airline pilot and aviation safety specialist with safety operating systems. and sean pernicky, accident investigator for flight 5191. so, gentlemen, sean, i m giving you the first one. this is a question for michael. has anyone flown the route back over malaysia to see if there is any ground wreckage, maybe other data is incorrect? we don t know the answer. but do you think that they should do that? fly back over the route, retrace? yeah, it s actually a pretty straight forward question. that would be someplace that you would go back to your last known points, points in time and place. what would they see? basically what you re looking for is obviously the wreckage, but in areas for example on land where it s heavy forestation or
experts may prove useful. do you think this can be a possibility? do you think it could be? well, it s rather hard to say. the problem is we just have so few data points, right? and more and more interpretations of limited data just yields more and more speculation that s not really on solid ground. okay. one more for you, captain. this is from john. does the malaysian flight 370 have the ability to jettison, or to dump fuel while in flight? if so, do you think it could throw off anticipated flight and speed versus fuel distance, and the plane may be nowhere near the current search? well, certification san datas are such, that if the max certificated landing weight, for some exceptions you do have to have a fuel jettison system. usually it s very good at
conference a few hours later. i would like to refer to the news report suggesting they continued the flight after last contact. they were concerned and these reports are inaccurate. they go on to say they have been speaking and they spoke to rolls skprois boeing both on the ground here. they have been here several days and they were shown this story and denied that as well. they said those reports are inaccurate. that is being knocked down. a few hours later, the same information with you on the u.s. it s difficult to get a handle on. this is part of a patent. you will remember there was information that the plane may have turned around and gone cross the country into the straits on the west. that was reported and knocked
correspondents in washington including barbara star saying that the flight may have flown on four to five hours over the ocean. there were pings picked up hours after the plane had vanished. long after the plane had vanished. that is our correspondent in malaysia. we will get back to him and barbara star as well as other analysis on the breaking news here on cnn. [announcer] if your dog can dream it, purina pro plan can help him achieve it. driving rock/metal music stops music resumes music stops music resumes [announcer] purina pro plan s bioavailable formulas deliver optimal nutrient absorption. [whistle] purina pro plan. nutrition that performs. hey, buddy? oh, hey, flo. you want to see something cool? snapshot, from progressive. my insurance company told me not to talk to people like you.
well. i will echo that point for sure. this is a valuable piece of the puzzle combined with other pieces that is leading them to turn some of the attention to the indian ocean. you have the engine data and the radar from the malaysian air force that we have been reporting on that showed that path and turn and long flight to heading in a southwesterly direction out towards the indian ocean. they have knowledge of how much fuel was in the tanks of that plane when it took off and made that plane. that gives them a sense of how far it can fly. gives them a sense of the range on the map. the trouble is it can fly for a long period of time. that s an issue here. i know there has been frustration with the sharing of information, particularly the raw data from the malaysian side sharing with other countries involved with the serpent. others with the resources to analyze the data and make the best conclusions. they get that in better form that allows them to have