the aircraft. there are so many things -- >> the military has also given data to be analyzed. ndiscernible] -- the faa issued a problemswarning about from -- do you have confidence in the big triple 7 the yare y are flying? >> when the aircraft is flying, it can fly to all the places issued by the state of design, the -- of all of course. >> and there is nothing wrong with that? >> 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

the plane. today, based on raw satellite data, which was obtained from the satellite data service provider, we can confirm that the aircraft shown in the primary radar data was flight 370. after much forensic work and deliberation, the faa, ntsb, aaib, and the malaysian authorities worked separately on the same data... >> that was the prime minister of malaysia saying that based on satellite communication, they can see and confirm that the aircraft communication system was disabled just before it reached the east coast of malaysia, and shortly after between vietnam and malaysia the transponder was switched off. all in all he said these movements were consistent with deliberate action of someone on the plane. and we can confirm that that turn around was, in fact, mh370. again, that's the prime minister of malaysia speaking now. stay tuned. i'll bring you more at 6am eastern. i'm morgan radford with al jazeera america. >> hi, i'm lisa fletcher, and you're in "the stream." man bossy or b bossy? it's time to hear what girls think, we talked to teens to find out how they define leadership and empowerment.

the plane. today, based on raw satellite data, which was obtained from the satellite data service provider, we can confirm that the aircraft shown was flight mh 370. 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

the same data. what do i assume? the air craft stopped flying? if the data shows it's four hours of time stams, the aircraftapsing. it can't do it on the ground because it stops when it drops the gear. >> if they had just been better at communicating. we would be in a better place. the government does not have this communications arm that our government has, and i know that's been part of the problem. hopefully their search has been more effective than their communication. otherwise we're all in trouble. it's go to see you. >> my pleasure. >> sorry for calling you cj i-i've been called lots of things. >> ukraine's new prime minister just spoke to the united nations security council, as russia makes big moves. it's been quiet about this. remember the question was, will vladimir putin be sufficient to just have crimea in his system or is he going to go into the east of ukraine? news from the future. based on facts from today. 100,000 droops -- troopers trood the sabre is rattling. ♪ see what's new at projectluna.com >> waiting for new developments on the put puts and ukraine fight going on and just happened.

the royal national air force that based on the primary radar, an aircraft, the identity of which could not be confirmed may have turned back. the primary radar dataowed the aircraft proceeding on the flight path, which took it to an area north of the strait of malacca. given this credible data, which was subsequently corroborated with irrelevant -- >> you're listening live to the news conference from ma laze yam the prime minister from the country talking about the disappearance of malasian flight 370. it's now believed conclusively the disappearance of the plane is the result of a hijacking. we will continue to monitor the news conference and bring you more after the break. female announcer: during sleep train's big gift event get a $200 best buy gift card with purchase of selected mattress sets. or, get 24-months interest-free financing. female announcer: what will you get during the big gift event at sleep train? ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ ♪ they lived. ♪ they lived. ♪ they lived. ♪ (dad) we lived... thanks to our subaru. ♪ (announcer) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. >>> again, we are back live listens to the primine s

early positional information from the aircraft and its leader pulling of the satellite through its aircraft systems. the new information is based on analysis of radar data aircraft movement between the south china sea and the strait of malacca before radar contact was lost. these continuing analysis indicates it was traveling faster than was previously estimated, resulting in increased fuel usage and reducing the possible distance it traveled south into the indian ocean. the international investigative team supporting the search continues their analysis of the data. this could result in further refinement of the potential flight path of the flight. the polling data has been combined with the likely performance of the aircraft, speed and fuel consumption in particular, to arrive at the best assessment in which the aircraft has entered the water. the information provided by the investigative team is the most credible lead we currently have in the search for aircraft wreckage. however, this information needs to be continually adjusted for the length of time elapsed since the aircraft went missing and the likely drift of any wreckage on the ocean's surface.

