then also the civilian radar data and the military radar data. one of our contacts here in washington told us there was a second intense review of this existing data by the faa, as well as the ntsb, and it now seems clear from a news conference this evening that there was a significant input from the u.s. threatening community as well. this led to a refining of the area and it was not just the radar data or signals data. but they also factored in things such as the weather, the fuel, and how long a triple 7 could glide without any power. they took all of these things, factored them in, and they came out with this new refocused search area southwest of perth. a map of this area was released late yesterday by the pentagon. and significantly not only a targeted search area, but also a secondary drift area, and it designated the drift area as about a week after the crash. we also understood, and this was confirmed at the news conference, that there was a refocusing of all u.s. military assets that were involved in the search on that southwestern corri

in the absence of wreckage, the proof is the inmarsat report, the proof is the radar data. produce it. let the experts take a look at it. let an independent body of speakers talk to family members and if we find the wreckage they rehabilitated their credibility and the families are placated. >> we don't know why the malaysian inspector general said that the police investigation continues to focus on a potential hijacking, sabotage, psychological hughs or personal problems of passengers or crew. what's your take on that? >> we don't know. we have been getting this information, sometimes the information sticks and sometimes the information is replaced with similar information. sometimes the information just vanished. now there are these four things they are investigating. we don't know what is behind it. and the families are being asked to get on with their lives and accept the loss of their loved ones based on a mathematical formula that they will probably never understand. it's a lot for everyone to accept. and i think we need to look at everything a little bit harder and mo

then also the civilian radar data and the military radar data. one of our contacts here in washington told us there was a second intense review of this existing data by the faa, as well as the ntsb, and it now seems clear from a news conference this evening that there was a significant input from the u.s. threatening community as well. this led to a refining of the area and it was not just the radar data or signals data. but they also factored in things such as the weather, the fuel, and how long a triple 7 could glide without any power. they took all of these things, factored them in, and they came out with this new refocused search area southwest of perth. a map of this area was released late yesterday by the pentagon. and significantly not only a targeted search area, but also a secondary drift area, and it designated the drift area as about a week after the crash. we also understood, and this was confirmed at the news conference, that there was a refocusing of all u.s. military assets that were involved in the search on that southwestern corri

and not giving their most high definition radar pictures, satellite pictures, rather because of military secrecy. >> well, the first thing, andrea, is the radar data. the most probably credible radar data was of course the initial data that had the datablock from air traffic control. the time be had redefined. then they only had a primary target. it has no data to it. it has no time. they had to then refine the time and when boeing looked at it and saw how fast the airplane had come back over the peninsula, that's when they refined the fuel calculations based on speed, plus, you have to worry about winds aloft, winds aloft will change ground speed and of course it will increase fuel burn if you have a head wind decreased fuel burn if you have a tail wind. all of that was recalculated to come up with this new search area based on a more refined data. but the key here was that the primary data because it has no absolute data information, especially timing, was the hard part and they went back and looked at it and found that the airplane was traveling at a faster speed as it came over the peninsula than they originally thought with regard to the sate

>> i'd like to see more information with regard to the radar data when it comes to direction of flight and especially altitude. i think some of the assumptions on where the search area has gone, i'm not clear on that. >> more on the radar data. >> more on radar data. >> especially when it pertains to altitude. >> okay. miles o'brien? >> i totally agree with les. we need radar data. we want to line that up with the altitude as best we know it and want to overlay that with the air traffic control communications which we still haven't heard. then i'd like to see the maintenance records of that aircraft and like to know a little bit about those pilots, what it was like, the ten pilots that flew with them on previous flights? did they know anything or see anything that was at all suspicious? >> very good points. listen, there is so much to go over here. we have learned a lot of new information today. it feels like because we've been covering this for three weeks that nothing concrete has been learned. they've not pulled anything out of the ocean that they are for sure is part of flight 370.

