route and then indicated there were no problems with the flight. a timeline that would seem to strongly suggest foul play by the co-pilot and anyone else active in the cockpit at the time. but, crucial caveat, former national transportation safety board investigator greg feith told nbc news this new information does not necessarily by itself indicate ill intentions. according to feith, "some pilots will program into an alternate flight path in the event of emergency. we don't know what the reason was for this particular flight plan, whether to go back to kuala lumpur or take the airplane somewhere away from beijing." this information follows a report today in "the new york times" according to senior american officials the flight's sharp turn was carried out through a computer system that was most likely programmed by someone in the plane's cockpit who was knowledgeable about airplane systems. meanwhile amidst growing speculation that one or both of the flight captain or first officer may have been responsible for the flight's