joining me is michael goldfarb, the faa's former chief of stab. explain what prompted this directive? >> first of all, just to go back on the speculation, at the end of the day we normally find that the speculation is wrong and it's a variety of things. i think right now everybody's guessing because of the absolute mystery of how this could have disappeared off radar, how we have no clue where is it is. >> but we've never had a mystery like this in recent decades. >> even air france, the recording system on day one indicated through data there was something wrong with that plane. >> we saw wreckage within a day. >> right. we have to rule out it's only in the ocean. we don't know. it could be over the jungle or land, so that's another issue. back to the faa. >> you think it's possible it landed somewhere? >> well, i don't know about that. i don't believe that it landed safely. >> but possible that it is on land. >> possible it crashed on land, absolutely. no reason to rule any of that out. the radar feed from the military is highly unreliable as pe

the faa is having trouble keeping track of these. they got these letters but today's case kind of makes those letters worthless. >> it does, how they are talking about these drones are like model aircraft. anything under 400 feet, literally the faa does not care about. this is one step in the right direction for the battle. delivery will be one of the markets that will take off for sure. not what amazon did. you are not going to see what you saw on "60 minutes." is maybe all see pizza truck or a fedex truck will be on your block and you'll see a whole bunch of drones pop-out and they will go and deliver just like your mailman does. pryou think that was a stunt? >> it was. it was great for them. yearn spent $6 billion per just in shipping. for amazon, if they can cut into that with the drones, even 10% or 50%, look at the money they will be saving. why the faa has anothers legislation, reason is jobs. it will open up a huge economy and all these jobs, maybe 100,000 jobs in the next two years, after 2015 and all the regulations are app

>> at the time of flight, the aircraft -- november did you look at this report issued by the faa?> i cannot tell you. ensure that the aircraft co mplied with all of the specifics of the manufacturer. on this specific plane -- did you look on this specific plane for that? >> this specific plane, i will have to check. aircraft -- we complied with all the policies. >> the policies -- [indiscernible] >> yes, we are. --data [indiscernible] >> five days into this investigation, there is no progress. >> there is a lot of speculation that we have answered in teh lashe last few days. >> you have just been missing to the malaysian transportation minister and other authorities talking about the fifth day of what they call an unprecedented surge for the missing malaysian airlines lane, some of the numbers are incredible. 42 ships and 29 aircraft, 12 countries on board including india, japan, and --there are still reports from the media -- what they callgg99Ññwçça7gucc >> next up, mozambique find a better way to clear landmines. and afghanistan's youth finds a unique escape from tension and

former faa investigator.o want to thank everyone who has stayed up into the early hours of the morning to help us and actually, david, if i could, if i could just bring you back in here, earlier you had said about the possibility about not just directing all assets, looking for the immediate debris, but already trying to take some assets and look for the possible impact zone if in fact there is an impact zone. do you think that's already under way, or is that something they would basically just wait until they can verify this debris is from a plane? >> you

since we are on the topic, why the faa has done the legislation a little earlier. this is going to open up a huge economy and all of these jobs, we are looking at $100,000 -- 100,000 jobs in the next two years. that will open up even more jobs. we are talking about billions of dollars. that's been close to a hundred billion dollars invested in drone startups. h, megan hughes and amish sha thank you very much. ,alesforce ceo, marc benioff the history of salesforce and corporate responsibility and income inequality and -- in sf. that is coming up next. ♪ >> welcome back to "bloomberg west," i am cory johnson. is dorian nakamoto really the crater of bitcoins? it has been a relatively wild 24 hours for basically what does a sleepy community in temple city. the pasadena area. fromu're coming somewhere like beverly hills or hollywood, a geographical landmark. if you think about how all of this unfolded, this explosive "newsweek low post story where dorian nakamoto is. the reporters are making their way here. theventually addressing reporters. some situations where you ha

