on for a number of hours and then set off the basic sum can we work out which way it went? and then by tuesday they drew up a suggested arc to the south and north, if you like, to where they would want to look. it is not the case of where we really set up an idea and said, it s here. and by wednesday, march 12th, we understand the malaysian authorities had it. can you confirm that? i can confirm that on the tuesday we supplied it to the investigation. and then that thursday, the uss kidd deployed to the indian ocean, that friday, the uss poseidon aircraft deployed to the indian ocean. and it was not until march 15th that they redirected the search to the western coast of malaysia, do you believe that malaysia acted fast enough? i can t say whether they acted fast enough. in all of these crisis situations you have to run out all the information you
i can t testify to what they would understand. but the pilot i flew with understood how it could turn off a transponder, but they didn t understand the other. it requires some effort from the sound of it. i don t mean to be blocking. no, i understand. so when you hear this plane goes down or goes missing, it was saturday, march 8th, malaysia time, friday march 7th, u.s. time. and you start to check your signals and your data immediately, you notice the pinging going on, you you ultimately determine it is this flight, that this flight flew on for many hours after it disappeared. now, i want to go through the time line with you because there is a question about whether the malaysian authorities lost days and wasted resources in searching on the eastern coast of malaysia when they knew or had reason to know the flight had gone westward and could not be there. you communicate, and inmarsat
i can t testify to what they would understand. but the pilot i flew with understood how it could turn off a transponder, but they didn t understand the other. it requires some effort from the sound of it. i don t mean to be blocking. no, i understand. so when you hear this plane goes down or goes missing, it was saturday, march 8th, malaysia time, friday march 7th, u.s. time. and you start to check your signals and your data immediately, you notice the pinging going on, you you ultimately determine it is this flight, that this flight flew on for many hours after it disappeared. now, i want to go through the time line with you because there is a question about whether the malaysian authorities lost days and wasted resources in searching on the eastern coast of malaysia when they knew or had reason to know the flight had gone westward and could not be there.
on for a number of hours and then set off the basic sum can we work out which way it went? and then by tuesday they drew up a suggested arc to the south and north, if you like, to where they would want to look. it is not the case of where we really set up an idea and said, it s here. and by wednesday, march 12th, we understand the malaysian authorities had it. can you confirm that? i can confirm that on the tuesday we supplied it to the investigation. and then that thursday, the uss kidd deployed to the indian ocean, that friday, the uss poseidon aircraft deployed to the indian ocean. and it was not until march 15th that they redirected the search to the western coast of malaysia, do you believe that malaysia acted fast enough? i can t say whether they acted fast enough. in all of these crisis situations you have to run out all the information you
on for a number of hours and then set off the basic sum can we work out which way it went? and then by tuesday they drew up a suggested arc to the south and north, if you like, to where they would want to look. it is not the case of where we really set up an idea and said, it s here. and by wednesday, march 12th, we understand the malaysian authorities had it. can you confirm that? i can confirm that on the tuesday we supplied it to the investigation. and then that thursday, the uss kidd deployed to the indian ocean, that friday, the uss poseidon aircraft deployed to the indian ocean. and it was not until march 15th that they redirected the search to the western coast of malaysia, do you believe that malaysia acted fast enough? i can t say whether they acted fast enough. in all of these crisis situations you have to run out all the information you