denied, strongly, officially, raising questions about time being wasted. needless anguish. and let's bring in mary schiavo, and cnn aviation analyst, and pilot miles o'brien and richard quest. let's talk about this. i mean, if this is true that the malaysian military was aware the plane disappeared from radar and flew back over the malaysian peninsula, and did nothing, i mean they're denying it flatly? >> yes, i mean, if you look at the statements they put out at the time, owner on sunday there were already reports the plane had turned back. the malaysian official says he doesn't deny it. the prime minister of malaysia is already examining military radar. so i'm not saying there is not something wrong. the biggest mistake that was made on the night was that when the malaysian air force noticed the plane going back across the peninsula, they did nothing. but anything thereafter, they seemed to have been -- got it pretty much as it should have been. >> miles, according to reuters, air traffic controllers and the officials seem to think the plane had mechanical trouble and turned back towards malaysia and then crashed, despite other communications from the a