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john: in the attitude of the faa is we could play around with this.commercial use and you make money, then you can't? >> that's right, if you start applying it in a commercial way, they are cracking down and sending threatening letters to a lot of people saying don't do that without our permission. >> 17 cease and desist letters recently, saying they would deliver via drone. and i thought that was just showing that they were not prepared to do that. the real companies were doing it. >> that's right, journalists. a lot of journalists are using this to report. a lot of environmentalists are using it. people using it for other safety purposes. john: in michigan a florist offered a flower delivery by drone. your bouquet is boxed. john: in "the wall street journal" they acquired a drone for gathering news. although other organizations didn't approve. so the faa went after other film companies and baseball teams like the washington nationals to monitor performance of players during spring training. this was exciting when entrepreneurs say that government, w

the scott brenner who is a former faa official was at the faa on 9\11 is the one who broke this here and others have questioned it. we questioned it that very night, mike, because they were saying, the transponder was -- tracked the plane prior to that and it doesn't match up. in other words, the ascertainable aid ascertain able radar data doesn't support that assertion. what we do know is that a destination that was west and not in the plane's original journey, was programmed in, prior to when they signed off from air traffic control. i'm not sure what we can get interest that. >> well, we do know they did not put 7,700 in the transponders which is the emergency code. they didn't put 7500 which is the hijack code. they put nothing in there accept it was turned off so it has to lead one to the inference that it was a human involvement in this and it has to be a hijacking or a stolen aircraft. >> mike? >> no, i have to agree entirely. and for safety's sake we have to assume that going forward if someone has this airplane and that's a real stretch, and wants to do something with it, so

also joining us steven wallace, a former faa director of accident investigation. jim hall, what do you make of these images? some are suggesting they may not necessarily be any debris from that airliner. others are saying it could be a very significant moment. what do you think? >> well, it appears to me, wolf, just from the images i've seen on television, that there's a strong possibility that it could be flight 360. and my thoughts, of course, first go to the families because they will not have peace of mind until this wreckage is found. >> flight 370, to be precise. >> 370 -- i apologize. >> that's all right. we don't know and some are nervous, some are cautious about this. steven wallace, you've taken a look at the size of these three big chunks that china has seen on its satellite images. your conclusion? >> i heard your analyst say they estimate the dimensions of the debris about 40 by 70 feet. well, when an airplane goes into the water, whether it impacts intact or breaks up at high altitude, what floats are lighter weight typically interior components. maj

the faa in the last hour fighting back.ational transportation safety board administrative judge patrick guarranty dismissed only existing fine against drone users saying there is no binding law banning use of commercial drone drones. it was 10,000-dollar fine against a swiss drone operator filming over university of virginia. the faa tells fox business they will appeal that decision saying that the agency is concerned this decision could impact safe operation of the national airspace system and safety and people of property on the ground, unquote. this comes after the faa announced plans to propose a new rule with binding authority, going to come out in november. here are some companies we're looking at that either manufacture drones or make technology used in them. we're looking at aerovironment, lockheed martin, northrop grumman, they make parts. textron and of course amazon, rumored to be developing drones, maybe launch those soon. liz and dave, i talk to analysts about the topic throughout the day. they kept reiterating

the faa is regulatory. so they will certainly accept the go team that is ready to stand by and go anywhere in the world with the boeing aircraft. they will participate in the investigation. it is yet to be determined who will be in charge. the ntsb and perhaps other branchs. but certainly it will be critical for feeding information about the aircraft itself to the extent that it becomes relative in which case i'm sure it will. how do you see crews prioritizing in this search. we focus on locating the flight digital recorders. if there are no survivors those data recorders have beacons on them. so they will have under water microphones in the water seeking to detect that signal and that will help them hone in on the debris itself. it is rarely deeper than 50 meters there, 166 feet. that will help make things straight forward. dan rose, thank you gentlemen appreciate it. >> thank you. >> all right something else we are washing of global importance by the end of the month. russia could swallow up crimea. is th

as i know all those other 777s they're flying right now. >> here's the nightmare for boeing and the faa. we need probable cause. why? because people get on every day other 777s. usually accidents are a unique set of things. maybe it affects other 777s. that's why it's imperative and they will find it, imperative they find probable cause. ultimate cause could take three or four years. >> you're an expert on terrorism. have you seen any indication that anyone out there, any terror group, lone wolf terror group have claimed responsibility or talking about this, chatter, if you will? >> the short answer is no, wolf. we did see chinese martyrs brigade which is something we've never heard of claim responsibility, but that reminded me a little bit of the jihadi terrorist group who claimed responsibility for the blackout in new york city in 2003 which was just a blackout. so it's very easy to claim responsibility. and the one claim we've had doesn't have any validity. >> so these bursts of data that they're now investigating which suggests to u.s. authorities the plane was flying for four or fi