it's one thing to analyze the radar data and another thing to analyze. still guesstimating what the speeds and winds aloft, fuel burn was to come up with the site for the wreckage. >> do you agree with that? obviously when you look at that turn that can be a tight turn. >> i totally agree. and here is another thing. as long as we are pretty deep in speculation but let's go there for just a moment. if, in fact, this theory holds that he basically did a sully, ditched it intact in the water. you wouldn't wait until you are out of gas. you would have gas in the tanks. you would probably fly as far as you could and watching gauges but maybe do it with fuel and that would bring him far short of the search area. there is another piece of speculation. >> we have to leave it there. did he want there to be survivors or not? if you don't know that how do you know? >>> still to come, more than a million general motors vehicles recalled today. did gm ignore warnings about faulty part and the government, too? >>> north and south korea exchanging fire. the video here

, 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.

that includes the most sensitive satellite data, the most sensitive radar data. thing we've become aware of is that australia has some very advanced, over-the-horizon radar, which could come into play in a search like this. >> just hope they're using all of the resources they can to find whatever debris might be out there. 42 minutes after the hour right now. the visibility in the southern indian ocean is ideal right now. >> it is, thank goodness. bad weather coming in over the weekend, but there is not much more time for this window of opportunity, because it is going to be closing. our meteorologist, chad myers, is tracking the conditions in the zone where possibly, possibly, debris from flight 370 is. listen. >> john, poppy, why, what a difference 24 hours made in the weather down here across parts of australia. we had ugly weather yesterday. i mean, white caps everywhere. think about looking for a white plane with white caps everywhere. didn't happen. now, for today now finally ending -- it's getting dark down there pretty soon -- things have been perfect. hig

the indian ocean. that's on radar. i'm not sure about all the talk about the data being sent back, but the radar record is clear, anderson. and officials here have not disputed that. what they have said is they were waiting for the ntsb and faa to look at all the radar records. they've got multiple radar stations that were tracking an unidentified aircraft on that flight path right after flight 370 simply vanished into thin air. anderson? >> jim, stay with us. i want to bring more voices to bear on this conversation. chief national security correspondent jim sciutto and barbara starr broke the news about those data pings. richard quest is also here. jim, let's start with you. the shift west to searching the indian ocean, it's not just one clue, correct? but a compilation of multiple clues. >> reporter: that's my understanding. it is these pings, that's one. new information on the pings. the idea they were not sending data about the engines but they were at least giving a location of that plane. and what analysts did, they looked at all the other planes in that area which had transponders on as planes would normally. this

then also the civilian radar data and the military radar data. one of our contacts here in washington told us there was a second intense review of this existing data by the faa, as well as the ntsb, and it now seems clear from a news conference this evening that there was a significant input from the u.s. threatening community as well. this led to a refining of the area and it was not just the radar data or signals data. but they also factored in things such as the weather, the fuel, and how long a triple 7 could glide without any power. they took all of these things, factored them in, and they came out with this new refocused search area southwest of perth. a map of this area was released late yesterday by the pentagon. and significantly not only a targeted search area, but also a secondary drift area, and it designated the drift area as about a week after the crash. we also understood, and this was confirmed at the news conference, that there was a refocusing of all u.s. military assets that were involved in the search on that southwestern corri

the acars data. what the malaysian government said this morning is based on information from looking at the primary radarnow expanding the search area. i think the team has gotten together, they've gotten all of the radar data from both the military and from the civilian side, they've broken the code on it and they can finally look at the primary data and they've come out with a plot that is starting to make sense. that's why they are moving assets to the area. acars says you've been up for hours, not where you are s they've picked p something from the radar information to give them a better idea. >> so let me bring bill into this conversation. what do you think this new information that we're getting that the plane may have flown for several hours after the transponders failed? does it point more to mechanical failure, pilot suicide, hijacking? what's your sense? >> it's hard to speculate. i mean, we have so few data points to go by that you can draw the lines of possibilities in just about any direction you want to go. but the -- you know, to turn off the transponder is quite easy for somebody to disab

it's not just this engine data that gives them an indication that it went into the indian ocean. it's the radar data that the malaysian air force had, showing the plane taking a left turn and heading towards the south and west of the indian ocean and how much knowledge about the gas in the fuel tanks which gives them a sense of range. they had about seven hours of flying time fuel. took a turnabout two hours into the flight so it would give it four or five hours to fly conceivably. it's a combination of things. this is an investigation. these are all clues. some of the clues have not panned out. for instance, the satellite images. they have more than one clue that points them in this new direction. the radar data, the engine data and that's why they are going to be looking at the indian ocean. barbara starr says it's not 100%. three indications are pointing that way. >> plus, as we learned, so many leads, as you heard, have been undermined by further examination. what other capabilities does the u.s. government have to look at this situation completely independent of the malaysians? >> well, th