the aircraft reached h the east coast of the peninsula. shortly afterwards near the border between malaysia and vietnamese, air traffic control, the aircraft from this point onward the primary datathat an aircraft which was believed, but not confirmed to be mh3700 did indeed turn back. it then flew in a westerly direction before turning northwest. up until the point at which it left radar coverage, these movement are consistent with deliberate actions by someone on the plane. today based on raw satellite data which was obtained from the satellite data service provider we can show the primary radar data lost flight. after much forensic work, the f.a.a., ntsb, aaib and malaysian authorities working on the same data conquer. last confirmed communication between the plane and the satellite was at 8:11 malaysian time. making further calculations which will indicate how far the aircraft may have flown after the last point of contact. this will help us to refine the search lieu to the type of satellite data we are unable to find the precise location of the plane when it last made contact with the satellite. however, based on the data, the authorities of malaysia and the international c

the aircraft reached h the east coast of the peninsula. shortly afterwards near the border between malaysia and vietnamese, air traffic control, the aircraft from this point onward the primary datathat an aircraft which was believed, but not confirmed to be mh3700 did indeed turn back. it then flew in a westerly direction before turning northwest. up until the point at which it left radar coverage, these movement are consistent with deliberate actions by someone on the plane. today based on raw satellite data which was obtained from the satellite data service provider we can show the primary radar data lost flight. after much forensic work, the f.a.a., ntsb, aaib and malaysian authorities working on the same data conquer. last confirmed communication between the plane and the satellite was at 8:11 malaysian time. making further calculations which will indicate how far the aircraft may have flown after the last point of contact. this will help us to refine the search lieu to the type of satellite data we are unable to find the precise location of the plane when it last made contact with the satellite. however, based on the data, the authorities of malaysia and the international c

satellite that can give an arc within that specified time the aircraft was, and about the likely performance of the aircraft and matching those two sats of datapoint where is the aircraft is likely to have gone through and ended up. >> how many of those debris fields spotted by planes or satellites could have drifted from that area? would this rule out any of the potential debris fields? >> firstly, i would not use the term debris field associated with the satellite imagery. what we do is to seek expert advice to advise us which of those are credible enough to search on. you might recall we've done some of that lately, and not found any objects. does that answer your question? >> is the previous search areas to the south, are they active or now abandoned? >> we have moved on to those search areas to the newest credible lead, based on the information from the accident investigation site. that is now our best place to go. i would remind you that the analysis in fact is the same form as we started with. it has been refined and moved on. it's not a new theory. >> you've got a range of aircraft and ships from several different countries involved i

takeaways, and most of them have to do with whatever happens before the actual investigation of the aircraft datartainly for the last two weeks there has been an unpresented amount of media attention. >> yes. >> and i think it shows a weakness on the systems in place, not just for malaysia, but for any country to deal with this level of attention for this kind of accident -- >> not just for malaysia, but any country is what you were saying? >> that's correct. even if this were the u.s. or canada, given the circumstances of this event, and the fact that there are so many days where they have to basically deal with needs of the families, the media, and public in general, there should be a rethinking of how the aviation industries of the world should face a situation like this. >> do you expect significant portions of this jet will be found? what of this plane might still be either just below or on the ocean surface? >> assuming it was an uncontrolled impact with the water. the aircraft would have been broken up fairly severely. and lighter materials for example, interior cabin sound proofing materi

the primary radar and aircraft the identity of which made it turn back. it was sitti on the aircraft and took it north of the straits of mallaca. given this credible data which was subsequently corroborated with the international authorities, we expanded the area of search to include the straits of manaka you. earlier this morning i was briefed by the investigation which includes the f.a.a., the ntsb. the acting minister of transport on new information that shared further light on what happened to mh372. based on communication we can say with a high degree of certainty that the aircraft communications addressing and reporting systems was disabled before the aircraft reached h the east coast of the peninsula. shortly afterwards near the border between malaysia and vietnamese, air traffic control, the aircraft transponder was switched off. from this point onward the primary data showed that an aircraft which was believed, but not confirmed to be mh3700 did indeed turn back. it then flew in a westerly direction before turning northwest. up until the point at which it left radar coverage, these movement are consistent with deliberate actions by someone on

