cctv stunning ten reports from penang and i attended the straits of malacca this is penang on the northern malaysian could just on the age of the strait of malacca. and this is where the motivations that apply in nineteen seventy to be concentrating on the top of the day. that's because the maid commemoration of the team they have recorded a radar readings from connecting flight the lakers to pull me in the middle of the straight line. what's more yesterday. we hope that the engines on the flight could have been sending signals to boeing. chris munce is four hours off to the doctor called the radar site. yesterday the malays no part of the night that was the case. they said there had been no signals sent out by the end and the overnight because messages from us officials and the white house they think that maybe something back into baghdad all this to the us destroyer the stench in the indian ocean. the problem is however four hours flight to the west of him his rights and the middle of boston edition the area is huge and six days off to it. any wreckage could well have some the notion tha

one more coincidence, the fact that the airplane apparently flew out toward penang on the western coast of malaysia, out of the straits of malacca and the pings they received from the engine data aligned almost perfectly with an airway heading northwest toward sri lanka. >> i want to talk about that theory. but first, karen, i wanted to ask you if -- there's been a lot of confusion about what exactly the transponder is. it's a frequency that's in there in the cockpit you can set. have you ever had occasion as a pilot to turn the transponder off? is there some aspect of that that doesn't seem as incriminating or mysterious or bizarre as it appears to lay folks like me? >> procedures are to turn on the transponder right before we take

let's spoke to scott heidler who is in penang in malaysia for us. for confusion with the satellite images released by china, four days after they found them. >> absolutely, that has not sat well with the malaysian officials. they dispatched claims when they got the information. along with vietnam, and some singaporean aerial surveillance aircraft. they didn't find anything, mainly because - probably because it was four days after the satellite images were taken. likely the debris blew away. or if it was part of the aircraft, it could have sunk. officials here, malaysian civil aviation officials came out saying it was a breach of protocol. that china shouldn't have sat on that information or the images. for it to be the most useful, it had to be investigated, retrieved and terrified. that is something that probably should have been scuffed in a press conference. >> meanwhile, an interesting line out of the u.s., saying that the plane could have been flying for four hours after the went off the radar. >> yes, this is something coming through in a wall

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said the aircraft that could have been the missing plane was plotted 200 miles northwest over near penang, which is here on malaysia's west coast. and now we come to the new source. they say that the last confirmed position of ma 370 was at $35,000 at about 1:21 a.m. in the morning, 90 miles off the coast of malaysia and heading towards vietnam just as it should have been near the navigational way point. now a way point is a navigation point that pilots use to keep track. sometimes they're physical positions like lighthouses and rocks and sometimes it's a location transmitted by satellite or radio signals. now the track provided by these anonymous sources say that it sharps westward away from the track that it was supposed to be on, heading out west wards to another way point which is called vampi northeast of indonesian area badly affected by the tsunami ten years ago, and a half ga,and navigational . from here the plot given suggests that it flew on to another way point south of the thai island of puqet. it's final plot is right over here, another way point with the name of igrex. that

that is why we are on the island of penang. we have the streets of ma'am abbinga behind me.t's where it's believed there was a radar signature from the aircraft. that's why they are expanding, have expanded the search to this side of malaysia. sorry, i think i have lost my audio signal. >> scott, we appreciate the update. thank you very much. >> joining us on the telephone from hong kong is commander wim marks, spokesman for the u.s. facie 7th fleet. is there new information since we last spoke? >> thank you. actually, the information offer the last day has not - we have not gained new information. so i consider today as a period of transition. what you have to ask is if you centre in the gulf of thailand and pretty much have the area completely covered and searched. where do you go from there? at this point i'm not sure. we are waiting word from the government of malaysia and other folks looking at it. today is the point of transition. >> when you talk about a traptionition -- a transition of where you're going to look ex. >> that's correct. >> go ahead. >> sorry, i'll give

scott heidler joins us from penang malaysia with more discrepancies surrounding what happened to flight. what can you tell us? >> yes, there's - there was definitely a distinct cause, a local newspaper reported an air force official saying there were radar indications that the aircraft was on the west side. after that the air force came out making a statement saying it was not true, what he said was there's a possibility that the aircraft made a u-turn, coming back towards the malaysian peninsula, possibly to go back to kuala lumpur international airport, but this is all just the air force and the military going flow possibilities, the statement said. they did not say there was a definite radar signature picked up nearby where we are, off the penang island. >> more of what we don't know. give us an idea of what we know about expansion of the search, if there is any? >> there has been almost a daily - several times a day, i should say, announcement of expansion of search or redirection. that is because they don't have definitive or clear idea where the aircraft went down. because there i

