i think speculation should be helpful in solving the extraordinary mystery. the mystery of flight 370 with don lemon starts right now. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> hello, everyone. >> we welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. >> let's get straight to our breaking news. the search for malaysia airlines flight 370 has been called off because of bad weather. conditions are whoable in the search zone with severe icing and turbulence and near zero visibility. 11 planes and five ships had hoped to scour an area where images of 122 floating objects were reported over the weekend. >> one of those objects is of particular interest, it's 23 meters long, one aviation

analysts says it might be the wing of the missing triple seven. this means another delay in what could be a debris frooeld field identified by french satellite images. andrea stevens is joining us live. first question, andrew, how long before the search can resume? >> reporter: they are talking about resuming tomorrow. perhaps later in the afternoon. but this area of the planet is known for violent storms kicking up quickly. just look at the satellite images and the debris field identified by the french satellites on march 23rd is right in the middle of what looks like very heavy clouds. visibility down to virtually zero. severe turbulence. heavy winds. heavy winds could disperse the debris. the timing could not be worse.

the field, 122 objects is described by a lot of aviation experts as a potential debris field. that's the first time anyone's equating objects with debris field. in previous satellite pictures, also from the planes that we know about, there have been handful of objects this is obviously more than that. but with the weather, big winds, big waves, it could be dispersed and making that search ever harder. at this stage, the authorities say they should be able to get planes in the air tomorrow. >> so andrew, if you look at what happened here, the french slight images were taken four days ago before a cyclone moved in to the area. now we have the bad weather that will scatter debris even further. it is possible for the search teams to compensate to work out the wind patterns and work out

where the debris may have gone or the possibility of coming up empty handed yet again? >> john, these searchers have access to the most so fisty kate mod les, based on tides, kurnltss, wind direction and speed that they can get. but it's still an inexact science. they will have an idea of where that debris could have been scattered to by the strengths of the winds. obviously some of the bigger objects they are talking about, one as long as 23 meters, perhaps a more solid object will not move as far away from the search. that's probably wouchb the most promising leads because it could be associated with a wing. there's still a lot of coulds here. they will have an idea where the debris has gone and that will be the best. remember, there were planes on station yesterday searching for other small pieces of debris

which they had been given coordinates for. they still couldn't find it. no one has yet linked a satellite image or an object spotted from a plane to actually the plane. as this goes on it will make the search more difficult. you can imagine search headquarters are hearing their head out with frustration. they can't get that break. two days out of three they haven't been able to fly. it's so frustrating. >> frist rating for everyone. >> the latest on the search which is put on hold because of the bad weather. let's look at the weather situation there and get the details. >> andrew is saying maybe they could pick this up tomorrow, maybe a little later in the

afternoon. what's your forecast. >> i was talking to andrew, breaking down what we are seeing happen here. these thunderstorms pretty severe. looking at the cloud comp, upper atmosphere as far as the cloud tops are concerned. major storm developing. 60% of the surface region under wet weather, large swells and thunderstorms at this hour. you slice it in half and see the vast majority of the eastern side of the search area seeing the active weather. of course the big question is where is this 122 potential debris. there's the location. i have plotted it to show you based on the satellite imagery from four or five days ago. i want you to know this is an exclusive high resolution model. you are not going to find this on any other network when it comes to ge getting the most accurate forecast. but you see the thunderstorms just northeast of where the

debris was estimated to be four days ago, basd on that latitude, longitude location. of course we know this is on the move. this is four days ago, the satellite location was. we know based on the movement, i calculated it to be 450 to 481 kilometers away from where it was based on the currents and you factor in the winds we have been speaking about in recent days and it could be considerably in a different location where the severe storms are at this hour, north and east of it. look at what happens on friday in to saturday. one of the better breaks as far as weather is concerned in the forecast. this is what i believe it will look like. this is from wednesday afternoon when the search was resumed. you look and some clouds scattered about. clouds be begin to part later on tonight in to tomorrow morning an the winds die down for much of friday afternoon and especially in to saturday. this time of the year, guys, you don't get many windows that will allow a search to resume and looks like they get a massive

break. look at the bottom of the screen. these winds here well over hurricane force. seas up to 30 feet high south of the search zone. that's how volatile the weather is in this part of the world and that will move in to these areas in the coming months. that's why they are trying to do as much as they can right now. >> this will be a constant problem as a they continue. >> the reality is they are closer to antarctica than australia which is why we are getting such awful weather. for our viewers in the united states, we return you to a special report on the missing flight 370 with don lemon. it's already in progress. this is cnn break news. >> the mystery of flight 370. i'm don lemon. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. breaking news. the search is on, nearly three weeks since the plane vanished and tonight we could have the