from hulling of the satellite that can give the specified time and aircraft which we rely on the likely performance of the aircraft and matching two sets of data the aircraft is likely to have gone through, and ended up. >> how many of these debris fields could have drifted from that area? >> potential debris field? >> i would not use the term "debris field" associated with satellite imagery. the imagery has seen lots of objects that may or may not be objects what. we do is to seek expert advice from australian geo station intelligence organization to advice us which of those are credible enough to search on. you might recall we've done some of that lately and not found any objects. does that answer your question? >> is the search area previous areas south of remaining active? >> we have moved on from those search areas to newest credible lead and based on the information from the accident investigation site that is now our best place to go. and i remind you analysis is the same form started with. it's been refined and it's not a new theory. >> yes. >> you have a range of aircraft and ships from several countries involved in this search. hopef

initial information based on the aircraft and the later polling of the satellite through its aircraft systems. the new information is based on continuing analysis of radar data the aircraft's movement between the south china sea and the strait of malacca before radar contact was lost. this continuing analysis indicates the plane was traveling faster than was previously estimated, resulting increased fuel usage and reducing the possible distance it traveled south into the indian ocean. the international investigative team supporting the search continues their analysis of the data. this could result in further refinement of the potential flight path of hm-370. radar and polling data has been combined with information of the likely speed of the aircraft, speed and consumption in particular to arrive at the best estimate where the aircraft would have like lly entered the water. the information provided by the investigative team is the most credible lead we have in the search for aircraft wreckage. however, this information needs to be continually adjusted for the length of time elapsed since the aircraft went missing and the likely drift of any wreckage floating

connected in the sense that the black box and the signal work together, one, to locate the aircraft and the second to have the data. they are physically separate systems in different parts of the aircraft. >> talk about the black boxes. you mentioned the effect and backt of the water -- exact of the water. what type of damage does the water do, in terms of trying to retrieve information on what may have happened. >> the black boxes, i might have missubpoena. the eot will send out a radio signal to locate it by the air or other radio signals in the area. the black box will send out the signals to find the under the water. getting to the question about how the black boxes were, they are two separate systems, one a cockpit voice recorder. the second the digital flight data recorder, celebrating several dozen in the case of the triple 7. several dozen parameters. if those are recovered, assuming there was a crash, they can use those to piece together what may have happened, lining up the voice communication in the cockpit with the data from the rest of the aircraft to answer questions such as was the crew aware of an

the aircraft. in an emergency situation or abnormal situation it will stream the position of the aircraft and all of the pertinent data. >> if this were on the triple 7 we would know when there's an emergency because it would be smart enough to send that information streaming to before million lash yaw and vietnam. >> it would be malaysia. >> it would be, correct. >> i could receive notice if i were a ceo of the airline or have chief of police i could get the information notification to that aircraft as a problem. are>> what information would we need to know about the plane's location? >> we could call it second by second once we start streaming. we know precise flight path previous guest talked about the aircraft dropping to the ground. >> is this a significant amount of money? >> no. you can ask mike the entire system it is under 100,000>> what are the complaints? 100,000 dollars is not a lot for the airlines. it will save them money, too. >> our customers normal slave money in the normal operations. it sits in the background and is only activated when there's a reason to do so. the industry is wacautious. the reaso

the aircraft at all. the new search is based on an examination, a re-examination of radar data which suggests the aircraft was flying faster and may have crashed sooner. now, that puts it in the water about 1100, 1200 miles off the coast of australia. that's a good 400 miles closer to australia than the previous search area. so planes can get there more speedily? the weather is said to be better. it is still deep, 6,000 to 12,000 feet in depth. on top of that, it is an area the size of new mexico or poland. they are only moving their assets up. there are planes today, ships getting there over the weekend and repositioning satellites. in many respects, they are back to square one. >> ian williams reporting from perth. >>> the affordable care act has reached a key new milestone. president obama announcing yesterday that more than 6 million americans enrolled for coverage. that exceeds the government's revised goal but falls short of the initial target of 7 million by monday's march 31st deadline. white house saying that there has been a significant surge in interest in recent weeks. more than 1.8 million en

