final question what rights do the family members have, that s what the families are asking. arthur rosenberg? bottom line, you say icao and the united nations have to enter the fray and get the malaysians to come clean. david? we need to get congress to put an ambassador back in to the icao so we can push this from the united states side to get the rights exercised that they do have. jim tillman? we need to have some method of making sure the families know how much effort is being used on their behalf. and i think it s phenomenal. michael kaye? simple, don transparency. that s it. and jeffrey thomas? we need the release of that factual report straight away through icao. jeff wise? first of all, the families need to be told what their right are.
yeah. well, and we talked about that even in flight, that it s accessible, the compartment where the uhf, vhf, transponder, and systems are co-located. they re all right there. not only are they accessible from underneath and outside the aircraft before the flight, but after the flight and during the flight. from the cabin, you can get to them, as well. that needs to be worked on. thank you. this is from mike this of e-mailed from reed, flight 370, has there been any real effort to disqualify a terror plot in which an aircraft is taken and then used later in an attack? all the best technological efforts have found nothing in the indian ocean. actually, no crash evidence at all, hmm. look, one of the main elements of warfare that we ve used for hundreds of years is the element of surprise. and if this indeed was a tactic, the element of surprise is completely gone because everyone s air defenses are now at a heightened state because there could be something along those lines.
end, correct? reporter: it is another dead end, but it certainly doesn t mean that people aren t paying attention. even folks we ve been meeting in this various lovely beach community in southern australia or r talking about when they australia, are talking about when they walk along, they search for pieces of the plane. they have been for week. everybody is focused on this. police we talked to on the way here, also they were aware of it. it had been moved from here up north to brusselston. they said it moved on to perth. pictures of it taken, sent to investigators around the world, in the u.s. and malaysia, and canbera. and probably to boeing itself in order to discount this thing. keep in mind the flights are still going up, as well, looking for stuff on the ocean surface. p3s, p d8s, an enormous effort. they ve covered tens of thousands of square miles of ocean. they are not giving up. don? thank you. thank you, michael, as well.
pictures of it taken, sent to investigators around the world, in the u.s. and malaysia, and canbera. and probably to boeing itself in order to discount this thing. keep in mind the flights are still going up, as well, looking for stuff on the ocean surface. p3s, p 8s, an enormous effort. they ve covered tens of thousands of square miles of ocean. they are not giving up. don? thank you. thank you, michael, as well. now to cnn s richard quest in kuala lumpur. there s a preliminary report on flight 370. and you have information on that. what do you have? reporter: don, malaysia has now sent the preliminary report send by the international civil aviation organization, icao, the u.n. body that looks after global aviation if you like. under the rules, they had 30 days to send this report. icao made it clear they wouldn t fuss if it was a bit late bearing in mind the circumstances. the report has been sent. the malaysians have not released the report to the media. perhaps somewhat unusu
final question what rights do the family members have, that s what the families are asking. arthur rosenberg? bottom line, you say icao and the united nations have to enter the fray and get the malaysians to come clean. david? we need to get congress to put an ambassador back in to the icao so we can push this from the united states side to get the rights exercised that they do have. jim tillman? we need to have some method of making sure the families know how much effort is being used on their behalf. and i think it s phenomenal. michael kaye? simple, don transparency. that s it. and jeffrey thomas? we need the release of that factual report straight away through icao. jeff wise?