bobby ghosh has a question for keir. >> i'm curious, keir.ow the malaysian authorities have been mishandling. that you have access to the family members. are they forming support groups of their own? since they are not getting the information they need from the malaysians where are they turning for support for help and for information? >> reporter: well, they are not really able to turn anywhere, i don't think. we had the incredibly distressing scenes where a mother came here to where a large number of the journalists were gathered to ask for help and information and some of them wanted to seem to want to protest. she was carried away by officials. they now have security in there. they have police officers guarding the hotels that only the media can be allowed in. you do get the impression that they are trying to keep the journalists and the relatives away from each other although it has to be said i think some of the relatives want that. at the same time, i think some of the criticism is unfair. some are saying the australian government are

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bobby ghosh, chime in and take it to john cox, if you could. >> the research folks at "time" magazineinto this and we believe this is the longest a commercial flight plane has been missing unheard from, unknown for in modern aviation history. not talking about the e rarks of amelia earhart here but in modern times a plane has not gone missing for such a long time. we take for granted with the few taps of our keyboard we can find where our i-phone is if it's missing. and in an era of google maps how a plane this large can be missing? it's 200 feet and has 250 people on board. steve, you're a pilot. this is baffling. we get on planes and people know where we are. >> you know prosecute saturday nig -- from saturday night, i'm upset they can turn transponders off. why? >> every piece of equipment is able to turn off in case there is a fire or some electrical malfunction. there may be another protocol or system that prevents this from happening. in terms of planes disappearing, a 727 disappeared in the andes and they didn't find it for 20 years. don, might want to comment on this. he was v