best leads yet. 122 floating objects in the southern indian ocean. so, is in the big break? planes are in the air trying to locate these mysterious objects. some reported up to the 75 feet long. i will talk to the brother of a flight 370 passenger about what this news means to him and was what happened to the plane premeditated? if so, who was involved? the investigation turns its focus to the pilots of 370. you have been tweeting your questions by the thousands. we have top aviation and security experts standing by to answer them throughout this hour. like this. when they finally do find the debris, can they tell if an explosive or fire was the cause of the plane going down? also why is it so difficult to find the location with the many satellite images released don't they contain approximate gps locations? richard quest is here with us.

good evening to you. i want to get to cnn's correspondents for the latest on the search for flight 370. atika, planes and ships back at it combing the southern indian ocean for those 122 objects spotted on satellite. at this hour, how is the search to find this debris going? >> reporter: it's only really just started. china's jet has left and a number of civilian aircraft are scheduled to leave now, all on their way to search area. the search area has been divided into two sectors, covering 78,000 kilometers. it's going to be a long day of searching and they have to do it quite quickly. the reports are that weather can deteriorate later in the day, of course that's going to prolong the search. it's really important the planes get as low as they can to eyeball what the satellites have already picked up.

while it looks like a floating object, we don't know what it is. they have to take a closer look, see whether it's potentially something that could be from the plane and then they'll call in the ships. all of that takes time, which is something we're running out of. >> it's been touch and go. you mentioned the weather, the weather was bad and now the timing really is crucial when it comes to the weather. it could impact the search as it has been. >> reporter: yeah, it can. when you think about it, it's not just the planes having difficulty getting through. we are talking about huge swells, meters high. with massive waves, it's much harder to see anything out there and much harder for the ships to get through it all. massive ships struggle through the big waves. the worst the weather gets the harder the search is. unfortunately it's autumn here and the closer you get to winter the worse the weather will be. that's another reason why they have to work hard and speed it up. >> thank you very much for that.

i want to turn to pamela brown, our justice correspondent in washington. sara sidner in call la lkuala l. how is the investigation going on the pilot and co-pilot? >> don, they are looking at the co-pilot and the captain. they are still a top priority and fully examined and investigators are digging in to their backgrounds. so far, investigators haven't found a smoking gun in either of their backgrounds that would suggest a premeditated act. a source in malaysia told cnn earlier today a search of the pilot's home did not turn up any evidence, such as a suicide note that would suggest financial, psychological or marital problems. a u.s. official close to the investigation said that they haven't found anything in the hard drive that they have been examining the past week that jumps out at them.

there's been nothing from the simulator hard drive. at this point in the investigation, that's a smoking gun. but i want to emphasize, this is an ongoing investigation, and sources i've spoke to said they aren't ready to jump to conclusions. they don't have that concrete evidence. the plane still hasn't been found. that's the key here. >> you spoke to us about what they said about the simulator and pilot s. have u.s. officials told you anything about what happened on that flight, do they know? >> no, nothing is being ruled out. we heard chuck hagel speak today, and he said terrorism still isn't ruled out. that everything is being looked at. honestly, don, the people i've spoken to, the officials who are close to this investigation are baffled by this. they say with every theory you can poke a hole in it. there's a counterargument for every theory. therefore everything is still on the table. >> all right. oh, my goodness. pam, stand by, because i want to bring in sara sidner now. "usa today" is quoting a senior malaysian investigator saying police believe the captain deliberately redirected the

aircraft. what are you hearing about this? >> reporter: that's not really new. we reported that a week ago. a source of mine said look, we believe this was an intentional act. the reason why they say that, initially at least intention at because of the fairly sharp turn that this aircraft, the boeing 777 took. can't do that on its open. -- own. someone had to turn the aircraft around basically and start going the opposite way. it was supposed to be heading towards beijing. it came back towards malaysia, about an hour after takeoff. so that's been out there for quite sometime. the question, don, is whether it was a sinister act as opposed to perhaps the pilot or co-pilot trying to save themselves and the passengers. that is the detail that we just don't know. and i've come to the point now where it comes to sources, unless someone at this point comes on camera or talks on the

