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FOR THE END OF NEXT WEEK.
>> NOW ON THE THE LATEST
WITH THE MISSING MALAYSIA
AIRLINES FLIGHT 370.
MALAYSIAN PRIME MINISTER
SAYS THAT INVESTIGATORS
BELIEVE THE MISSING
AIRLINER'S COMMUNICATIONS
WERE DELIBERATELY DISABLED,
THAT IT TURNED BACK FROM
ITS FLIGHT TO BEIJING AND
FLEW FOR MORE THAN SEVEN
HOURS.
>> JOINING US NOW IS
AVIATION EXPERT MIKE
MCCARRON.
>> YOU HAVE FLOWN OVER THIS
AREA TELL US ABOUT THEY ARE
DEALING WITH.
>> THIS INDIAN OCEAN IS A
WIDE AREA. YOU GET AWAY FROM
THE MAIN PENINSULA. THERE IS
NOT A LOT OUT THERE. THERE
ARE NOT A LOT OF OPTIONS.
THERE IS NO RADAR COVERAGE.
IT IS A VERY BIG CHALLENGE.
>> SO THIS LATEST
DELIBERATELY ACT, TAXES
INVESTED GEISHAS TO A WHOLE
NOTHER LEVEL.
>> SOMEONE, DELIBERATELY
DISCONNECTED OR TURNED OFF
THE TRANSPONDER AND THEY
WERE NOT MONITORING RADIOS.
I SAW A IS 6 ASSAULT
PATTERN. ALL OF THIS SHOWS
THAT THIS WAS NOT AN
ACCIDENT OR AN INTENDED.
THIS IS A WHOLE NEW KETTLE
OF FISH.
>> AS WELL AS THE ENGINE
BEING RAN FOR HOURS, THEY
LOST CONTACT INTO THE
FLIGHTS A DAY LOOKING AT
FOUR TO FIVE HOURS OF
ADDITIONAL TIME.
>> IS THERE ANY CHANCE THAT
IT COULD HAVE LANDED SAFELY?
>> OBVIOUSLY, IT IS A
POSSIBILITY BUT THERE IS NOT
A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES
BECAUSE OF THE WRONG WHAT
WOULD HAVE TO BE EXCESSIVE.
THIS IS NOT A SMALL PLANE TO
HIDE. YOU HAVE TO GO
SOMEWHERE THAT HAS A MAJOR
RUNWAY SYSTEM. THAT IS
POSSIBLE, BUT THE RADARS TO
NOT PICK THIS UP SO THERE
ARE A LOT QUESTIONS STILL TO
BE ANSWERED.
>> THE BOTTOM LINE, THE FACT
THAT HAD IT GOT ANYWHERE,
THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN
GREATER THAN SHOULD HAVE
NOTICED THAT.
>> YES, SOMEONE WOULD HAVE
SAW THIS ON THEIR RADAR. ALL
OF THESE PLACES WOULD HAVE
TRACKED THIS. BUT ALSO WHAT
IS INTERESTING IS THE
MALAYSIAN AIRPORT WERE NOT
THE ONE BETTER TRACK TO WHEN
IT WENT OFF COURSE. THAT IS
A HUGE QUESTION THAT NEEDS
TO BE ANSWERED.
>> INVESTIGATORS ARE DRAWN
TO GOING TO THE WHOLE OF
THE PILOTS AND FLIGHT CREW
TO LOOK FOR ANY POSSIBLE
CLOSE.
>> THAT IS A HUGE THING
RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE GOING TO
UP LOOKING INTO WHO THEY
WERE IN CONTACT WITH E-MAIL
ADDRESS, PHONE CALLS ALL
THESE RECORDS WERE THEY CAN
HAVE IT LEGS BACK TO THE
PLANE.
>> U.S. INVESTIGATORS ARE
SAYING THAT THIS IS AN ACT
OF PRIVACY.
>> YES, WE HAVE A LIMITED
ALL THE OTHER POSSIBILITIES.
SO RIGHT NOW, IT LOOKS AS
IF SOME INTENDED ACT. IT
>> THIS IS SPECULATION BUT
DO YOU THINK THAT THE FLIGHT
CREW HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH
THIS?
>> WELL, WE DO NOT KNOW
RIGHT NOW. OBVIOUSLY IT
APPEARS THE SOME ONE ON THE
PLAN INTENDED THIS FLIGHT
NOT TO GO WHERE IT SHOULD
HAVE GONE.
>> IT REALLY BRINGS UP THE
QUESTIONS AS 911 THERE HAS
BEEN ALL THESE EXTRA
SECURITY CAUTIONS. THEN
AGAIN IT RAISES THE QUESTION
AS HOW SOMEONE COULD DONE
THIS.
>> THAT WILL HAVE TO LOOK
AT THEIR CREW IN THE CABIN
CREW FIRST. BECAUSE THEY
HAVE ACCESS TO THIS.
>> AT PLANE THIS SIZE OF
JUSTICE NOT VANISHED.
>> NO, THIS IS REALLY LARGE.
AS LONG AS THIS PLANE IS
OPERATING, THEY'RE TRYING TO
PIECE THIS INFORMATION FROM
SATELLITES, RADAR AND TRY TO
REBUILD THE SCENARIO. THIS
IS WHY IT IS SO CURIOUS, HOW
DID DISAPPEAR AND HOW COME
WE PUT IT BACK.
>> THIS IS REALLY A
FASCINATING PIECE OF
DETECTIVE WORK ALL THE
AGENCIES INVOLVED.
>> YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE
NOT USED TO COOPERATING.
COUNTRIES NORMALLY DO NOT
TALK TO EACH OTHER, YOU
HAVE THE INTERNATIONAL
AVIATION GROUPS THAT IS LOOK
IT AND THEN THE U.S. IS IN
THERE, THE NAVY AND SURFACE
UNITS ARE ALSO LOOKING.
THEY'RE TRYING TO WORK
TOGETHER AND TRY TO PUT THIS
PUZZLE BACK TOGETHER.
>> GIVEN THE SIZE OF THE
AREA, THEY WILL NEED THE
HELP.
>> YES, THIS IS A HUGE AREA.