>> let me say that as they look at the radar data, they're very familiar with the variations in the altitude. they believe at this point, u.s. officials believe that radar data from the malaysians may not be accurate, that the plane was flying too far away from the military radars that picked up these altitude readings for those readings to be accurate. what they do believe is that it went out into the indian ocean and they now believe that there is a very great likelihood, a very great probability that the plane crashed somewhere into the water. >> barbara starr, appreciate your reporting. joining us now is lon brown and david gallow, and bob bair. ron, these altitude changes that barbara starr has been following up, the altitude and course changes, does that require a human being to make those changes? >> most of the time it does, but i would like to take two seconds to say thank you for having me on your show and your crew. i really appreciate that you put a pilot that has experience in this area to represent the guys that are flying now and the guys that have flown in the past in asking

that's played out with the radar data. other country shared radar data in the last 24 hours but why not the first 24 hours? that's the kind of thing that's been slow going and these road blocks certainly don't help. interesting to hear the president say the u.s. is offering all available resources because listening in to commander marks, he tended to acknowledge something that they tend not to acknowledge, that there are submarines involved in the search. there are sub ma remarines runn around under the ocean. but they're helping under the water and over the water with planes as well. >> they feel like they're making progress. they see at least a little glimmer of light at the end of this mystery? >> no, i don't think so. they're focused on the pilots and the investigation has a focus that it didn't have a week ago. but -- and they have these computers where they think they may get some raanswer, but beyo that they're narrowing in the ocean and looking at a hard drive. i don't know anything more than i did just a few days a

brought to our attention by the air force that based on their primary radar, and aircraft, the identity of which could not be confirmed, made a turn back. the primary radar data showed the aircraft proceeding on a flight path which took it to an area north of the straits of malacca. given this credible data, which was subsequently corroborated with the relevant international authorities, we expanded the area of search to include the straits of malacca and later to the sea. early this morning i was briefed by the investigation team, which includes the faa, ntsb, the aaib, the malaysian authorities, and the acting minister of transport on new information that shed further light on what happened to flight 370. based on satellite communication, we can say with a high degree of certainty that the aircraft communications addressing and reporting systems or acars was disabled just before the aircraft reached the east coast of the peninsula. shortly afterwards, near the border between malaysia and vietnam, air traffic control, the aircraft's transponder was turned off. from this point onward, the royal malaysian air force ground radar data showed that an aircraft, wh

the search continues their analysis of the data. this could result in further refinement of the potential flight path of mh-370. radarellite poling data has been combined about the likely performance of the aircraft, speed and fuel consumption in particular, to arrive at the best assessment of the area in which the aircraft is likely to have entered the water. the information provided 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 floating on the ocean surface. finally, let me stress that under international convention, malaysia has investigative responsibility for malaysian airlines flight mh-370. at this stage, the atsb's task is to assist in the search of the aircraft. [ inaudible ] >> this is the best estimate of the area in which the aircraft is likely to have crashed into the ocean, yes. >> have you considered taking into account the drift of the currents and also -- >> in determining the search area, mr. young will comme

they have, for instance, the radar data that showed that the plane left the south china sea within 90utes of takeoff and headed towards the indian ocean. why didn't that information come out earlier? was there some dereliction of duty by the radar operators? did civilian radar inform the military that they were missing a plane in a timely fashion? what exactly happened there? those are the likely -- we say likely, because they didn't announce any details of it, those are the likely subjects of that investigation, an intriguing one, but one not relevant for the search for the plane right now. still, it's one that could cause repercussions right here in kuala lumpur, because it's very much an internal look at how this whole case has been studied. how it's gone from the very stark investigating the disappearance of flight 370. poppy. >> you know, jim, the malaysian government authorities, the airlines have come under intense scrutiny and criticism from some for not releasing more details. do you get a sense being there on the ground that they have shifted and that they are being more ope