the faa says we need it. congress won't give them the money, so they say manage your resources better. and who is wrong? >> you know, both of them. both of them are wrong. because first of all, why did congress allow the faa to have this kind of money without proper planning and measures in place to say, are you performing the way you do it. any investor, any investor is going to do that. they're going to ask for performance measures on especially $40 billion. so now they issue this $40 billion. the faa is not doing it right and now coming back and saying we're not going to give you anymore, which is costing more money every day. we're not going to give you anymore, because you don't manage properly. until you tell me you can manage this money properly, i'm in the giving you anything. >> and brett, one of the conversations we keep having over and over is, why are we even talking about this kind of gear and why are these critics saying, well, we don't have enough bandwidth to be able to do real-time data down

the faa, which has expertise in air traffic control. they have two experts and a regional rep there. they have been on the ground for two days. also boeing, the manufacturer of the 777, also there. they're there to answer any questions about the plane's technology, how it works, the capability of the plane. but to be very clear, wolf, they are not asking the ntsb to lead the investigation. we are still very much in the search process. wolf? >> so what's the major challenge in appreciating, understanding this radar data? because it seems to be open to some interpretation. >> reporter: absolutely. so here's what we have so far. the civilian radar, and let's throw back up that map one more time. it says that the plane's last known position was right there. over the south china sea. and we know that it was the plane, because at that point, the transponder was on. but the military data now that we've been talking about since yesterday, authorities are saying it may have, an emphasis on the may have, picked up the plane, veering hundreds of m

the airline pilots association worked with the faa to develop these safety lightings.will be very visible to aircraft and ground vehicles. >> the president's budget includes $42 million for runway status lights and the faa wants them at san francisco international airport by 2017. >> these red alert lights would be complimentary to other systems. >> it adds another layer of safety. i've obtained a diagram showing where federal regulators want these lights installed telling people to stop. a review of faa reports show there have been 448 runway incursions where an unauthorized vehicle, plane or person was on the runway creating a risk of collision. >> tracking rain moving into the bay area right now. for the first time we're hearing from a police officer indicted on corruption charges. why he said it will be hard to prove the charges against him. >> facebook is executing new rules. the post the web site will pull. one of six former police officer indicted by a grand jury is speaking out and says he's confident his name will be cleared. good evening. new at 6:00, john ta

the faa has contended that commercial drones use is forbidden. banned while they are in the process of writing these rules. they were supposed to be out in 2011 and now they're supposed to be out in november. you and i both know a lot of people have not been listening to the faa. drones have been used for real estate videos and movies, and documentaries and to shoot sporting events. there is one out there, a beer company offering delivery. they did receive a warning letter. this case was the only incidents of a fine. now there could be a lot of commercial use. >> what is this case about? the pilot faced a $10,000 fine. it was a promotional video shot at the university of virginia in charlottesville. anddrone goes under bridges over pedestrians and cars. the faa said that his reckless flying. re are notsaid the enforceable rules. lessd a phone wing and than 15 pounds. >> what has the industry said? rexam have talked to the industry and they are trying to walk a fine line. rails. want to see they want to see rails in the books yesterday. they said

apparently they didn't have permission from the faa to fly it. the faa does not allow commercial use of droughns. the team used the high -- drones. the team used the hi-tech gear for sky high footage. the team said we didn't get our pop flies cleared either and those go higher than this thing did. okay. >>> it's time to vote for the high school game of the week, four lacrosse games. text code 25543 or e-mail usatodayhighschoolsports.com/dc >> we all laughed about that pop fly. >> i think a judge now said drones are not regulated by the faa. one case they threw out. >> have to check it out. >> that's it for us. the cbs evening news is next. >> i'll be back with jan jeffcoat for your only local news at 7:00 and www.wusa9.com is always there for you. we'll see you in a little mine was earned in korea in 1953. afghanistan, in 2009. orbiting the moon in 1971. [ male announcer ] once it's earned, usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection. and because usaa's commitment to ser