the plane. today, based on raw satellite data, which was obtained from the satellite data service provider, we can confirm that the aircraftn the primary radar data was flight mh 370. 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 a.m. malaysian time on saturday, 8th of march. the investigation team is making further calculations, which will 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 few data, the thfrts of malaysia and their international counterparts have determined that the plane's last communication with a satellite was in one of two possible corridors. the northern corridor, stretching approximately from the border of kazakhstan, to northern thailand. or a southern corridor, stretching app

please tell us why the information data, aircraft data, communication was anything that at the point ng with the commissioner and then that's t on the military. >> i think the -- as i mentioned, again, i wanted the to -- however, this is secondary data. >> no communication, nothing? >> nothing. nothing at all. >> the last after parameters locked. 200 now. i'm not saying it's -- at 370, okay? >> sorry? no. >> secondary data is talking to the aircraft transponder. and it gives you the aircraft type, how high it flies, and the second -- but on the data, it just gives a plot. it doesn't give the identification. >> the primary data does not give you that. that requires -- which we have brought in also. >> the bodies have been found, malaysia -- >> you are increasing criticism now. you're searching east, you're searching west, you don't seem to know what you've seen on a radar and it's taken you until now, five days later -- >> i think that's not true. >> this is utter confusion now. >> i don't think so. i think it's far from it. the only confusion, if you want it to be seen to be confusion

the radar data which would still show the jet but with no identifying code which is emitted from the transponder and the so-called, a-card data which transmits data about the running condition of the aircraftntenance purposes and that is the data stream that "the wall street journal" is referring to. of the malaysian authorities saying that the data did not continue for hours as the journal reported. >> whenever there are new details they must be corroborated. today's media reports that boeing specifically about the data. as far as rolls-royce and boeing are concerned, those reports are inaccurate. >> reporter: while the dimensions much these objects seen in the chinese satellite images are consistent with the wing and tail dimensions of a 777, the malaysian authorities are also saying a surveillance aircraft went out this morning and could not locate the debris. now they say the chinese government is stating that the images were posted in error. these bizarre developments come as a recent warning from the faa about the boeing 777 and a potential weak spot are drawing new scrutiny. this is an airworthiness directive also known as an ad, it ordered checks on u.s. registered 777s after probl

the aircraft is on the ground somewhere. and they will be looking at the very last flight data radar sensors that they have to try and locate raft. >> and as somebody who has actually investigated downed aircrafts and again there is no confirmation what this is. although reading what the airline is saying it certainly doesn't sound good, how do you begin? what will they do -- they will find this aircraft eventually and what will they begin to do to figure out what has gone wrong? >> well, as chairman of the ntsb i oversaw some of the best investigators in the world. and of course, the very first thing we do is look for the black box, the flight data recorder. and the cockpit voice recorder in order to try to understand what happened. those, of course are very hardened shells that are -- usually will survive almost any impact. unfortunately, we don't have a new capability on most of these aircraft which as they record it, it actually detaches on impact. so call it deployable flight recorder. so they will be looking for the recorders as soon as they find the wreckage. but the first thing is to find the wreckage and hopefully f

and when the british technicians were examining the data, i think that they were very cautious about it. because all of the talk was that the aircraft had crashed and there's all of the talk talking about it going up to chasm stan. they were able to put together two courses, the center being on the equator, based on the satellite data, and one has the aircraft heading up to the northern hemisphere, and the other curving down to the southern ocean. >> let me do this. >> thank you for that, and i'm just running up against it here, and i just want to thank you for making that final point. brendan nicholson, for the newspaper, the australian, and i want to thank art sampson as well. former pilot for delta airlines. i. before we go, i want to show you the scene from beijing and these are family members, distraught, hundreds of them outside of the malaysian embassy, family and friends of those apparently lost now with mallerationa, bring our families -- another sign reading, liars, tell the truth. and they broke through the lines, i understand, and beijing authorities have called more in. obviously, we're going to bring you more, i'm tony