the peninsula. not just the data from the airplane engines, but also the radar data that the air force put out and we have been reporting in the last 24 to 48 hours. in addition that, a sense of the full range of this plane and that it had about seven hours of newel it and if it took the direction indicated, this is as far as it might be able to go. that is giving them the scope of their search. it's my understanding that it's a combination of data. the data they get from the engines and the radar data as well as their understanding of the range of the plane based on the fuel in the tanks when it lot of contact. it is also my understanding that there has been frustration from investigators as this proceeded with how this raw data has been shared. delays from the malaysian side in terms of sharing with the international groups from the u.s. and they are getting it after the malaysians made their own conclusions rather than raw data where they can help interpret the data to the best conclusion. there is a lot involved in that hesitation. a lot of national pride here. a malaysian flagship airline. the m

the altitude of. they believe at this point, u.s. officials believe it radar dataom the malaysians may not be accurate, that the plane was flying too far away from the military radars that picked up these altitude readings for those readings to be accurate. what they do believe is that it went out into the indian ocean, and they now believe that there is a very great likelihood, a great probability that the plane crashed somewhere into the water, anderson. >> barbaraer starr, appreciate your reporting. michael schmidt good to have you on as well. with me a retired pilot and the co-leader of search for flight 477 and senior national security analyst. >> these reports that the "new york times" reported on today, barbara starr has been following up on, does that require a human being to make those changes? >> most of the time it does. but i'd like to take two seconds to say thank you for having me on your show and your crew. really appreciate that you put a pilot that has experience in this area to represent the guys that are flying now and the guys that have flown in

first we had the radar data that said it turned to the west. then we had the chinese satellite image, it was so big that it couldn't have been floating debris from the airplane. >> right. >> and now we have these waypoints. would you like me to speak about the waypoints? >> the thing was five hours in tact, if we believe that all of these waypoints. so that seems to discount some sort of slow-burning fire. it couldn't be a fire that burnt slow enough to keep them in the air and yet send them off course. let's look at some maps now. this is where the search started. this was the original path of the plane and then came the left turn that we've been fascinated by that gives some indication that somebody was at the stick of that plane and changing things. first of all, explain these pings. are these coming from satellite pinging off of the plane or is the plane sending out some sort of a signal? >> so it's not entirely clear to me but it's my understanding that the acars, the data went off 14 to 24 minutes before the transponder was shut off. my u

done, they've now take an look and they're expanding the search area based on examination of the radar data. i think what we're seeing now is response to the valuation of the radar data not so much other information that's still speculative in my opinion. >> where is air traffic controls? what is malaysian air traffic control's responsibility in all of this if the plane was in the air for four or five more hours? >> it depends. obviously there's military traffic control, civilian air traffic control, data from different sources. at some point you have to take all the radar from multiple sites, get it all together and all timed over the same time and worked out for differences in geography so you know you have one data center you're looking at. that takes time. once you have that, then you have an accurate prediction of you know where the transponder ended and now you can look at all these different primary radar points and predict where the airplane went. >> there are two central questions here, tom, one what we've been discussing which is where is the plane, then the question of what happe

in each case the radar data, with the image, there's been a long delay in getting it. and it's not being immediately put in front of the best experts. >> what's your analysis? >> well, i think the biggest problem, wolf, at this point from our perspective is that they've done a poor job of managing the. >> who's they? >> the malaysian authorities in charge of this. so the actual investigation at a law enforcement level can only go so far to determine what's happening. and so that's one thing with the police. but the actual authorities that know radars and know the communications systems of the aircraft with the controllers on the ground at the airport in kuala lumpur, you know, what actually the information was and how accurate was it that they had, even if they had good information they're not relaying this in a clear, concise, coherent manner to the public. so this is as much a public relations nightmare as it is an investigative nightmare. >> so do you understand why the u.s. navy, the seventh fleet in the pacific is now sending these destroyers, these ships west of

first, you would have, know, a radar team scouring all of the available radar data, asking the vietnamesehether any of their radar units could have inadvertently, or could have been tracking this aircraft. you would have a maintenance team poring over the maintenance records of the aircraft to see whether there had been any indications that there had been structural problems in the past. had there been major repairs done to the -- to the wings? had there been any kind of fuselage damage? what about the engines? they would be tracking the entire history of the engines from the day they left the manufacturer. and they would be looking at the personnel records of the pilots, of the flight crew, to see whether there was any indications that any of the -- the flight crew had problems, had serious financial issues. because there have been -- there have been cases where pilots have -- have driven the plane into the ocean as an act of suicide. so you would explore absolutely every potential cause that you could without having any actual evidence to drive it. >> well, there had been one report --