camera with their name in lights, you cannot believe everything you're hearing. there are too many theories out there. the investigation is still continuing. and i think we do a disservice if we go after these pilots and this co-pilot and it turns out that they're not at fault, that indeed they were trying to save themselves and the plane and the passengers on board. it could have been a fire or it could have been many different things. it does a disservice to their families who are grieving just like all the other passenger families. right now they've lost loved ones. they don't know where they are, they have no idea what's happened. investigators still not finished their investigation. so this is really hard. imagine being one of these family members of the pilot or co-pilot and having people look at you suspiciously. we just don't know. so a very hard time here for all the families involved. many of them still do not believe what the government and the airline is saying, that this plane was lost over the southern indian ocean.

they still, even to this day, day 19, still holding on to hope that their family members are somewhere alive. don? >> sarah, thank you. and thank you to all of our correspondents. a number of new developments to get to tonight. i want to see what my experts have to say. joining me now is richard quest. geoffrey thomas, editor in chief of airlineratings.com. floyd wise and a principal at the wiser in law firm in chicago. jeff wise, author of "extreme fear." jim tillman, retired pilot. mary schiavo. former inspector general of the department of transportation. thank you very much all of you guys for joining us. mary now represents victims of negligence by transportation companies including airlines. and tom fuentes is a former assistant fbi director. a lot of folks to get tochlt you were plotting with sara. >> it is entirely right and proper that investigators look

in to the pilots. of course it is. the police, the criminal, every aspect of it. what has happened in the last few hours, it's taken an unavor i have, unpleasant tone. >> how so? >> because we have sources who aren't named basically saying names of people who it may turn out to be did something wrong. but sara is right. >> they have every right to look in to it. >> of course they document they must. >> you have spoken to an expert on what would have happened to have happen on board for this plane to take this course. what did they tell you? >> look, there's two elements to this. first of all, there's the course change that has to be human input. it can't be anything else but human input. reprogramming the flight management computer, disengaging it, changing the auto pilot set

g ings. it has to be done. the other thing we -- has been told is there is altitude changes. the detail of that varies a little bit. but some have that altitude down to 12,000 feet but a of possible decompression event. but the issue is, if the plane is in the southern indian ocean, and we're now getting more and more evidence that's where it is, the plane would have had to have been up at cruising altitude of 35,000 feet for it to reach that particular location 2,500 kilometers southwest of perth. if it was much lower, it would have never got that far south. >> that is if it's there. according to the mathematics, they believe it's there. but that's not sure. tom, what are you hearing from your sources about the fbi investigation into the pilot and co-pilot? >> don, first of all i received a call today, it was a return call from a very senior

malaysian government official that i've known many years, two had told me there is no increased suspicion or focus on the pilots. they have looked at the pilot and co-pilot from day one, the first night the plane disappeared invited the fbi into their command post to work with them day one, and they've vetted the pilots, the crew, the passengers, the cargo, and all ground personnel that had access to that airplane. they have detected nothing specific to implicate the pilot and co-pilot. they're still looking at it just as intensely, but their report is that any reporting that they have suddenly become increasingly suspicious of the pilot is not true. >> jim tillman, as a pilot, do you think the scrutiny on the pilot and co-pilot, do you think it's fair? are they being scapegoated by malaysian authorities? >> there's a history for this that goes way back when.

when accident investigations took on a different kind of course. there was a habit that was called, blame the dead pilot. he can't protect himself. if you have a dead pilot and you can't figure anything out, blame this guy. it's easy to do. i'm very concerned about the attitude that the writer in "usa today" column came up with. he insulted not only the captain, but he really insulted every co-pilot in the air by suggesting that the first officer didn't have what it could take to make those maneuvers. get out of here. he was perfectly qualified to fly that airplane. >> it sounds like what miles o'brien said on another show today. it's like blaming the butler. blame the pilot, blame the co-pilot. it's understandable, because you're at the top in control of the plane. when something goes wrong, they don't blame the producers, they blame us. so geoff, 122 pieces of debris, is this the break we've been waiting for?