the pings? >> well, we don't know. and certainly the data right now suggests that the aircraft was flying -- the data we have and the reporting we've just done indicates the airplane was in a normal cruise altitude when it stopped broadcasting. so certainly you take that to a few different logical conclusions as you continue the investigation, and you can arrive at one that says, it has crashed. you can say it maybe has landed somewhere. at this point this is the central focus of where the investigation is going. and the u.s. navy has dispatched. >> john ostrower,thank you very much indeed. we've actually kept barbara starr. barbara, i want to get your reaction to the "wall street journal" report. clearly a lot of similarities there. although i guess the conclusion is still up for conjecture depending on who you talk to. what did you make of what he just said? >> reporter: if you want to add to the mystery of all this or the uncertainty, what officials are also telling us is this plane like all planes carried a system, essentially a beacon, that would have gone off if the plane was going to make impact somewhere. in other wor

the faa or whoever is using that data. the reason we're calling them pings and not data links is because the ping is saying, i have some data. the aircraft does this, when it loses communication or can't reach anyone, it sends out a ping. it says where are we and i need to connect with you. so it sends out basically a telephone call waiting for someone to answer. and that's what we're receiving. >> so first of all, the fact that there are these pings leads me to think that whole notion of a catastrophic disaster in which every single system was destroyed and that's why this thing disappeared isn't quite the case because if there are pings why are there not transponder information available? >> exactly. now there are things that could cause that. i'm not ruling it out. because if the buses are all lost and the other thing connected to the buses that transmit, which is incredibly unlikely. so i would agree with you that things were intentionally turned off or there was some kind of process, something happened where they were all turned off. >> it's a series of events, the transponder was disabled or failed first, then you've got the pings.

they're able to calculate how much fuel might have been left on board, the range of the aircraft, the data they got making them focus in on a much more specific area. it's still very large. it's going to take a lot of time, but perhaps, perhaps with the information they have in hand and the clues we're seeing, they can begin to focus in on it. i should add the indian military, the indian navy and their aircraft are coming at this from the other side, through the bay of bengal sort of at the northwest top end of this piece of water. they are joining the search very actively, they're looking in the more northern area, the u.s. looking in the more southern area. wolf? >> barbara starr with the latest information from the pentagon. thank you. so is the missing plane deliberately flown toward that remote island chain in the indian ocean. could it have landed somewhere or is it more likely that it crashed into the indian ocean? let's discuss the latest theories with tom fuentes, he's the former fbi director he's now a cnn law enforcement analyst. if this reuters report is true that the plane del

the indian ocean. new analysis of radar and satellite data now suggest the aircraft didn't fly as far as investigators initially thought. >> the australian authorities have indicated they've shifted the search area approximately 1,100 kilometers to the northeast. >> reporter: analyzing radar data of the plane's path between the south china sea and the straight of malacca, investigators now believe it was traveling faster than previously estimated, burning more fuel early on. >> the more fuel the airplane burns, the faster it burns that fuel, the sooner those engines are going to stop turning. that's why they have to change the area where they're looking for the aircraft because the aircraft would have crashed soon er. >> reporter: investigators have not revealed just how fast the plane was flying b you they say another indicator, the plane's altitude supports their theory that the aircraft was burning lots of fuel early on. they estimate the aircraft dipped as low as 12,500 feet. >> the airplane was not cruising at high altitude as it may have been assumed previously, but it was cruising at a much lowe