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

the authorities in malaysia a call for help. even on interpreting the data. they had trouble interpreting it and lack of confidence in it, right, because when they got the radartook the turn, they still kept their search areas on both sides of the peninsula. the initial search area close to where the plane lost contact and also here. they have questions about where it lost data. we've heard they reached out to american investigators including the ntsb to help interpret that to see how much they should take into account. i think that will make a difference. the trouble is, they are the lead. this is a malaysian lead carrier. when it dropped into international waters, it's the flag carrier that leads the investigation. there were many countries with people on the plane and many countries offering assets to help search for it, including the u.s. navy. >> jim, thanks so much. we appreciate hit. >> could this search turn into a criminal investigation? we'll talk to our expert on the matter. tom is next. geico motorcycle. see how much you could save. >>> malaysian authorities are denying a raid on the pilot of flight 370. initial reports said police were looking fo

the data is a matter in detail for malaysians. released by the country responsible for the investigation. there is a set of radare work is closer analysis of existing data. >> can you explain about their role and what satellite we have that we can retask? to have a pass over the area? how good would their imagery about? >> australian geo space investigation is providing a service for government agencies we take it as a consumer. so, they are looking through all of the satellite imagery available. and they are -- i'm sure they take it from commercial sources and government sources they provide us with the best leads that are available. i think if you want to detail this explanation you'll need to talk to them. >> the debris spotted or potential debris spotted support the current search area? >> given they expected it's drifted from that area? >> we're referring to the new area, aircraft advantage arrived on scene today we'll need to wait to see what emerges. in regards to the all areas we have not seen any debris. boy not wish to classify any of the satellite imagery as debris. nor would i want to classify any of

data? >> we did to calibrate this with other radar, with our -- >> the plans for the radar data? >> yes, we plan to release it as long as i know that actions are being taken for the conduct of the search and rescue operations. the next day we contact our friends, please, activate your search which they did immediately. >> if faa and ntsb can confirm that the flight from the raw data on the flight -- >> yes. [ speaking foreign language ] >> take it one at a time. >> okay? >> yes? >> i've got question. you see the flight -- >> well, there you have a press conference which has been going on for about 25 minutes now with the transport minister there on the right. of course, the director of civil aviation there on the right and to the right of him or to his left you've got the chief executive of malaysian airlines and on the left you had a general, one of the senior military officers. one of the things that i think is important to raise here, there are 42 ships, 39 aircrafts involved in searching 27,000 square miles of sea and land. largely sea because nothing's been found on land. we

today there are questions surrounding the radar data and specifically why thai officials waited ten days to turn the information over. thailand's military says its radar detected signals from an unidentified plane flying toward the malacca strait shortly after flight 370's transponder signal went down. they didn't report it because it wasn't requested. the u.s. is among a dozen nations covering a giant arc about the size of australia in search of the airliner. >> we're in direct support with the malaysian government and malaysian people. we are tasked accordingly. >> reporter: they say the flight was off course. sources say there's evidence that someone reprogrammed the flight's management system after the jet took off from kuala lumpur. so far investigators have found nothing on the personal computers and e-mail of both the pilot and co-pilot nor on the flight simulator taken from the pilot's home. some questioned why he had that device. >> i asked him why he built that simulator in his home. he says it's because it's his hob. >> they're being criticized for their handling of the search