you see the imprint of the ntsb and the faa helping the malaysians finally. this is good solid evidence that we're beginning to verify what "the new york times" has reported as far as the changes in altitude with the military ping of the radar, so we're beginning to get a sense of where this plane goes. we're also hearing -- i think this is ntsb's doing that the lithium ion batteries, which is an issue in aviation, ntsb doesn't want them carried at all. last year the rules changed to 66 pounds of these batteries being carried. they're looking clearly at structural causes as well. >> in the cargo hold? >> absolutely. >> but if there were an explosion or fire couldn't the plane have -- >> not necessarily. >> even for hours? >> we've had catastrophic where hawaiian air half the fuselage were gone. if it were a slow explosion you could disable acars and the transponder, the pilots could have been disoriented, yet the plane if they made that turn and that heading the plane could have continued on its own. whether or not the issue of the pilots, something nefarious

and the faa started the project and they've been working on it. but the attorney general or i think it was the attorney general report just came out recently saying that the faa was as far back as 13 years on some of these projects trying to get 13 years past the schedule to not get them done. some things are on schedule, some things aren't. we'll keep going back to congress to keep asking for more money. congress is kind of at a standstill saying why would we give you more money if you can't manage what we gave you now. so the whole project is in danger right now in my mind. >> let's turn to don lemon, he has been hosting the cnn special report at the top of the week. another one coming up, experts on every aspect. got a lot of tweets. are they still coming like a flood? >> absolutely. i hate to interrupt that conversation. it was fascinating. yes, they are still coming like a flood. you and i were discussing this after the show last night. unbelievable. a couple of questions we're going to try to answer for folks tonight. one person says, "what

let me turn to steve wallace, former faa director of accident investigation. steve wallace, when you hear this, that was a very plausible explanation if that is what happened, one i hadn't heard spelled in such a coherent manner. extremely useful. many people are rushing i think to judge here from a very inexperienced position. when you look at this from an accident investigation point of view, clearly it's a very difficult thing to investigate because they don't seem to really know where this plane may have come down. where would you start from now if you were brought in right now with all the knowledge that you have of this today? where would you start in trying to really find this plane? >> well, piers, i'll start by saying that i'm confident this accident will be solved to a high degree of certainty. because i think they will find the wreckage and find the recorders. but investigators without speculating will draw on what they've seen historically happen. and we've seen airplanes go off course because a pilot made an error, korean airlines 007 shot down in

when it gets too hot, it ignites, just like this faa training video demonstrates. in the last two decades or so, the faa reports more than 140 incidents involving batteries in cargo or baggage. in most cases batteries were undeclared. baggage handlers noticed luggage on fire or hot to the touch. on board, even laptops, even flashlights started to smoke. even they they can cause this, they are still allowed in electronics in the passenger cabin. a limited amount of batteries are still allowed to be checked if they are packaged properly. a short circuit can happen by chance. say it comes into contact with keys or coins or jewelry. that can create a pass for the electricity. it creates extreme heat, leading to sparks and fire. lithium battery can burn so hot it can melt a plane. >> you just can't pull off to the side of a road and hot out like you can in a car. >> reporter: in 2006, fire forced a ups plane to make an emergency landing in philadelphia. investigators found electronics containing lithium batteries in the cargo. the pilot survived. and this is what was le

the good news is ntsb and faa are on the ground running now. right?t their hands dirty according to richard and look at radar data coming in. hopefully they'll find something and help malaysia get it together. bill, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> as the search goes on for flight 370, a new question. could this turn into a criminal investigation? i'll talk about that next. if you wear a denture, touch it with your tongue. if your denture moves, it can irritate your gums. try fixodent plus gum care. it helps stop denture movement and prevents gum irritation. fixodent. and forget it. and prevents gum irritation. female announcer: what will you man:with your new i'm getting a camera!? - i'm getting an espresso maker! - i'm getting a new smart phone! female announcer: during sleep train's big gift event get a $200 best buy gift card with purchase of selected beautyrest, posturepedic or tempur-pedic mattresses. or, get 24-months interest-free financing. - a new tv... - a laptop... - a game console! female announcer: what will you get during the big gif

