It was during this hour exactly one week ago we first found out that plane was missing. We now know its last communication took place an hour after takeoff from kuala lumpur. Ill explain what were looking at. According to the New York Times report we have tonight malaysian military radar shows the plane climbing at that turn to 45,000 feet. That altitude is above the approved limit for this type of aircraft. Were going to talk about why thats so significant later this hour. The radar track then shows the plane descending unevilly to 23,000 feet as it approached the highly pop pew rated Penang Island towards malacca towards the indian ocean. Another very Significant Development is what youre looking at between those in those two white boxes. Our Barbara Starr reporting breaking at this hour. The plane then continued to fly on one of two possible flight paths. As you can see a dramatic turn to the right or toward the left. Officials say the plane flew either in a northwesterly direction
We got a chance to talk to the Lieutenant Commander and see the plane. Motivation air crew recognize the gravity of the situation. They are going out to give people closure. Looks like a passenger plane but not at all. It looks like the systems that we have on. We call the truck portion of the airplane. It is a 347. It is stern at thousands of miles of ocean and it can be difficult. Everything looks the same. It can be. If you think about the winds flow around the earth without interruption. It is part of the job to go out and keep looking until you find it. And the question is of course. Will they be able to find it. Conditions before tough according to that squadrant commander. At times don, the water looks like a giant washing machine. You can imagine how tough it is for them. They are set to take to the skies again in one hour. Appreciate that. I want to run these developments by our cnn analysts. Pay lot and cnn aviation analyst miles obrien is also with us. Lets talk about the Ai
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