aircraft debris brings them closer to answers. evan perez, cnn, washington. the u.s. assessment is renewing its focus on the captain and first officer of mh370. a closer look at him. reporter: captain shaw and copilot hamid, in church of mh370 when it vanished. the last transmission spoken by the captain, age 53 a veteran joining malaysia airlines in 1981 logging 18,000 hours of flying experience. father of three, passionate about aviation. so much so that he built a flight simulator in his home in this gated community. zaharie wanted to share what he knew posting aviation tutorials on his own youtube channel. after the plane s disappearance,
questions swirled around his marital status. but an international investigation committee found no indications that cast suspicion on him or his copilot. this is copilot fa reek. he was in the cockpit as cnn reported a feature story on the airline shortly before mh370 disappeared. age 27 fariq joined the airline in 2007. much less experienced, this picture cast doubt on his conduct in the cockpit. two south african women say fariq invited them into the cockpit during 2011 flight, a breach of safety rules. as the search stretched into months former faa investigator thomas anthony kept returning to this question. why the systematic shut down of tracking devices aboard the plane. is that a coincidence? it is an incredible coincidence. reporter: anthony spent 25 years with the faa and tsa
important piece of evidence. police confirmed to cnn they are trading another piece of debris found in reunion island as part of the mh370 investigation. now it looks like the remnants of a suitcase and it has search crews looking for other potential crews. cnn national correspondent is on reunion island. reporter: search helicopters passed overhead scouring the shoreline. this is where the plane debris wash aid shore and this is where it was found by the beach clean-up crewes who dragged it across the pebbles and lent it over there against that stone wall cleaning much of the evidence off it in the process. it was only when the police and special investigation unit turned up that it began it dawn on them that perhaps they did discover something pretty crucial. translator: johnny s been working on this stretch of beach
guests in the cockpit, too. this woman took photos while she was in the cockpit with him where he and his colleague smoked cigarettes. after the crash, malaysia airlines said they were shocked by the allegations. by the time those final words were spoken by mh370s cockpit to air traffic control, they said they had already started to alter the flight plan. was it the pilot? did he disable communications systems and turn off the transponder? it helps those on the ground locate the plane. if this wasn t just a terrible accident whoever did this never wanted to be found. randi kaye, cnn, new york. so many questions about this new little piece of evidence that could bring many answers potentially. for more on this investigation, let s bring in jeffrey thomas the editor in chief and managing
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