>> well, we have had a bunch of breaks before that sounded similar and we have been disappointed in the past. they spent the whole previous search day looking for this very specific debris, and have been unable to find it. just as they were unable to find the debris before. hopefully we will get lucky and it will turn out to be what we are looking for. like i said before, every time we search for something and find it, that's information, too. it tells us where the plane debris isn't. it tells us we have to look somewhere else. >> thank you very much. coming up, planes are in the air and the search is on for those 122 mysterious objects that we mentioned. will we find them? are they debris from the plane? and later insight in in the catastrophe that families have been living through for close to three weeks now. i will talk to a man and his sister was a flight 370 passenger. we will talk to him more about his sister. he will tell us that later in the show. [ male announcer ] how can power consumption in china,

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vanished and we had no idea in the world where it would end up. now we have satellite images of 122 objects floating in the southern indian ocean. but actually finding them is an entirely different story. here's cnn's jason carroll with more. >> reporter: daylight in this remote part of the indian ocean. so far, no sign of the debris spotted here by a european satellite. 122 potential objects over and area of 154 square miles. 1,600 miles from perth, australia. the most credible lead to date in the search for malaysia air flight 370. >> some objects were as much as 23 meters in length. some of the objects appear to be bright, possibly indicating solid material. >> reporter: the question now, if debris is found, could it be linked to debris spotted by satellite on two previous dates? >> perhaps the 16th captured

some of the debris, then the 18th. if they can find the debris and if they can match it to those satellite images, that's empirical data and it's extremely important. those images could be invaluable. >> reporter: planes and ships from at least five countries racing to find out what's there, including two australian orions, a japanese gulf stream jet, and and by sea four chinese ships. the united states dispatched an underwater vehicle which can search to be submerged objects at depths of more than 14,000 feet. already ready, undersea listening devices to pick up signals or pings from the plane's data recorders before their batteries run out, if they haven't already. but those searches cannot search large areas quickly. how large is the area? about the size of south carolina.

despite all of the technology, searchers are also relying on the human eye. >> hopefully today will be the day we find something. >> scanning miles upon miles of open water. >> we do it a half hour to an hour at a time soc. so it is not as fatiguing on the eyes. >> thank you very much. i'm back now with my panel. he's been speaking to boeing 777 experts about this flight's final hour. geoffrey, explain to us what your sources have told you about the altitude changes necessary for the plane to have ended up in the southern indian ocean. >> reporter: yes, tom. -- don.

look, there's various reports about altitude changes, some down to 12,000 feet, maybe lower, to do with a decompression event. the reality is this, for the plane to have gone from the straits of malacca, down to the southern indian ocean, where we understand that it is, it would have had to have climbed back up to 35,000 feet. it's cruising altitude, approximately 30 to 35 thousand feet. otherwise, it would not be able to, with the fuel on board, it would not have been able to reach so far south. it would in fact only reach an area about half of that distance on the midwest coast of western australia. the only conclusion according to a triple seven captain is the plane had to go up to cruising

altitude, up to 35,000 to get to where it spoessedly is. >> to that point there are other statistics going around, a triple seven pilot, a captain was talking about them earlier. if you look at the charts for the airline and the triple seven, the distance range at 12,000 feet is not that much less than at 35,000 feet, which, of course, is the way i interpreted it. i'm wondering, do you think there's any scope for confusion on this point of how far the plane could have gone? >>. >> well, according to my source, richard, the triple seven at 12,000 feet can do about 3 -- i think it is 340 knots. at 35,000 feet it can do 480 knots. that's about 600 kilometers an hour versus 900 kilometers an

hour. if you do the range calculation to southwest of perth, the triple seven couldn't do it. >> that's quite a difference. jeffrey, the question is -- so talk to us more about the scenario you presented here. if the plane did run out of fuel and crash, describe how the crash would have unfolded, at least according to your source. >> look, yes. it's rather -- it's rather heavy duty, if you like. no airplane is absolutely stable. so the engines fail, the electrical systems fail. the plane is not absolutely stable. so it will start to roll to the left or to the right. when it does that, it will go in to a spiral. it's going to go almost supersonic in its descent and it will be a very rapid descent.

interestingly enough, when the auxiliary power unit senses there's no power to the plane, at all, it actually restarts. the auxiliary power unit has its own fuel source, a separate fuel source. it starts up. so power would actually return to the plane for the last few minutes of that descent and that may possibly explain that partial ping they pick ed up where the power returns to the plane. >> you answered the question, as i said to richard as you were saying it, would that explain that partial ping, the partial hand shake that we spoke about. geoffry thomas, i appreciate your perspective. coming up a number of working scenarios on what happened to flight 370. you have asked us all of them, some of them and we will go through your questions up next. good job! still running in the morning? yeah.

