switch is in the right position to allow entry into the cockpit from the cabin. and that switch not being in the right position would mean there s nothing you can do. that door is bulletproof. you can t kick it down you can t knock it down you can t wish it down. it s got to have the right configuration, or no entry at all. jim tillmon, very clarifying to have you here tonight. thank you very much. my pleasure. joining us is jim hall the former chairman of the national transportation safety board. thank you for being with us tonight. glad to be with you, rachel. i guess i would just ask basically your reaction to these latest reported details from the new york times, and what captain tilmon just said there, in terms of what that might indicate of what happened in this crash. well rachel if the information is correct, it s most unfortunate. we had a situation while i was chairman of the ntsb which it
configuration, or no entry at all. jim tillmon, very clarifying to have you here tonight. thank you very much. my pleasure. joining us is jim hall, the former chairman of the national transportation safety board. thank you for being with us tonight. glad to be with you, rachel. i guess i would just ask basically your reaction to these latest reported details from the new york times, and what captain tilmon just said there, in terms of what that might indicate of what happened in this crash. well, rachel, if the information is correct, it s most unfortunate. we had a situation while i was chairman of the ntsb which it was the opinion of the national transportation safety board that the co-pilot had put the airplane in a dive to crash it after the captain left the flight deck. it was for that reason we made a
and days to come or fall apart as we cautioned? if this is not an accident but an act of terrorism or some kind, a deliberate act, it s worth noting no one appears to have tried to take credit for it. on the other hand, we looked at this today and found most acts of terrorism do go completely unclaimed. we have seen credible claims for just 14% of all terrorist acts since 1998. a lot of them start as mysteries and confoundingly, frustratingly, they stay mysteries. whatever the outcome of this mystery, the disappearance of malaysia airlines flight 370 entered their second week with investigators hoping they ll get enough information to narrow this seemingly infinite search. a senior u.s. official told the new york times today investigators expect to get more satellite and radar data over the weekend. it s gotten better and better every day. it should provide more clarity to the flight path. it s not a given, but it s a hope. joining us now is jim tillmon,
investigators expect to get more satellite and radar data over the weekend. it s gotten better and better every day. it should provide more clarity to the flight path. it s not a given, but it s a hope. joining us now is jim tillmon, former pilot for the u.s. military who spent 28 ye9 yearsa pilot. he is now based in chicago. mr. tillmon, thanks for being here. thank you, ari. let s start with what we ve been discussing. if the plane, did, in fact, alter its course more than once, what does that tell us, there was definitely a live human being at the controls? i would think so. you know, we ve had all kinds of theories about it and all kinds of things. catastrophe that took place and all of a sudden in all kinds of things began to happen and failing communications gear and navigation gear and all that. but apparently there s somebody that was at the controls. what they were doing, i m not so sure. there was one report where the airport was unexpectedly climbed
former pilot for the u.s. military who spent 29 years as a commercial pilot for american airlines. he is now a science and aviation expert based in chicago. mr. tillmon, thanks for being here. thank you, ari. let s start with what we ve been discussing. if the plane, did, in fact, alter its course more than once, what does that tell us, there was definitely a live human being at the controls? i would think so. you know, we ve had all kinds of theories about it and all kinds of things. catastrophe that took place and all of a sudden in all kinds of things began to happen and failing communications gear and navigation gear and all that. but apparently there s somebody that was at the controls. what they were doing, i m not so sure. there was one report where the airplane was unexpectedly climbed to some crazy altitude