A mistake. Now there is confusion because of contradictions. Rolls royce and boeing have told malaysia nothing about the transmissions. Air Traffic Controllers lost contact with the plane shortly after that, theyre thinking around 1 30 a. M. Joining us to sort through the twists, retired American Airline pilot jim tillman and richard joining us in the studio. First, jim what do you make of the report that were hearing the plane may have continued to fly some four additional hours after contact was lost . Well, i can tell you that its as plausible as many of the other scenarios weve heard. Sure enough, there would have been enough fuel for the airplane to fly that far. Why wasnt it on radar . I dont know. I dont know how low an airplane like that would have to fly to duck under the radar, probably 400500 feet under the deck. Could they manage that . I dont know. The captain had a flight simulator, very so fiphisticaten his home, if you want to follow that reason. You have to follow logi
Communicated with the ground. And where is the debris . So far not a speck found. Even if search crews were able to discover a speck of flight 370, that doesnt mean that the reason for the disappearance will follow. Good afternoon, everyone. Im jake tapper. Welcome to the lead. A new wrinkle in the story that has captivated the plan. Its been six days since Malaysia Flight 370 disappeared, seemingly into thin air. Six days of dead ends and false alarms its taking on dimensions such as the doomed planes and now nearly a week after flight 370 vanished without a trace, the white house says the search will get even wider. It is my understanding that one possible piece of information or collection pieces of information has led to the possibility that a new area, a search area may be opened in the indian ocean. In the indian ocean. What is this new information that has propelled the search in a different direction towards the west . The plane may have flown on for several hours beyond the la
Points they take that make sense if you look to control of a border area. Nick patton wash. Thats it for us. See you at 11 00. Good evening from boston. I am bill weir. We begin with breaking news on the never ending hunt for flight 370. Navys underwater search vehicle aborted its mission. It exceeded its operating depth of just under three miles deep. A built in safety feature returned it to the surface after six hours of data gathering. Technicians looking at that data hoping against hope it might present some trace of the plane after a disappointing first search day. Revelations about the copi lots cell phone, a u. S. Official tells cnn the phone made contact with a cell tower in malaysia about the time the plane vanished from radar. What does it mean . Here in boston were remembering another moment that shocked so many around the world, one year ago tonight this town was giddy with the anticipation of another Boston Marathon. But with no idea the two brothers with two Pressure Cook
New information and indication here is of those two iranian men who boarded this plane with stolen passports. One is 18, who was trying to join his mother in germany. The other is 29 years old, he was trying to get to denmark. Investigators say the mens motive appears to be illegal immigration and not terrorism. But the head of the Central Intelligence agency says theyre not ready to rule out other terrorism links to this plane just yet. Listen to this. This is not the time to relax because we know there are terrorist groups that are still determined to carry out attacks, including against especially against aircraft. At this point, youre not ruling out that it could be terrorism. Not at all. That was john brennan speaking as the search turns to the western part of the malaysian peninsula. This is new information just coming in to cnn. Still, no answers from distressed family members. Tensions boiling over between the families and representatives of Malaysia Airlines in beijing today.
Preprogrammed the turn as part of a normal contingency plan to be executed in case of mechanical problems with the plane. Thats the latest on many Key Developments today. Were going to focus on it with our team of experienced pilots in and out of the Flight Simulator. The search area, instead of shrinking is just growing again today, nearly as big as the continental United States. More on all of it tonight starting with our kyung lah reporting from kuala lumpur in malaysia. Kyung . Reporter the investigation into why Malaysia Airlines flight 370 vanished took another strange turn today. Officials believe the jets Navigation System was intentionally altered, saying someone in the cockpit with knowledge of how it works entered in new coordinates to steer them way off course. Its unclear whether the changes occurred before takeoff or during the flight. Police also continued to investigate both pilots, their homes, personal computers and emails were all searched for anything suspicious. Bu