otherwise the transponder is the device that transmitting its altitude back to air traffic control. you turn that off and you don t have altitude any more. our hope now is the emergency locator transmitter if this indeed went into the indian ocean, the emergency locator transmitters in the black boxes could signal up to 14,000 feet. michael, thanks so much for being with us this evening. new details about the pilot of missing flight 370. who were they and could they be responsible? that s [ male announcer ] this is joe woods first day of work. and his new boss told him two things cook what you love, and save your money. joe doesn t know it yet, but he ll work his way up from busser to waiter to cf before opening a restaurant specializing in fish and game from the great northwest. he ll start investing early, he ll find some good people to help guide him, and he ll set money aside from his first day of work
device that transmitting its altitude back to air traffic control. you turn that off and you don t have altitude any more. our hope now is the emergency locator transmitter if this indeed went into the indian ocean, the emergency locator transmitters in the black boxes could signal up to 14,000 feet. michael, thanks so much for being with us this evening. new details about the pilot of missing flight 370. who were they and could they be responsible? responsible? that s
michael, i m sure you are familiar with the malaysian prime minister had to say overnight and now the reference to deliberate activity in the cockpit. does it sound to you, including the times report, that the 777 reached an altitude of 45,000 feet that this was manned or unmanned. it is impossible to tell. i don t think we can take anything off the table. we have to consider the mechanical aspects and sabotage and hijack. it is looking more like the latter two given the evidence. you have four communication methods. emergency locator transmitters in the tail setoff by seawater. you have two distress signals. also victor on 121.5. you have the a-cars. you have four methods and
year where recorders use and serves any useful function, it s hard to make a case that the airlines of the world have to spend millions of dollars to buy new recorders that are marginally more capable. now, the faa also been looking, shep, at ways to strengthen the requirements for emergency locator transmitters. none of it really makes sense to me because on the way back from kiev the other day we have wi-fi in the plane at 35,000 feet above the atlantic ocean. the whole way here. and they can t have those planes stream some information about where they are the whole time? of course they can. well, it s definitely something they re looking to do in the future and looking to improve this technology. and i think it comes down to what that former ntsb official said which is money. they have wi-fi on there because i pay for it. it s a revenue stream for them. i guess there s no revenue stream in all those lives at the bottom of the deep blue sea. let s get more on this and joining
would grab the emergency locator transmitters that have to be activated. they will go on if you throw them in the water. they are water-activated. that hasn t happened. i m inclined to think that s not the case. there is a lot of triple canopy jungle. i wanted to ask you on that. we keep focusing so much on the water. there is heavily forested area in that part of the world. it s possible it could be on the land and you wouldn t see it. if you are not looking there. it would be not impossible, but difficult. can we see any recent flame or explosions or a new gash on the ground. it takes time to sort the data. 27,000 square miles of ocean plus all the land mass that airplane potentially flew over. the fact that they made a turn towards land makes me think it was a catastrophe in the cockpit that was caused by a breech of