information that we re all working from that is entirely clear. a lot of this has come out again, you know, in the way we ve done our reporting through those who are briefed on the investigation, we re familiar with it and certain lei what we ve tried do is be factual in terms of piecing together from what happened from the moment just before that airplane crossed the coast over thailand made its turn to the west and then what we now know has been this long path south to the indian ocean. again, so many more questions than we have ans. william, from your source again which is in the, as you described it earlier, the fbi equivalent of the malaysian government, what is your source saying is the reason that they are settling on the pilot as opposed to anyone else on the plane that could have had piloting experience or the 27-year-old co-pilot? they just believe that the co-pilot wouldn t have been able to do several things they saw happen on that plane to
smaller house with relatives. captain was a supporter of the opposition leader. he attended the pro democracy rallies. the fbi is investigating a home made flight simulator they seized from his house. they have access to the hard drive and have not found a smoke gun. pilot did make a phone call eight minutes before take off, 777 pilot says this took place after the door was shut. we don t know the motive or froern this phone call. the co-pilot. he was young. only 27 years old. he joined malaysian airlines back in 2007. he through the 737. he lived with his parents. he was engaged to marry a woman he met at flight school. he flew the 777 five other times before this flight. they confirm this was in fact his first flight, his first
manipulate it in such a way. at least that s their conclusion. and they also believe that no one in the cabin had that kind of skill as well. now, we don t know how great their vetting process is for the passengers, but they have gone through one and they believe that there s no one there who would have done it. miles, is there any way that go ahead. how do they know? i think that s i m just not buying this at all. furs of all i do not believe the first officer couldn t pull that off. he s a 2700 hour pilot. it s not that complicated maneuver. evading the military. yes. he was new to the 777 but he was a reasonably seasoned young pilot who just came out of intensive training in that aircraft. i don t buy that for a moment. for a law enforcement official to say what does he know about aviation. now this other idea they somehow
that, again, would suggest a motive or anything like that. we heard from the fbi director earlier today speaking to a congressional committee. he said the hard drive that s been at the lab in quantico will be handed over to malasians in the next day or two and teams are still working around the clock. this is a large volume of data they are going through. their hope is though even we haven t found the smoke gun from that hard drive that it will give clues, leads perhaps to follow up on regarding the pilot s background such as finances, communication, emotional state. however i want to make it clear those, that nothing is being ruled out and sources are still looking at the two men in the cockpit as one of my sources said that s still a top priority. thank you very much. joining me is world news editor for usa today along with richard quest, our cnn aviation special miles o brien. great to have all of you with us. william, let me start with you,
ing tonight the breaking news, investigation into the missing malaysian airline flight 370. there s a new report tonight out of usa day which quotes a high ranking malaysian police source saying investigators narrowed their suspicions to the captain and that they believe he quote deliberately redirected the plane. senior u.s. government officials tell cnn investigators are still looking at both the captain and co-pilot and don t yet see a motive. here s what we know so far about two men in the cockpit on that ill fated night. the captain was a veteran pilot, been with malaysian airlines since 1981. 18,365 flying hours on the 777. he was so trained he supervised new pilot training. shah was married with three children and a grandchild. his wife routinely stayed at a