a faa bulletin on the plane is raising questions tonight.enee marsh has that angle. >> reporter: with more than 1100 boeing 777s worldwide having flown roughly 5 million flights capable of carrying more than 1 billion people, it's considered one of the safest in the sky. but now with the disappearance of malaysia airline flight 370, the plane is under the microscope. the first 777 rolled off the assembly line in the early 90s. now it's flown by almost every major airline. american has 57, delta 18 and united 74. in its 19-year history, only one fatal crash. the asiana airlines crash in san francisco last july. early indicators point to pilot error. the faa's web site lists more than 100 air worthiness directives for the 777. they alert airlines to potential issues with the plane so they can inspect or repair it. last september, a warning that 777's could have cracks in the top of the plane near an an t a. the faa called for many inspections. >> if everybody read every air worthiness directives they wouldn't fly because they're frightening bu

the question is what is the faa and ntsb bringing in. i wouldn't be surprised if we have subsets of information from all of them. we may see something further north that although not publicly shared, is shared among the closest allies in the world, the australians. >> how would fuel consumption change so dramatically from one look at the data to another? it almost makes you think they had a math calculation wrong and forgot to carry the wrong. >> it's the assumptions. any type of investigation, you're solving for x, you have to say a and b equals y. so at some point you have to re-evaluate your assumptions. i think that's what happened here. the faa has some of the best radar people in the world. the technology and the ability to take the smallest dot -- remember, they don't have information coming back from the airplane. there's thousands of dots they have to interpret. >> what does this tell us or at least tell you about maybe what was going on in the cockpit? does it tell you anything that the plane was traveling faster than originall

the ntsb and faa are providing technical assistance to decode the data on flight mh-370's last known location. >> i think there are some radar tracks. i think the malaysians know they have them. i don't think they know exactly what they are. so i think by having faa and ntsb experts come in, maybe they can get a better idea of exactly what it is that they're seeing. >> the jet transponders found in the cockpit track altitude speed and location and sent out a unique code to air controllers. seasoned investigators say the jet apparently kept flying but now as an unknown aircraft. there is a separate independent data stream known as acard which sends realtime information to the airline. >> all we got today from the officials over there is the last words from the cockpit. what are the details of that? >> after a briefing for the chinese media, reporters were told the final exchange was routine between the air and air traffic control in vietnam. after the flight was handed over to china's city, the pilot responded, all right, good night. and while the ma-370 never made contact with the ch

alan deal, former ntsb, faa and u.s. air force investigator.r of air safety investigations. sean used to be a commercial pilot and an aviation accident investigator. captain chuck nash is a fox news military contributor. good to see you all. let me start with you on this, dr. deal. the thought of going 2 1/2 to three miles under the ocean to try to find bits and pieces that may or may not thereby seems overwhelming. how do they start? >> well, we've done it before in west indian ocean. we found a 747, south african airways lost one back in 87. it took them two years and they knew roughly where the aircraft was. but they didn't get to it while the pingers were still operational. they did get one of the black boxes up and it answered the riddle. >> sean, look at these did she they call this body of ocean the roaring 40s because these seas are just so overwhelming. look at some of this video. they're talking about some of these waves getting up over 32 feet high. how are they supposed to even search out there? >> you're exactly right. extremely ch

the faa's web site lists more than 100 air-worthiness directives for the 777.hey alert airlines to potential issues with the plane so they can expect or repair it. last september, a warning that 777s could have cracks in the top of the plane near an antenna. the faa called for frequent inspections and warned it could lead to rapid decompression and loss of structural integrity of the plane. >> the general public read every air worthiness directive no one would fly. because it's frightening. but it's not. air worthiness directives are li recalls on cars. >> reporter: michael goldfarb is the former faa chief of staff. he says if they thought the crack was significant enough they would have grounded the fleet. >> does that mean this air directive and history of this directive or warning is irrelevant? >> it's very relevant. what we don't know is whether malaysian air had completed that repair. >> reporter: wednesday malaysia airline ceo couldn't answer if flight 370 was checked for that issue. >> let's just say that malaysian airlines did not do the required inspe

the greensboro, north carolina firm provides faa required maintenance to commercial cargo and military planes. it's benefitting from the strong growth in the aviation industry, growth threatened by a lack of skilled workers. >> we are at capacity. and so again if we were to expand it could be an issue of getting enough workforce in here to actually work those aircraft. >> reporter: kip blakely is timco president of industry and government relations. he says to replace nearly 40% of its workforce nearing retirement they need to hire 350 worker assee for the next three. replacing them isn't easy. the workers who take apart, inspect, prepare and then put planes like this 737 back together again need to be faa certified. that's a process that takes two years. to ensure steady stream of workers for present and future years, timco's partnered with greensboro's gillford community college to get the word out about jobs in the industry. starting with talks that are aimed at kids as young as fourth and fifth grade. >> we try to spark that interest early when people are open to anything and haven