microphone listens and drags along the ocean floor listening for the sound of the pings from the data recorders on board the aircrafte way, only have about a little over a week of battery life left, as we've been telling people. here's the problem. as great as this technology is, it only has about a mile radius. in order for it to work effectively, we need to narrow the search area and right now we're looking at an area the size of poland, jake. so obviously the technology is not effective unless we can try to pinpoint where there might be some wreckage. >> and will, how strong a signal is the ocean shield capable of picking up? you said it has to be within a mile. does the ping need to be at full level because we know there are some reports, some questions about whether or not the batteries are as strong as we wish they were? >> reporter: yeah, you're right. the batteries have been slowly fading over time and maybe the signal may be getting more weak as we go. as far as the detection abilities of the towed pin gger locator, there's another piece of technology on board called the blue fin. it's an underwater drone t

radar feed that the military put out is enough and rolls royce is denying the notion that the aircraft was pinging data on the performance of the engine. >> i think they're not commenting. i don't know if they're formally denying. >> you know, wolf, such a mess. not to beat up on the malaysians, they just got caught off guard over their head with a huge investigation. i think what you're starting to see is the faa, ntsb begin to put some quality control into this investigation. >> because the malaysians really don't have a whole lot of experience. >> they need help. >> the ntsb and the u.s. authorities and others who really have some experience. a lot of folks, peter, and you've studied this, they're increasingly looking at the possibility this was not some mechanical failure but this was someone commandeering, if you will, that aircraft. >> there's a distinction between commandeering and hijacking, hijacking is for a political purpose. before 9/11 commandeering a plane was not all that uncommon. a fedex plane in '94, southwest airlines, alaska airlines in 2000 and one before 9/11. that's much harder t

the plane. today, based on raw satellite data which was obtained from the satellite data service provider, we can confirm that the aircraftn a primary radar data was flight 370. 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 8:11:00 a.m. malaysian time. on the eighth of march. the investigation team is making further calculations which will 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 the satellite. however, based on this new data, the evasion authorities of malaysia and the international counterparts determined that the last communication of the satellite was in one of two possible corridors. a northern corridor stretching approximately from the border of kazakhstan to northern thailand. or, the southern corridor stretching approximatel

the data. they've been refining the data. he's trying to explain why it's a new search and why things have been changing. >> yeah. >> processing the data, refining the data, but new technical information on the aircraft how fast it was flying, how much fuel it was using, has caused them to change the search area. >> and what they have said is they have further refined technical data, so this is data they've essentially had for weeks, but they are looking closer and closer at it, as only they can with time, saying they reassessed the information, the inmarsat, that satellite data showing them that this plane actually traveled faster than originally thought, therefore, did not go as far south into the indian ocean as they thought. and therefore, they believe it is in an area 680 miles away from the originally thought area, so in that red box you're seeing on your screen, which is a little bit closer to land, to australia, which is the only silver lining here, because it gives those search planes less travel time to the significant area and more time to look into it for any signs of possible debris. >> before we go to andrew stevens in perth, i just want to listen quickly here. >> -- by the boeing team

the southern route. >> i must stress, this is very limited data. we are not saying that we have definitively know where the aircraft came down, only that the directionf travel is almost certainly to the south. >> so let's talk about that data and how this technology works. i want to bring in ceo of the united states geospacial intelligence foundation, a nonprofit company. just the kind of guy that we want to break this down for us. keith, in speaking to you before about this, you said that in making these calculations it's a combination of math and science and also a little bit of art here. explain how that works. >> well, jim, i think tom did an excellent job of laying out the science, right, the mathematics behind the equations. i can talk about some of the art piece. this is about in-depth analysis, understanding the data and being able to extract information that it was not designed to do. remember, these inmarsat satellit satellites, 22,000 miles up are there to pass data about the status of the aircraft, status of the aircraft's engines. so you're repurposing that and trying to work the math and work back through the information to determine l