. >> that's scott heidler joining us from penang. ron, the former head of safety for qantas airlines, and he doesn't believe the plane could have flown for hours after disappearing off the radar. >> there are requirements under international convention that signature states to the chicago convention must cooperate in terms of aircraft investigation, and obviously china is signature to the chicago convention. so it is rather curious that they didn't come forward and present that information some time ago. but the great mystery to date is the fact that the radio communications ceased a short time, and there were no may day calls, seems it's very incredible that the aircraft would keep on flying. if there had been disturbance to the flight path or change your of altitude, passengers would be aware. you'd expect someone would have got out a cell phone or mobile phone message to the outside world. there's a lot of speculation, because no wreckage has been found, the more aircraft, the more vessels searching for the wreckage or signs of ai

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stump watching a mitre braydon registered to an unidentified aircraft to be and mnc northwest of penang so commonly says transport minister is not confirming that the signals came from an age three seven c chopped his government appears to be taking the possibility seriously. two days ago that said there was widened to include and mnc. together with our international partners in the now pushing for babies into the south china sea. and further into the ocean room near the batting seven seventy seven did in fact kill hundreds of kilometers off its can fight off the probe into its disappearance would be faced with numerous new questions. with a six one of but what we come back when is the latest update the cost of the story of style to stay with us. things went. do. it is and. i do. i did. the us thus the act. murder trial of us took the stories in south africa a former police officer has alleged fellow investigators bungled handling of evidence at the crime scene on day ten of the trial the court heard that a ballistics expert and types the paralympic champions gonna with our gloves and i

she's in penang has been holding talks with german chapter on the macbook air berlin big business on the agenda and so is china's global geo strategic role. don't press conference on sunday an eccles of intense discussions with prison she ate way too focused on the strategic partnership between the two countries. the telco for talks on foreign policy issues ranging from crimea to china. she highlighted that they had been able to change different opinions which included a human rights dialogue. well following their talks. both leaders oversold the signature of a series of bilateral agreements including business deals worth more than a billion arrows. tammy is china's largest trade content in the european union. asked about russia's actions in crummy of the chinese president said his country had no quote private interests in the months now he added that they she always insists on non interference in other countries' internal affairs and that it respects the nation's territorial integrity. with sino german relations deepening let's bring in chief political correspondent linda crying let

that could have been the missing plane was plotted at 2:15 a.m. 45 minutes later, it 200 miles of penang. now we come to the new source. anonymous sources are telling journalists around the world, they're saying the last confirmed placement of the plane heading towards vietnam. exactly where it should have been going, and near a navigational wave point. you can see where i'm pointing. away point. times a way point is a physical position like a lighthouse or a rock. sometimes it's just a location that is generated by satellite or radio signals when they converge. the military track provided by the military sources suggest that it turned sharply westward away from the way point and over towards the way point which they caltheysass badly damaged in the tsunami. and they plan to head on to the middle east. now from there the plot thickens because it indicates that the plane flew on to another way point, this one is south of the of an island and the final plot of these anonymous sources are giving us as another way point all the way over here is going to come up to the west called igrex, and

there's also a big commercial runway at penang, on the island of penang.there are plenty of alternatives. the thing is, this was 2:40 in the morning. if they did not have communications, they had no way of knowing exactly where they were, depending on how catastrophic the electronics failure was, they may not have known exactly where they were. at this stage, all conjecture. but certainly, you're right. there were plenty of alternative airstrips to put down in. >> andrew stevens in kuala lumpur. andrew, we're going to need you, so stand by. thank you very much. cia not ruling out terrorism here. we're talking live to a former fbi agent about what could have happened aboard that plane. [ male announcer ] the lexus command performance sales event has begun. it's time to chart an entirely new course. with the lexus ct hybrid, featuring an epa-estimated 42 mpg combined. the further you go, the more interesting it gets. take command of the moment, then take command of the road. during the lexus command performance sales event. get great offers on your favorite