the same day. it's been three long weeks and in many ways we're back where we started because much of this new data is based on the original radar data that was obtained by the malaysian military the night that this plane went missing. flight 370 made an abrupt turn out of the south china sea. it set a course toward the indian ocean. now, there were earlier reports that there were several twists and turns in that course. that has led investigators to believe that people inside the cockpit were deliberately steering the plane to evade detection. it cast more doubt on the pilots thinking that they might have been responsible. and it would seem now that either based on that original data or enhanced by radar data from neighboring countries it has been tightly held toll their chest they aren't telling us what it really is, that we are now back to recalculating everything based on those original estimations. as a result, that is the course that they have plotted. that is the fuel used that they have plotted. and people are hoping that this time around we'll have more success. but i've got to say, we have been incredibly unlucky in tr

the search shifted to the northeast after new analysis from the radar data. ian, will the sift makes the search any easier? >> good morning, betty. this is a radical change. in theory, at least, it should make it easier to search. australian officials pointing out that the new search area is 500 miles closer to western australia. so that's a shorter flying time. they also point out that the weather tends to be a little bit better in this area. other experts point out that there is more trash in this area than further south. and that the ocean here is still very deep. up to some 130,000 feet. now, we had appeared to be honing in on an area in the southern part of the indian ocean. but, it seems, that those satellite leads, those multiple sightings of something turned out to be false leads. and had nothing to do with the aircraft. so, we're now, in many ways, back at square one. some ten air craft went out to the area. we have no information of yet on leads. a fleet of vessels are being diverted but won't be in the new area until late saturday. >> the search con

what we're learning from government sources here is they believe from the radar data that they have that the turnback of the aircraft when it turned back flying back towards malaysia within the first hour of flight, that they consider the nature of that turn to be a criminal act with perhaps become a little closer to understanding more of the nature of that, that turn. i say perhaps. the chinese families, relatives of people who were on board flight 370 have been desperate to ask malaysian officials specific questions. and one of them is a question about the precise flight route, the radar reading in that first hour and a half or so. they have made up a map taken, they say, from publicly available data. they wanted to show it to malaysian officials and ask some questions about it. they weren't able -- they weren't able to do that, but now they have. and this is what we've learned. this map of flight 370's radar track was much of the reason for upset by survivor families last week. the image captured by still photographers in the family briefing. it shows a very different route from the l

the sudden switch came after investigators and the plane's maker, boeing, took another look at the radar data. the head of australia's transportation safety bureau martin dolan. >> this continuing analysis indicates the plane was traveling faster than was previously estimated resulting in increased fuel usage and reducing the possible distance it traveled south into the indian ocean. >> reporter: because it's further north, the new search zone will be less affected by bad weather that slowed down the hunt for wreckage. it's also closer to land, which means the crews will have more time in the air before they need to return to base to refuel. on the first day in the new search area, five teams spotted object of interest. now, it's too soon to tell whether that debris is the wreckage of the boeing 777 but, scott, it was by far their most productive day. >> pelley: hole, thanks very much. heavy rain today hamperredly the search for victims of the mudslides north of seattle. nearly a week after they wiped out the village, there are 26 confirmed dead, but 90 others are listed as missing. john blac

i think that the real key to this is the analysis that's going on right now of all of the radar data, looking at the primary data from all of the countries, all the sources, and trying to track where this airplane went. and i believe based on statements and by their moving assets over to the western side, they have a better idea that -- that's why they are refocusing their search efforts. >> let's talk about this search area because if the plane continues traveling four to five hours after it lost contact, we are talking about a potential search area five times the size of the united states. where do you even begin? >> it is huge. it is a daunt task. to think of air france 447, south atlantic, that was a massive search. they found wreckage within a few days. still took a long time to find the actual where the airplane was and under water. what you do is tray to work the data as best you can and to the last known spot and go from there. as mentioned before, the wreckage should start washing up on beaches somewhere. once you start fishermen finding things, now you can work the tides and

investigators have looked back at the radar data and they have determined based on a new analysis of e was actually traveling much faster than we thought before, which has meant increased fuel usage, and has reduced the distance that the plane traveled. in other words, it has ditched into the indian ocean much further north than previously thought. they say they're now moving the focus of the search 680 miles northeast of where it has been undertaken so far. that's pretty extraordinary. tomorrow, remember, it is three week since the plane vanished. so they've taken three weeks, and i would have to say questions have to be asked of those investigators. it's taken them three weeks to look at the analysis of the radar data and come up with this new search area. and planes have been leaving in the last two hours. we don't actually know if they're going to that new search area, but this is the new focus of the investigation. >> bill, that's an extraordinary difference. that's well more than an hour's worth of flying time, 680-mile difference. and it seems if true, that all of the searching