the aircraft. that's not what the engine data tells us, and that technology was not aboard the aircraft that went in. >> but did the monitors on the engines - that technology was an the air-france flight that went down, right. did that help investigators find - eventually find the wreckage? >> as a matter of fact, a comprehensive data link that sent information - i don't think it helped them to find the wreckage, this is not the pingers on the black boxes. the pingers only work if it enters the water. these devices work all the time. they are a data link and a maintenance function, and the ones aboard air-france provided more comprehensive data. they were the first clue that something went wrong with the air speed indicators. >> given what we know and a lot of what we don't know, where will investigators begin to look tomorrow? >> it sounds like obviously the big issue is finding the craft. if i was a malaysian official, i would have chuck hagel's phone number on the speed dial and acting him for a couple of squad rons of p 3 patrol airplanes to fan out over the indian ocean. they are antisubmarine

initially, the suspicion was that this data came from engine monitoring systems for the aircraft. now appears it is even more consultative. there's a system onboard the aircraft which communicates with satellite to download maintenance data, systems monitoring data. routine. in this case the data was not being transmitted. the sin that was supposed to send it into space was reaching out to the satellite periodically every 30 minutes. essentially saying to the satellite i'm here. i'm ready to send. this means the aircraft was intact, it was moving, and it completely shatters the notion that people have been talking but ever since day one. the plane went down when transponder stopped transmitting. as of the dramatic happened at that point. we are talking but hours that it remained in the air. investigators are trying to see the and may have landed. there is no firm data. they do suspect that it is possible that it landed somewhere in an undisclosed location they don't know. >> what would have been the purpose of the land? had problems on board over trying to do something else? your s

michael -- what he was talking about and the information we've got is that the aircraft stopped or didn't send any of the automatic datad have expected. in air france 447, there were 24 messages sent automatically from the aircraft to air france maintenance and to the company. now, we don't have any of that in this case. not only do you have the ending of the radar, but you don't actually have any clues or early clues. so i agree completely with michael. it is a case of just waiting until this wreckage is found, which it will be. >> richard quest, thanks so much. michael goldfarb, thanks to you as well. the mystery continues. so are there any similarities between this mystery and other plane disasters? we're looking at the controversial crash that stunned investigators and sparked conspiracy theories. 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 serve current and former military members and th

authorities trying to help and the latest reports from the associated press says a digital data transmission from the aircraft engis before it lost contact could contain crucial information. fox news chief intelligence correspondent has the latest developments in the investigation. >> face sources say they have nt discounted the possibility the jet flew for several hours after the transponder went dark and data transmitted by the aircraft is being evaluated in that light. as for the possibility the white house spokesman suggested it was under consideration. >> based on informion not necessarily conclusive but an additional search area may be open in the ocean and we are consulting about the appropriate assets to deploy. >> they were quick to dismiss reports. u.s. investigators were considering the jet was diverted with the intention of using it later for another purpose. >> they must be cooperated. today's media report going specifically about the data. as far as they are concerned, those reports are inaccurate. >> authorities dismissed the fact the photos posted on wednesday show wreckage from the flight cla

model the possible place that the aircraft could have crashed and you obtain data and do modelling of the differentality to youeds that the aircraft could have floun at and take that seven and half fuel load and fly at different altitudes. they are all over the map on that. and models have to start working to find out where the aircraft may have run out of fuel. >> you know there are conflicting reports from malaysia, are you convinced? >> i am hopeful that we are on the right track. i feel we are moving in the right direction. >> the most disturbing thing for you is the silence in the cockpit, explain? >> absolutely. my training, i have been checked many, many times and all of the years of flying, one of the main things you do. aviate and navigate and communicate. those are separate but they are close to one another when you have an emergency situation. you do fly the airplane and navigate and in trouble, you announce the fact that you are in distress and if they had a a mechanical problem they would be on a frequency. there is a guard frequency which they should have monitored. 121.