they detect what they believe to be 370 miles northwest of penang. according to a satellite ping received at 8:11 in the morning investigators say the jet either turned north or south and flew into those two huge, an of territory into open ocean. investigators are focusing closer on that southern route. a major development one that everyone hopes will finally bring some badly needed answers. more now from kyung lah in kuala lumpur, malaysia. >> reporter: a mother's grief and frustration finally boiling over. relatives of the missing passengers today storming into a normally subdued briefing room, demanding answers. after about five chaotic minutes, she and others are dragged out by malaysian officials. the malaysian government says they regret the incident, but the reality is neither they nor anyone seems much closer to solving the mystery of what happened to flight 370. >> could a clue be found in the pilot's home flight simulator? malaysian authorities say data from the simulator was deleted on february 3rd, more than a month before the plane went

you also want to return back to an airfield, which in this case would probably be kuala lumpur, penang, they're all within close range of where the aircraft was. so, it would be entirely reasonable to think that the pilot would have dropped down to 12,000 feet. now, this is done automatically. so you know, once you've set the new flight level and you hit your flight level change button, you've turned your heading around, the aircraft will descend under automatics, even if the pilots then become subsequently unconscious. that's not particularly surprising, if that was the case. but did they descend 12,000 feet? we don't know. and if they did, it would have been a rapid descent. >> here's what's so confounding about all this, 15 days, and we get each of these puzzle pieces, they don't seem to fit together, and we're not even quite sure exactly how this all comes into one picture of what happened to this plane. could it be that something happened here that we have never seen before? i mean, these flights, these planes, this piece of machinery is so high tech, built with so many redundanci

then shows the plane descending unevilly to 23,000 feet as it approached the highly pop pew rated penang island towards malacca towards the indian ocean. another very significant development is what you're looking at between those -- in those two white boxes. our barbara starr reporting breaking at this hour. the plane then continued to fly on one of two possible flight paths. as you can see a dramatic turn to the right or toward the left. officials say the plane flew either in a northwesterly direction crashing into the bay of bengal in india or in a southeast direction as they tell barbara starr crashing somewhere in the indian ocean. all told the plane is thought to have flown for five hours after its last transponder contact. the latest information we had was that it was carrying about 7 1/2 total hours of fuel. "out front" tonight our barbara starr and "the new york times" reporter michael schmidt who broke the story about altitude changes. thank you both. when you put your two reports together you get what happened from that turn all the way to what may have been a crash site now f

this malaysian singer, one of his closest friends, felicia ray, who grew up in the same hometown in penang. >> he is a very nice guy, and his is truly young, so i don't think he's involved. >> reporter: as the prime minister spoke today, family members watched it closely hoping for good news. this father's 29-year-old son is on that plane. his hope now is that he is still alive. one of the questions this morning is why did it take so much time for the government to reveal this kind of information? well, it's been told by many people that if they did, people around the world have an idea where the plane may be and they can search. they could look for any signs of it. well, today, the prime minister said that is the reason why they did finally release it today. bianna? >> a lot of people probably saying that's not good enough. all right, bob, thank you. and despite all the new information, there are still many unanswered questions about what happened on board flight 370. and for that we're going to turn to abc's pierre thomas who has more on the investigation and how it's proceeding from was

you've been a friend of zaharie ahmed shah for about four decades since your school days in malaysia's penang. what is your reaction to this frenzied focus on his possible involvement in some criminal activity here? >> hello. >> did you hear me, mr. oathman? >> yeah, i hear you. but it's quite distant. hello. >> i will ask you again. what is your reaction to all the speculation about your friend captain zaharie? >> oh, okay. i feel great respect fvery sad . he's defenseless. not around to defend himself. it's not fair to him. that's what i think. >> you've known him for four decades. what kind of man is he? >> right. he's a very caring person. he's a joyful person, really cheerful. he's the kind that makes things happy. he's a very nice man. >> he's the father of three children. would you describe him as a strong family man? >> yes, yes. he even has a grandson. >> people have tried to make a lot of gossip and inyinnuendo about the fact he had a flight simulator in his house. did you know about that? and do you think it's remotely suspicious? >> no. i don't see anything wrong with that. what's

