and topography that can make a search even more daunting. if the search turns to the ocean floor, aviation investigators say american expertise will lead the way. we have got some tremendous technology. the airplane is in the water. it is likely going to be found. for years, the united states and soviet union played the cat and mouse game with submarines. the technology that was developed as a result of that is phenomenal. our next guest is at the forefront of that technology serving as the director of special projects at woodshol oce oce oceanographic. how taunting is th dauntin
engines produced by man. one of these engines could power a 747. one could outperform all four of those engines. one engine. these are rolls royce engines. there are two on this airplane. one alone running it idle would suck all the air out of madison square gardens in less than one second. that s how powerful these engines are. this is fascinating, guys. i have to take a break. we ll be back with much more in the newsroom. ? an apron is hard work. an apron is pride in what you do. an apron is not quitting until you ve made something a little better. what does an apron have to do with car insurance? for us, everything.
there s about 13 or 14 redundant systems in this airplane, the systematic shutting down of those systems indicates to me that it was done deliberately by human hand. if it was a mechanical failure it would have been shut off all at once, mechanical systems. turning it off one at a time a strong indication that it was done by someone in the cockpit deliberately. okay, we re good. we re going to pause this conversation because i have to take a break, but so fascinating. we re going to come back to you, so, martin, stick around. i m sorry, sir, i didn t catch your name. what is your name? mitchell. so, mitchell, martin, stick around. we re going to take a break and be right back with more. if you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis, like me,
the maintenance people and the housekeeping people. you know, hundreds and hundreds of people have access to an airplane on the ground before it even takes off and could introduce, you know, something harmful. we just had a guy fall out of the wheel well dead on a plane landing at dulles airport here in washington about a month ago. how did he get in the wheel well and ride on that aircraft as it flew across the ocean. so, you have many questions about the airport security, the ground security and then the personnel and people security in the plane. bob, back to this pilot for just a second, by all accounts, he was dedicated. he had lots and lots of experience. he was 53 years old. been flying for, what, 30 years? he built this flight simulator inside of his house although, maybe it was just because he was passionate about his job, but i just wondered if you knew any other pilots who did such a thing? i m sure there are pilots, knowing pilots, i suspect that that is not at all a ra
up to have 500 other islands and it is long and skinny. others say it looks like an airport runway. is it even possible a large jetliner could land on this strip of land? highly unlikely. you would require a paved facility, reinforced concrete runway. this thing weighs 250 tons. there is a difference between safely landing and trying to ditch or crash an airliner. that s a different conversation. i think what we need to realize is that, if, indeed, that plane did change course and deviate from the former wave points. there was a reason something had to happen in that airplane to make it intentionally need to make it go the other way. what the previous guest talked about and i think should be a major point of emphasis, is we