chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge has the latest on the hunt for flight 370. u.s. investigators including the ntsb and faa are engaged in a second intense review of the signal s data, sources tell fox news. to zero in on the missing jet s path as the search in its 11th day takes on greater urgency. they re assessing the trajectory of the aircraft based on fuel and what is known about the jet s path once the transponder went dark 40 minutes into the flight. investigators are also measurish how far it can travel without power. it can glide, though obviously not long distances. with the pilot and co pileant under scrutiny, there s no evidence so far that the jet crashed, leaving credence to the theory that it could be sitting on a runway. the malaysian media is reporting a half dozen remote landing strips were found on the flight simulator recovered from the
u.s. officials are not commenting on the accuracy of the claim. the flight turned westward was programmed in the computer reenforcing the theory that the jet was redirected by the pilots or one or more individuals with flying experience. the aircraft was scheduled to fly to/beijing. it was reported in new york times today. it could be speculation. it is once you are in the aircraft, anything it possible. the malaysia media reported that a half dozen remote landing strips were found on the 53-year-old pilot simulator. also today malaysia opposition leader confirmed that he is related to the 53 year old pilot adding weight to the theory that he may have had a political motive for diverting the flight.
land. it may need more than that to take off, but to put it down on a hard surface on a gravel surface, oh, yes, it can be done. this aircraft can also a fly below radar detection. so the hijacker could have takenen over the aircraft, put it down on the deck, flown it underneath any kind of radar and put it down on a planned place on the face of the earth. that might be a remote location that was preplanned. now there are 634 runways within the range that the flight of the 370 could have landed. wow. that s a lot of targets. anybody covered this story about how many remote landing strips there are in thailand? we had quite a few of them in the vietnam war. they are probably still around unless somebody cut the grass. there are plenty of places a 500-foot run way could have been cut. it could have landed at a remote stretch or in a desert somewhere.
unwinding of rumors. oil slicks sighted off the coast of vietnam. chinese satellite pictures of possible debris. a floating door that was not a floating door. two iranian passengers carrying stolen passports. by thursday, if not before, dozens of ships and airplanes were scouring the gulf of thailand. then new information impelled authorities to extend their search in the indian ocean. what we thought of as such a small world turned into a vast panorama of seas unexplored. after sending what was to believe its last signal bag ld reason. when an official was quoted as saying the plane may have been diverted for another purpose, the specter of hidden landing strips and triple canopy jungle transformed the story into
lands and most are uninhabited. india has a naval there. tom is a former national transportation safety board investigator. to you first. can they hijack a 777 airliner and land without being detected. is that feasible? i think it s highly unlikely to be undetected. it s a large aircraft and people on board, you need a large runway. i would be surprised. you would be surprised. richard? i would be more than surprised. and also we heard from the authorities in the andman isl d islands that of the 36 inhabited islands that have landing strips, few or none would take a 777 and there no reports. as for those that are