going on, would you dive down to the nearest airport as david is suggesting is a possibility here penangtainly if it's a depressurization or fire in the airplane. get the plane turned toward the nearest airport on the ground and let everybody know in the process. >> let me ask you this. most people i've spoken to about it, everyone's still gripped because the mystery remains. they all say the same thing. why has nobody on the entire plane been able to make any kind of contact or communication with somebody outside it? keith wallzinger for you. >> i have no idea why anyone would not be able to communicate from the aircraft. the cellular phones don't work at high altitude. they don't work offshore. they have to be in range of a ground-based tower. there's lots of reasons why communication might not be possible. >> okay. going to take a short break. please stay with me, panel. when we come back we have other breaking news on the tragedy in this country, deadly mudslide in washington state that killed 14 people and we'll be back with more of this expert panel debate on the missing plane. wha

the malaysian data say military radar picked up the plane here heading southwest toward the island penang off the coast of malaysia and then again heading northwest across the strait of malacca toward that vast, vast indian ocean which we know is large and hard to search. now, that reporting from "the new york times" sourced to u.s. officials who say they've seen radar data from the malaysian military says the plane may have changed course twice after it disappeared from civilian radar. now, if this reporting holds up, we might possibly finally be getting closer to understanding at least where that boeing 777 was heading. with those 239 people onboard. and that remains a mystery at this point a week after the incident. tonight, u.s. officials also tell nbc news that the question is whether the plane turned again after it reached that northern edge of the strait of malacca. malaysian officials believe the plane went north, but u.s. officials say it appears far more likely that the plane went south toward the indian ocean. now, these accounts fit, of course, a pattern with this story. there

it then reportedly descends unevenlily to 23,000 feet approaching penang island, then begins climbing again as it heads into the indian ocean. the "new york times" newspaper citing american officials and others familiar with the investigation said the plane also altered course more than once as if still under the command of someone. the question obviously is who and why. barbara starr joins us. barbara, the u.s. has put together this new classified analysis outlining the two distinct possible flight paths. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: anderson, good evening. this is in conjunction with malaysian authorities, the faa, the ntsb and military imagery and radar specialists. everyone putting their heads together, looking at all the data. and what they have calculated is that these two search boxes in the ocean that you showed a moment ago essentially these two areas are now the most likely areas where the plane might have disappeared finally. it flewókÑi for about five hour. it sent some pings if you will to a satellite, the satellite analyzed those. there were also some radar re

the plane flew over penang. it was picked up on radar. the mill very early on alerted the government. they did nothing with it. they let the chinese look in the wrong place. they let us look in the wrong place. now apparently they're not letting us into the passenger list completely. they're not sharing data. they on their own cannot trace the passengers and the crew. the fbi kneads to do and it the cia and the national security agency would have the most complete files. and they're not letting this through. so you know, they're in denial when their own pilots, possibly the co-pilot or somebody, a citizen, hijacked this airplane themselves don't want to admit it. >> i'm glad you said that. as we talk about, they're at everyone. from the pilot to the co-pilot to the passengers, people are saying that is disrespectful to look at those passengers, those four people on board. absolutely i agree with that. but they have to look at every single scenario, every possibility. background checks on the passengers. what are they looking for that hasn

. >> normal road he was flight planned for normal out toward malaysia vietnam, and penang and china.he started doing all of this deviation he is out of the route system. routes published. is he crisscrossing all of these routes. but we're talking about 1:00, 2:00 in the morning. who do you think is out there flying around. that's the other thing that's important about. this one of the best times to attack people is in the early hours of the morning. that's when your psychological clock is least warning. so if this were deliberate planning, what better time to do it at takeoff times of midnight, 30 in the morning. when the less traffic flying around in that area. between the hours of midnight to 6:00 in the morning. >> j.p., you mentioned the skill that this pilot would have had and the sophistication in executing it and the lanning and all of that where do you think it actually went awry. before the show you think it crashed somewhere on the ocean or jungle. >> not on wheels he ran out of gas seven days ago, he is either on land crashed somewhere or he is in the ocean. if he were int