after much forensic work and deliberation, the faa, ntsb, aaib, and the malaysian authorities working separately on the same data concur. according to the new data, the last confirmed communication between the plane and the satellite was at 8:11 p.m. malaysian time. on saturday the 8th of march. the investigation team is making further calculations, which whether indicate how far the aircraft may have flown after the last point of contact. this will help us to refine the search. due to the type of satellite data, we are unable to confirm the precise location of the plane when it last made contact with a satellite. however, based on this new data, the aviation authorities of malaysia and their international counterparts had determined that the plane's last communication with a satellite was in one of two possible corridors. a northern corridor stretching from the border of kazakhstan to northern thailand. or the southern corridor, stretching approximately from indonesia to southern indian ocean. the investigation team is working to further refine the information. in view of this latest

scott brenner a former faa official was at the faa on 9-11 is the one who broke that news here.estioned it the other night. they were saying the transponder was -- tracked the plane prior to that. i think we have to put a question mark on that information. what we do know is the destination that waus west it ws programmed in prior to when they signed off air krafic control. i am not sure we can green from tha -- glean from that. >> they did not put 7500 into the transponders which is the hijack code. it was turned off and again it has to lead one to the interrance that it was a human involvement. there has to be a hijacking or a stolen aircraft. >> if someone shhas the airplan that's a stretch. sometime in the next 12 moptnth they might do something with those options. it doesn't look good. we can make excuses but there are too many points here that don't add up. >> they suggests he believes the plane could have made it to pakistan and that's where we need to be looking and that's what we need to be worried about. >> tom is a friend of mine. i understand his theory there. what g

the faa teaches doctors to form a general impression of a pilot's emotional stability and mental stateut does not expect a formal psychiatric evaluation. >> if somebody has a psychological history that they don't self-disclose to us there is no way we can second guess them unless the faa has flagged them somewhere in the past. >> reporter: and flight crews are told to keep an eye on each other. >> we're instructed as crew members to observe one another. if there is a problem, to bring it to the proper authority's attention. >> reporter: standards vary around the world, the civil organization provides guidance on mental health screenings but leaves the implementation up to each country. there were cases of pilots deliberately crashing with catastrophic results, after an egyptair wide body jet plunged into massachusetts in 1999, the ntsb concluded the first officer caused the crash. the u.s. investigators in the 1997 crash of a silk air flight in indonesia that killed 104 people blamed the captain who had recent financial problems. in the case of the missing airliner, they say the pilots

this has been required by the faa.that community college is not the only way timco is developing a work force. coming up on "street signs" i'm going to take a look at how they are actually mining some of the elementary schools in the area to get kids interested in a career in aviation. sue, back to you. >> terrific story. look forward to that aspect of it at 2:00 p.m. on "street signs." >>> we had a better than expected jobs picture. more jobs added in the month and one more sign perhaps that a recovery really is on track. fresh off of their own strong earnings snapshot is korn ferry, the world's biggest executive recruiter. having a nice day in the stock market, shares trading higher by better than 13% now on that news. the gain in terms of dollars, $3.46 to the upside. all right. already five times the average daily volume. so in a "power lunch" exclusive, ceo gary bernason joins us live from sunny los angeles. bring some of the weather back here, would you, please? >> it is beautiful here today. >> i know it is. tha

joining me is former faa chief of staff, michael goldfavre. talk, first, about the expansion of this search and potentially i guess still rescue operation to cover so many square miles. how much does this debunct the train going opposite direction? >> you can't write this script. it guess, stranger by the hour. absolutely belies belief that we have had so many people coming in with different reports of what happened. the dna of a crash is always a yooek set of things that happen simultaneously. it's not pilot or mechanical but tends to be a variety of things but in 25 years i've been involved i've never seen anything quite as strange as this. aircraft structure, breakup of the aircraft is absolutely on the table but let's look now that we understand maybe speculation is a little bit off the deep end. even one report some respected aviation experts said perhaps the plane landed safely on the west coast of malaysia. that, in fact, the plane -- passengers are alive. we are really out there. but invariably, physical evidence will determine what ha