initially, the suspicion was the data came from engine monitoring systems for the aircraft that rolls royce, the engine manufacturer put on. now it appears its even more complicated. a system is on board the aircraft which communicates with satellites to download maintenance data, systems monitoring data, very routine. in this case, that data was not being transmitted but the system that was supposed to send it up into space was reaching out to the satellites periodically, every 30 minutes, sometimes every hour, essentially saying to thecitis the satellites, i'mm ready to send and operating, and this means the aircraft was intact, moving and completely shatters the notion that people have been talking about ever since day one, that the plane went down when the transponder stopped transmitting and something dramatic happened at that point. we're talking about hours that it remained in the air and on top of all of that, investigators are trying to see and suspect that it may even have landed. they're not sure and there's no firm data, but they do suspect that it's possible that it lande

data from the flight's functioning. is this the case with mes, is that sent from the aircraft to the mes system. if this is a practice here, was there any indication that it had abnormalities. >> no, there's no sign of an anomaly on the aircraft. >> reporter: do you receive that data, do you have a system that receives that data? >> yes. >> reporter: [ inaudible ] >> families, as you know, a number of nationalities, and most of them in china. some of them malaysian, in malaysia that we have taken care... >> reporter: [ inaudible ] >> we are investigating. as i mentioned, this investigation is on all angles, we are investigating that. >> reporter: [ inaudible ] >> to mes and other centres >> reporter: sir, was malaysian airlines double-checking the customer manifest list with the database of interpol. interpol says they were not checking the names on stolen passports. >> can you verify your statement? do you know the source of it? we have not heard that. thank you. the next press conference will be at 11 o'clock today. >> reporter: can you just tell us what is the procedure for - when it comes to

. >> now the former ceo of malaysia airlines told us he's hoping they find the aircraft and locate the flight data recorders. he says that's the only way the pilots and their families are going to be able to clear their names. otherwise it's just too difficult to overcome the doubts. no one has any evidence and the pilots can make all too easy a suspect. back to you. >> exactly right. you mentioned the families. the elder son of the pilot has spoken out. tell us what exactly he's been saying and whether other family members are saying anything. >> well the family is -- i think we can say they are in seclusion. they are said to be moving around among relatives. you have to understand the co-pilot's family was harassed by the media. people camped out in their front yard. this family has moved away since the crisis unfolded. his son came out and he said this today, whatever i read has not changed my heart. i have ignored the speculations because as a son i know who my father is compared to other people. i may not have been very close to him because he was always on duty but we understood each other.

>> because one of the -- the system that sends up data from the aircraft to a satellite was not switched off at that point. it took them maybe between 14 and 20 minutes or something around that time, whoever was doing this, to make the transponder stop working and disconnect the satellite communication system. and in that period of time is when the course change occurred and the data that was relayed up to the satellite, according to the folks we talked, to indicates this was a manually -- a manual direction to the flight control computer. i want to answer maybe your other question, why are they searching in the indian ocean more than 3,000 square miles. the last signal that was received from the aircraft to the satellite was over the indian ocean. so they're starting their search based on the assumption that something happened from that point of view. we should be very aware that whoever was doing this was a very -- had some sophisticated knowledge of aircraft and aircraft electronics, because to disable these systems in a series of efforts, not at the same time, is not as easy and most

the crews, looking at passengers. anyone who has piloting experience or aircraft handling experience who were aboard the aircraft, that has -- as we know, the flight data pings from the aircraft, from the aircraft engines, and other

ocean, it can take days or weeks to find wreckage, not to mention finding key parts of the aircraft, including the data recorder. joining me is dr. vernon gross, a former ntsb member in the reagan administration. good to have you tonight. thank you for joining us. >> you're welcome. >> i want to start today with anything you see as progress in what we're hearing. possibly a door being found. >> well, if a door is found, the airplane, is sounds like it's disint grated. we have assumptions to reach. first, the altitute was 37,000 feet. how far did it progress over water, over land, back over water, the south china sea. we really don't know where the aircraft might have come down. however, if we think about desintgration for a minute, they talked earlier about two oil slicks in the water. that would not be likely in my opinion because the fuel aboard the aircraft is in the wings. if the wings came off, they could have separated sufficiently to have two oil slicks, but on the other hand, recorders are the only thing that are going to give us anything of evidence. >> interesting. i tweeted out a little earl