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ANDY, JUST MINUTES AGO YOU
POSTED A STORY FOR THE "WALL
STREET JOURNAL" WITH STAGGERING
NEW DETAILS ABOUT THAT FIRST
TURN THE PLANE TOOK.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US?
>> SO THIS INVESTIGATION APPEARS
TO BE MOVING VERY QUICKLY TOWARD
A LAW ENFORCEMENT OR TERRORISM
PATH.
EVERY DAY IT'S HARDER AND HARDER
TO COME UP WITH A CREDIBLE
ARGUMENT THAT THIS WAS AN
ACCIDENT.
AND WHAT WE'RE PUTTING ON THE
WEB SITE AND WILL PUT IN
TOMORROW'S PAPER ARE SOME
DETAILS ABOUT WHAT THE
INVESTIGATORS SUSPECT WAS
HAPPENING ON THAT PLANE, SOME
DELIBERATE ACTIONS.
IN THE SPACE OF SIX HOURS,
SOMEONE OR A GROUP TURNED OFF
THREE DIFFERENT SIGNALLING
SYSTEMS ON THAT AIRCRAFT TO HIDE
ITS LOCATION.
AND INVESTIGATORS ALSO BELIEVE
THAT ABOUT AN HOUR AFTER
TAKEOFF, JUST AFTER THE
TRANSPONDERS STOPPED OPERATING,
SOMEONE MANUALLY MADE THE
AIRCRAFT TURN TO THE LEFT.
AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE
ARE STRONG SUSPICIONS THAT IN
ORDER TO DISABLE ONE OF THE
SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, SOMEONE HAD
TO GO DOWN TO THE LOWER PORTION
OF THE AIRCRAFT, LEAVE THE ***
TIS AND DISABLE THAT SYSTEM.
AND SO THEREFORE OF COURSE THAT
PRESUMES THAT SOMEONE IT MAY
HAVE BEEN IN THE COCKPIT TO
CONTROL OR TO MONITOR THE PLANE.
SO THESE ARE ALL ASPECTS THAT
THE INVESTIGATORS ARE REALLY
ACTIVELY LOOKING AT, AND IT JUST
ADDS MUCH MORE AMMUNITION TO THE
NOTION THAT THIS IS SOME KIND OF
SABOTAGE, TERRORISM, WHATEVER
YOU WANT TO CALL IT.
BUT NOT AN ACCIDENT.
>> AND THEN OF COURSE IT RAISES
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHO WOULD HAVE
BEEN INVOLVED.
WAS IT THE FLIGHT CREW
THEMSELVES OR SOMEBODY,
PASSENGERS ON BOARD THE PLANE
WHO TRIED TO COMMANDEER THE
PLANE.
WE SIMPLY DON'T KNOW, CORRECT?
>> WELL, THAT'S RIGHT.
IT'S EARLY.
AND I THINK EVERYONE WHO'S BEEN
LOOKING AT THIS AGREES THAT
INVESTIGATORS HAVE A VERY LONG
WAY TO GO TO DETERMINE -- AND
ALSO YOUR VIEWERS SHOULD BE
AWARE THAT JUST BECAUSE IT
BECOMES A CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION, SOME OF THE
CHALLENGES WILL NOT DISAPPEAR.
THEY'LL GET A LOT WORSE.
IF THE MALAYSIANS ARE HEADING UP
THE INVESTIGATION AS IS LIKELY,
THEIR TRACK RECORD HAS NOT BEEN
STELLAR.
WHETHER IT'S A THOROUGH AND
EFFICIENT AND ACCURATE
INVESTIGATION.
AND JUST TODAY, MALAYSIAN
OFFICIALS I THINK GAVE OUT THE
STUNNING INFORMATION THAT THEY
WEREN'T SURE THAT THE PLANE HAD
ACTUALLY FLOWN FOR FIVE HOURS
AFTER THE TRANSPONDER WAS LOST
WHEN EVERYONE ELSE IS BASICALLY
LOOKING AT THAT DATA AND THEY
FEEL PRETTY CERTAIN.
THEY FEEL CERTAIN THOUGHT FLEW
FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
AND THE SEARCH IS NOW MORE THAN
1,000 MILES TO THE WEST OVER A
HUGE AREA NEITHER INDIAN OCEAN.
>> SO ANDY, I JUST WANT TO
REITERATE WHAT YOU HAVE JUST
SAID.
FIRST TIME WE ARE HEARING THIS
AND IT IS SIGNIFICANT.
YOU POSTED IT ONLINE THE "WALL
STREET JOURNAL".COM IN THE PAPER
TOMORROW.
BASED ON YOUR REPORTING WHICH
LITERALLY JUST POSTED IN THE
LAST FEW MINUTES, ALL YOUR
SOURCES ARE TELLING YOU THE
PLANE WAS MANUALLY -- HAD TO
HAVE BEEN MANUALLY TURNED AND
THAT PERHAPS BASED ON WHAT THE
SUCCESSION OF COMMUNICATIONS
DEVICES BEING TURNED OFF, THAT
LIKELY TWO PEOPLE HAD TO HAVE
SOMEHOW BEEN INVOLVED.
SOMEONE TO REMAIN IN THE
COCKPIT, SOMEONE TO GO BELOW AND
TURN OFF ONE OF THE
COMMUNICATION DEVICES.
>> CERTAINLY MORE THAN ONE
PERSON.
IT'S VERY UNCLEAR WHO THEY ARE,
WHERE THEY WERE HEADED, WHAT
THEIR PURPOSES WERE.
IT'S VERY UNCLEAR WHERE THE
PLANE IS CURRENTLY.
THERE'S ONLY ONE
INCONTROVERTIBLE FACT IN ALL OF
THIS SPECULATION.
IF AIRCRAFT WENT INTO THE WATER
THERE HAS TO BE SOME DEBRIS
SOMEWHERE.
WE MAY NOT BE LOOKING IN THE
RIGHT PLACE.