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. according to the new data, the last confirmed communication between the plane and the satellite was at 8:11 malaysian time. 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 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 counterparts have determined the plane's last communication with the satellite was in one of two possible corridors. the northern corridor stretching pr the border of cad swrik stan stan -- kaz kazakstan and turk stan. the southern corridor crossing from indonesia to southern indian ocean. the investigation team is working to further refine the info

, which was obtained from the satellite data service provider, we can confirm that the aircraft shown in the primary radars 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 approximately from indonesia t

which was obtained from the satellite data service provider we can show the primary radarst 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 counterparts have determined the plane's last communication with the satellite was in one of two possible corridors. the northern corridor stretching pr the border of cad swrik stan stan -- kaz kazakstan and turk stan. the southern corridor crossing from indonesia to southern indian ocean. the investigation team is working to further refine the information. in view of this latest development the malaysian authori

data with the faa and the ntsb. they're using that data then to shift the search out into the indian ocean to track that plane from the radardata pings that you talk ed about. the indian navy, the indian air force has joined u.s. vessels in the search along with a very advanced u.s. surveillance plane, a poseidon, as it's called. they're looking for the ship where they expect to find it, and it's no longer thought to be in the south china sea, but in the massive indian ocean. poppy? >> and i think, jim, that that is the key here. they've changed the area where they're searching to the indian ocean, a much, much larger area. and again, they seem to be working off this supposition that the plane was flown in that direction. there wasn't some catastrophic failure that blew it from the sky at its last point of radar contact, which would have been to the east of malaysia. again, that seems to be the direction they're heading right now with developments happening really by the hour here. our jim clancy in kuala lumpur, thanks very much. >>> now let's take you to london, where a meeting is about to get under way between secretary

which was obtained from the satellite data service provider we can show the primary radarst 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 counterparts have determined the plane's last communication with the satellite was in one of two possible corridors. the northern corridor stretching pr the border of cad swrik stan stan -- kaz kazakstan and turk stan. the southern corridor crossing from indonesia to southern indian ocean. the investigation team is working to further refine the information. in view of this latest development the malaysian authori

the task force said analysts came up with a new location after review of existing data. they focus on the original flight path. from take off from kuala lumpur until it turned left. >> the radar data about the aircraft movement before radar contact was lost. this continuing analysis indicates the plane was traveling faster than previously estimated, resulting in increased fuel usage and reducing the possible distance it traveled south into the indian ocean. >> reporter: five of the ten planes in the search zone spotted a debris zone. officials hope that china's ships will be able to reach them to see if they came from the missing plane. but it brings no comfort to the families of missing passengers and crew. in beijing dozens walked out on malaysian officials who came to update them. >> i hope you can see from what is happening today that 154 family members are united. our chinese people are united. the truth that you want to hide will unveil one day. >> reporter: they insist that they reacted responsebly to a very difficult situation. >> the difficulty in identifying shows how complex this investigation is. >> reporter: because the new serve area is closer to land it allows

the radar data has to be analyzed. it is very tedious to analyze radar data. been with the malaysian handling of the situation, information about the missing flight. at griffithriticism university. it is vital that authorities avoid confusion. >> the golden rule of crisis communication and disaster communication is speak with one voice. you can have many voices, but speak with one message. there needs to be a lot of work from this point onwards. as time goes on, the mystery continues. there needs to be a lot of work in the background and coordination between the airline, the government authorities. different speakers, sure, but the message must be consistent. >> president barack obama is flying to europe as we speak. he is consulting with allies on the worsening crisis in ukraine. russian forces have stolen a number of military bases in the ukrainian government has deployed troops along the border. russian president vladimir putin says he has no intention of invading, but the chances of war are rising and they will do what they can to defend the country. washin

