S A CAMERA.
SO HE BELIEVES THAT IT HAS TO BE
SOMEONE WHO HAD ACCESS TO THE
COCKPIT.
IT'S ALSO POSSIBLE, HE SAYS,
THAT THIS MAY BE A HIJACKING.
HE SAYS THAT'S A VERY SMALL
POSSIBILITY GIVEN WHAT HE KNOWS
ABOUT MALAYSIA AIRLINES BECAUSE
HE BELIEVES IT WOULD HAVE HAD TO