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 m
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 disappearance,
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 th
computer system that was most likely programmed by somebody in the cockpit. the person who programmed the change of course would have been somebody knowledgeable about airplane systems. the times reported this sighting, unidentified american officials. joining us to talk more martin savidge and pilot mitchell. welcome back gentlemen. good morning carol. we ve been learning about the airplane. we re focussing on the flight management system. this system here, one here, up there, one here. essentially this is the brain of the plane. it does a lot of things to assist the pilot and co-pilot flying this aircraft. the biggest thing it navigates the plane. think of it as a sophisticate add gps like you have in your
fuel actually was loaded on to that plane before it took off or making the assumption it was only enough to get to beijing and another hour or so? no. they haven t verified how much fuel was on board. they have say that the plane had enough fuel to make it as far as kazakhstan after it was last seen on radar. and kazakhstan, obviously is a long way from malaysia. but they are not at least they are not giving us the precise numbers and saying we can say for certain this how much fuel was on board that 777? no. they are not giving out precise numbers. they are saying it could go as far as kazakhstan or the west coast of australia in the indian ocean. terry, thank you. i know it s it like pulling teeth getting information out of there. thank you, tara. thank you. another clue today. senior officials telling the new york times the plane s first turn to the west was made through a computer system not by manual controls. and the flight path was likely altered by someone in th