which was obtained from the satellite data service provider, we can confirm that the aircraft shown in 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 approximately from indonesia

data. they slowed down or repeated the investigation. if you just look at what's happened in the last 36 hours since they started to share the radar data, look at all the leads that have come up, all the directions we're following. this should have been done within the first 24 hours, not five days into the investigation. it's a tragedy for the investigation, but it's a bigger tragedy for the families that ever to continue wondering and suffering through this before we get a definitive answer. >> for the sake of the families, i hope they figure out what happened as soon as possible. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> with only three days before crimea votes on whether to secede from ukraine. russian troops at three different sites along ukraine's border allegedly for military exercises. it was met with a threat of economic retaliation. uconn's prime minister told the u.n. security council that peace is still possible. >> we still believe that we have a chance. >> the author of a new book joins us. from 2004 to 2006, she first national intelligence officer for russia andure asia at the national intelligence council.

so the physical evidence will be the strongest, but right now the radar data appears to be the only thingwe have. >> does it make sense just from a mechanical standpoint that a transponder would be -- would stop working? does that have to be turned off or is that something that can just malfunction? >> it's hard to see how the transponder would go off and then the airplane would still sort of fly the way it did. you can have an electrical failure, you can have a problem with the antenna, things like that. there are two transponders on the airplane. so you actually would have to fail both of them. so it looks like it's more likely an intentional thing. and then plus it appears if you can believe the malaysian radar reports, thought was coupled with this change in direction. and i can't find any reasonable mechanical failure that would sort of result in that kind of flight trajectory. >> so as far as you're concerned, and again we simply don't know, what are the main points you are watching very closely in all this? >> well again, what i'd really like to know is more data on the radar track

>> well, i think we're comfortable based on the radar data. we're getting now, the technical data points that the plane didn't make this turn. i don't think we have confirmed by technical data or sort of, you know, a source that's willing to be named that they're confirming that the plane went down. look, i think everything -- it's the logical conclusion. but we ought to be clear about when we're drawing conclusions and looking at facts. we don't have the facts yet that the plane went down. that's what we're beginning to hear out of the investigation, but they haven't confirmed it yet. >> richard quest, so little facts. >> fran is right. so little facts. on this core fact of did the plane make a turn, there are these radar pings which is not a radar track. it just means something was trying to communicate i'm here. we know the malaysians this morning did say they are still extending the search into the south china sea. now that's on the eastern side of the certainly. >> not on the west. >> not on the western side. back to fran's very important

radar? >> the malaysians said they had received new radar data earlier in the day, shared by a country, they wouldn't identify the country because they said that capability was sensitive, and that radar data was something of value. now the malaysians saying they got new radar data now giving new coordinates for the search. just further confidence that the plane went south rather than north. it's possible that indian gave that data. when you picture that side of the indian subcontinent there, their radar tracks would be very valuable in terms of determining where that plane went after it book that westward turn. >> richard? >> what we have here, of course, is no definitive, primary radar track. so all the countries involved, whether it's thailand or indonesia or malaysia itself, australia, everybody is going back to the data and looking at it again and again. sometimes they may have been slow to see it the first time. but very often they will be going back again and again to see if they have missed something and then that data -- mary, i don't know whether you can weigh in on this with me --

the radar information from the military, it was at the very boundary of their radar capability. their coverage and the altitude information that they were getting was not accurate. and so, they smoothed the radar datahose points and the plane was at 29,500 feet. never climbed. never descended. >> now, jim, do you think foul play is involved? >> well, i think it's a likely scenario in this event. likely scenario that a criminal purpose was a foot here just like greg said i'm in agreement. it looks deliberate. i think this was a mystery because it was steined to be so. the sequence of events, the western flight path. the maybe evading radar, the way the plane turned and turned, so it seems very deliberate. seems like there's a purpose here. we just have to or investigators have to uncover this purpose, the motive for what happened. it could be that the plane is way down in the indian ocean and the goal of the purpose was to completely disappear and that's not unusual in a suicide case either because sometimes insurance won't pay for suicide and you wouldn't want to be blamed for the murder of all those innocents. >> well, greg and jim, thank you both for your time. >> you're welcome. >> there's for h