the ntsb and faa are now providing technical assistance to decode the civilian and military data on theflight's last known location. >> the malaysians know they have the radar tracks. i don't think they know exactly what they have. by having faa and ntsb experts coming in, they can get a better idea of what they're seeing. >> the jet's transponders track altitude, speed, and location, and send out a unique code for air traffic controllers. when it went dark, the jet apparently kept flying, and its path would still register on radar, but now as an unknown aircraft, and there's a separate independent data streen of interest to investigators that sends virtually real time information to the airline about the aircraft's maintenance condition. >> that data is out there. it would be interesting to find out if it continued on from when they found out they lost connection with the plane. >> this recent faa air worthiness directive which ordered checks on 777s is also drawing new scrutiny. it said cracks in the jet's skin could read to a, quote, rapid decompression and loss of integrity. >> when

the faa's website list more than 100 airworthiness directives for the 777.ines to potential issues with the plane so they can inspect or repair it. last september a warning that 777s could have cracks in the top of the plane near an antenna. the faa called for frequent inspections and warned it could lead to rapid decompression and loss of structural integrity of the plane. >> the general public read every airworthiness directive no one would fly because it's frightening, but it's not. they're like recalls on cars. they're routine. every plane has issues. >> reporter: michael goldfarb is the former faa chief of staff. he says if the faa thought that the potential cracking was significant enough it would have grounded the fleet. does that mean this air directive and the history of this air directive or warning is irrelevant? >> no. it's very relevant. what we don't know is whether malaysian air completed that repair. >> reporter: wednesday malaysia airlines ceo couldn't answer if flight 370 was checked for that issue. >> for this specific plane i will have to

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when it gets too hot it ignites, just like this faa training video demonstrates.in the last two decades or so, the faa reports more than 140 incidents involving batteries in cargo or baggage. in most cases, the batteries were undeclared, baggage handlers noticed luggage on fire or hot to the touch. on board laptops, even flashlights started to smoke. even though lithium batteries can cause this, they're still allowed in electronics in the passenger cabin. but in 2008, the faa banned loose batteries in checked luggage, a limited amount of batteries are still allowed to be checked if packaged properly. the concern,they could short circuit. >> a short circuit could happen by chance. say a loose battery comes into contact with keys or coins or even jewelry, that can create a circuit or a path for electricity. the current flowing through that short circuit creates extreme heat leading to sparks and fire. >> lithium batteries burn so hot they can melt the body of a plane. >> nothing brings the fear of god to a pilot like having a fire or smoke in the airplane. you can't

early this morning i was briefed by the investigation team which includes the faa and tsb, the aaiv, the malaysian authorities and the acting minister of transport on new information that shed further light on what happened to mh370. based on new satellite communication we can say with a high degree of certainty that the aircraft communications addressing and reporting system or acar was disabled just before the aircraft reached the east coast of peninsula ma'am asia. -- malaysia. short lit afterwards, near the border between malaysia and vietnamese air traffic control, the aircraft's transponder was switched off. from this point onwards the royal malaysian air force primary radar data showed that an aircraft, which was believed, but not confirmed to be mh370 did, indeed, turn back. it then flew in a westerly direction, back over peninsula malaysia before turning north-west. up until the point at which it left military primary radar coverage this movement consistent with deliberate action by someone on the plane. today, based on raw satellite data, which was obtained from the satelli

the team includes technical experts from faa and boeing. the flight vanished on a flight from kuala lumpur and beijing. once the wreck is found, the organization will determine will lead the investigation. >> the boeing 777 vanished with 239 on board including three americans. one of the americans is identified as this man, 50-year-old phillip wood. he works for ibm in asia and from keller, texas. he was there last week visiting with his family. his brother now considers that visit incredibly special. >> we had a good meal together. it was just good quality time, you know? so i'll always keep that in my heart and memory you know, as a good-bye dinner. >> he says his brother was his hero and friend. >> we're staying on top of every development in this story. stay with news 4 and nbcwashington.com for continuing coverage. >>> there are calls to shut down a popular d.c. nightclub after someone was stabbed inside. d.c. council member tommy wells says club 12 should be shut down temporarily until security is beefed up. early saturday morning a f