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o. back now with my experts. i want to talk through some of the various scenarios that could have happened. we've discussed whether this was a deliberate act by pilot or co-pilot. here are some of them. the first one i will give to tom. hijacking by passenger or passengers. here's what paul says, ask if could be hijacking gone wrong. the hijacker ran out of fuel flying under radar. that would with explain it. are you covered? >> the notion of flying under radar, i would dispute that because when that plane turned back and went over malaysian territory and went through three other airport radars, those radars go all the way to the ground. the plane would have had to be a subway train to avoid radar. there's three operating airports and looking back at what flights occur all night long out of those asian airports including

thailand and china there is no going under those radars. >> this batteries on board, catching fiemplt i will give this to jeff wise. here's what lori say. she says huge question, mark for me is the lithium batteries on board. could that be a cause of explosion and crash, huge question mark for me. could that be the cause? jeff wise? >> theoretically that could be the cause. fires can arise from a number of causes have haven't been any indication cans. there's no evidence for a fire. there weren't any acars conversations that indicated fire, no transmissions by the pilot saying we're on fire. it's something we can't rule out, there's no evidence for it either, though. it's one of these amorphous oi potential things that could have happened. >> let's talk about error. let's talk about it with a pilot. jim, this is for you.

everyone is focusing on mechanical error. why isn't anyone focus canning on human error on the part of the pilot. i'm sorry, could it be pilot error? i'm getting ahead of myself. >> you could always say that pilot error could contribute to a crash. i don't think this evidence points to that a graet great deal. i don't know that the pilots made a mistake that made the crash. that's another one of those ideas. >> mary schavio, i was trying to give jim your question here. i will give it to you now. this says decompression caused by fatigue or deliberate act? and nina says couldn't this have begun as faulty escalation and continued when all died but him. >> it is possible. we have had other incidents where we have had cabin

decompression. one is with a maintenance crew forget to turn back on the automatic pressurization. another is from a crack in the fuselage. it's possible. at that point, you would assume if everyone else perished, except for the pilot, presumably there was lack of control surfaces, too. otherwise he would have taken the plane home and delivered the loved ones though perished back to the airport. there must have been something with lack of control of the plane. >> this is about electrical control system. john cook asks this. he says, what's the probability that an electrical issue rendered the acars and radio systems inoperable. geoffry, what about that? >> jeffrey thomas. >> sorry, okay. beg your pardon.

electrical problem -- the you have power from the engines. we know that. so you have electrical power and turbine that drops in the airstream that provides electrical backup power. there are so many backups on the 777, there's not a scenario that would take out everything and allow the plane to keep flying at the same time. i don't believe that's the case. >> what are the legal implications of all of these scenarios, any of the scenarios here? >> well, as against malaysian air, i believe no matter what the result is found to be malaysia air will be responsible. whether it is hijacking, terrorist act, act of the pilot, mechanical pilot, malaysian air will be responsible. >> the issue is somebody else was involved in. this my question is now can malaysian airlines sustain this?

can they afford to be in business after this? >> well with, sure they can. they at least have $1 billion in insurance. their liability will approach that amount, but they can with stand it with that insurance. >> i'm not going to jump in here because the government as well it is largely owned by the government, the malaysian government is not going to step back away from this one. >> what is the new information you have about part of the plane that may hold the answer to the scenario, the black boxes and batteries. what do you have? >> this is the story tonight that maybe the batteries -- the batteries on the black boxes, the ping ers may not be that strong because of the way they had been stored back in malaysia. david soucie was reporting earlier and his sources told him there was an audit that actually showed the batteries were stored in hot, humid conditions and the effectiveness had been degrade

by some 50%. >> weakened. >> weakened. >> than the pingers have run out. >> if that is the case that would be the case. but there again the makers of the black box and the pingers, they say they are built to operate in extreme conditions and therefore -- so it is -- look, put it this way, it is very worrying if there is a question over the battery power for those pingers. because if they were gone already that is very difficult. >> let's hope they haven't. thank you very much. when we come back, a man who's with sister was on board flight 370. he's been waiting anxiousry and as an experienced ship captain he's familiar with the waters of the indian ocean. we will speak to him coming up next. so our business can be on at&t's network for $175 a month? yup. all 5 of you for $175. our clients need a lot of attention.

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so we can analyze, theorize and break down every investigation of the flight 370 but we can't imagine what the families are going through with no word for three weeks from their loved ones. joining me is bimal sharma whose sister was on flight 370. how are you and your family doing? >> very anxious moments. >> three weeks without any evidence. >> without an iota of evidence. the prime minister of malaysia said -- he's given a mathematical solution to an emotional problem. it's an amazing thing. i don't know what to say even. >> yeah. let's talk more about that, about malaysian officials.

they announced, they believe the plane is lost. you said you hoped they didn't give up the search. that you need to see some debris from the plane, not just a mathematical solution. what do you think of the latest satellite photo that appears to show 122 objects floating in the search area, mr. sharma? >> 122 objects. i have been searching the net for previous plane crashes in the sea. to find 122 objects floating from an aircraft, i don't think even airplanes have three or four, i mean 122 looks more like -- i come from an industry which is the shipping industry. 122 looks like ship has lost some containers. they are floating around there.

122 is a large number of floating objects close together. >> you are familiar with these waters. again, i want to reiterate for our viewers here, you have been sailing for 38 years as a captain in the merchant navy. you think that some of what they are looking at could be what they call just junk, jettison, things people have thrown off or lost. tell us about sailing the waters. what's it like? >> these waters are hostile waters. the weather here can be very, very severe. and coming to losing containers is a very -- well, it's not normal but a very frequent accident. losing containers there -- another thing over there, it's a

garage patch. all the garbage for reasons that can be explained due to the winds, tides and open waters, there's a lot of garbage which accumulated over the centuries is over there. >> yeah. >> it accumulates in to a patch. >> i think we have the message that there is a lot of it. listen, we hope they find something. in your case, i would imagine they find nothing. i mean i would imagine you are still hoping that twrour sister is somewhere still alive and the passengers are somewhere and still alive. i won't say tell me what your sister was like but tell me what your sister is like. what kind of person is your sister? >> my sister was a social worker. she's always been a social worker. she has a doctor rate in social work. she's been to one of the best

institutes in asia for doing social work. from mumbai, social services institute and she was working for the welfare of the fishermen of the world for a very long time now. and very down to earth person, very, very -- i mean -- she was a really nice person. very nice person, yes. >> if she is doing the kind of work that she does, obviously she's one of the extraordinary people who in this world help others. it's been three weeks now. i would imagine every single scenario has gone through your head and your family's head. i don't understand how you are standing right now. i'm not sure i would be able to do that. but if you can, can you tell me what you believe happened on

board this flight? >> look, i cannot recount the minutes of what happened on the flight. it's almost like believing a fairy tale, like believing in "jack and the bean stalk" or some fairy tale like that. what i feel personally is i think it is an international issue now, it's a very big international issue now. it should be handed over to professionals and people who have done this kind of thing before. they should coordinate it rather than governments and things like that. i hear stories from -- on the news, okay, i mean, china is doing their thing, japan is doing their thing. it should be handed over to

professionals who know what it is all about, what to search and rescue and handled in a more professional manner, rather than being, you know? getting the countries involved and emotions getting high. i'm sure we can come to a logical conclusion. that's what i'm wanting. i'm not getting overboard with emotions or anything like that but at least a logical solution. in this day and age where -- i mean -- and i have done and search and rescue myself. believe me, it must be coordinated with professionals from all over the world. there are a lot of people who know what they are talking about. rather than being handled by governments and malaysian government -- >> mr. sharma, the whole world is thinking about you. we thank you for coming on cnn and for sharing your story. anytime you would like to come

back and share your story to get it off your chest, you are more than welcome to come anytime. >> thanks. >> thank you. appreciate it. >> thank you so much. >> we wish the families the very best there. i want to bring in dr. judy, a clinical and forensic psychologist and my experts are back with me now. doctor, my goodness. it's like a nightmare. you think you are going to wake up from it every single moment. >> that's right, don. i feel for these families because every day the coverage is going on and they probably can't help but continue to glue their eyes to the tv and newspapers and just hope some reporting source will come up with some new information that will either ease their minds a little bit or put this question to rest. being in this state of ambiguity is torture on the human mind. >> it is. floyd to you now. you practice in illinois, where boeing is located. what type of lawsuits could boeing face here?

>> well, depending upon the outcome of the investigation, what is disclosed and determinened, boeing could face lawsuits from all of the passengers and the crew on board that aircraft. unlike the claims against malaysia air, which must be brought at certain jurisdictions as mandated by the montreal convention, claims against boeing can be brought in the united states in my home state of illinois just because boeing has its headquarters there and obviously does business there. it could face massive claims, but depending on what the evidence shows. >> the liability of the airline itself, versus the plane manufacturer? >> yes. the liability of the airline itself is almost automatic. it is definitely automatic for the first $176,000. after that it is virtually automatic because the airline, not the passengers, have the burden to prove that they took all necessary measures to avoid the loss, or a third party is solely responsible for the loss. absent proving that malaysia air is on the hook and will have to

pay compensation. malaysia air is facing massive claims, nearing their insurance policy limits of $1 approximately. >> let's talk about if the malaysians conclude that this was a pilot's suicide, what does that do to legal action and who's held responsibility in that scenario? >> well, conceivably malaysian air could be responsible because it is their employee. if their employee took that act they could be responsible. that involves agency issues whether he is acting outside of the scope of his agency but it could be negligent hiring and entrustment of this plane and these persons' lives to this pilot if it is proved this way. i join with my fellow chicagoen jim tilmon in blaming the pilot. my experience has been first they blame the weather and then the pilots. silkair in the late '90s boeing was sure it was a pilot suicide.

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my experts, answer your questions. mary, i want to talk to you first. you hear what mr. sharma, his sister on the plane, he said i wanted it to be a coordinated investigation from people who know how to do this. this is a great question. it says after first week of inexperience why didn't malaysia let ntsb handle the investigation like the air egypt case. should the ntsb handle the investigation or is it in capable hands at this point? >> i don't think the investigation to date has been -- i won't say incapable, but it hasn't been handled in the way of iko regulations and not to mention the way the ntsb would have handled it. according to the agreements, it does belong to malaysia. however, they could ask or any other country could ask, great britain, to do it for them. the reason they probably won't is because egypt was not happy

with the ntsb conclusions. once they handed it over, there was a diplomatic spat. that resulted in the ntsb not issuing a full report. and not issuing full recommendations and they dare disputed what what the ntsb found. it is often political and they will not want to let go of the investigation particularly since malaysian air is owned by the government. >> that was it at the end. it is all very political. tom, we have been talking about, mostly about satellite images that have being captured and them going to try to find them. this is what christopher says. all of the satellite data has come from china, france, u.k., why not u.s. satellites, best resolution. is the united states more involved than we know? tom? >> i think, don, the first satellite information put out by the australians was based on the u.s. company in denver who are on contract to the u.s.

military. first satellite data that went out when the prime minister of australia announced the initial finding of debris based on satellite information, that was with based on u.s. satellite information. >> yeah. jeff wise, here's what patrick says. are 3 million pairs of crowd sourcers given access to help to search near australia? why rely on the planes and ships only. given the vastness of the search area would it be useful to have more people scrutinizing the images? >> it is good in theory. the problem that seems to be recurring in this investigation, satellite imagery has produced, it is poured over. likely images are found an by the time it gets to actual searches in the air and water it is four days old and hard to locate whatever object corresponded to those images in the first place. >> the brother of the young lady on the flight says let's get this in to capable, international hands. why do you think there's been so

much conflicting information the last three weeks? >> is that for me? >> yes. >> i think because -- actually the government and airline were way over their heads. they were overwhelmed with this. i think their intentions are wonderful, but i think their experience and ability to deal with something this magnitude is far short and they should seek out other countries, other opinions, and some of the experts. i think the person you brought on earlier was right. professionalism really does pay off in an investigation like this. >> when we come back, final thoughts from my experts and answers to more of your questions.

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we're back now. i want to know what questions my experts have. let's go through it now. flood wisner, what questions do you have? >> my general question is was there a structural, mechanical electrical error of the aircraft? and is there an explanation for the transponder to be under the off other than by the act of the pilot. >> dr. hill. >> i want to know what type of psychological evaluation they went under, the pilot and if they had an opportunity for re-examination. >> jim? >> time line. i have been asking from the beginning. an accurate, precise time line we can count on. >> mary? >> what maintenance was performed on that plane just a few days before this flight and what maintenance did they not finish they said they had to finish the next time it was in

the shop. >> tom? >> where's the crime scene debris and plane? >> hopefully we will get answers to all of these questions. thank you for joining us and thank you for joining us at home. that's it for me. i'm don lemon. ac 360 starts right now. >> this is cnn breaking . we would like to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. we have break news from australia. bad weather has postponed the search for malaysian airlines night 370. >> storms are whipping up severe turbulence and near zero visibility.