beijing. that doesn t necessarily mean it was taken off course, though, for nefarious purposes, though, does it? reporter: no, it doesn t. i mean, there s been an assumption that the plane was hijacked or that the pilots have something to do with it for political or other purposes, but those kinds of motives have never been proven, and i think with the change in the timeline that you ve discussed there, with malaysian officials hear about the shutdown of communications, key communications systems, i think questions are going to be raised anew about the possibility of a mechanical problem and the pilot, really only an experienced pilot would be able to punch in the numbers, the automated pilot system, in order to reach a waypoint what s called a waypoint, a designated area that is near something that he wants to reach. he might have been trying to get the plane to an airport and get the passengers safe on the ground. all right, that s our jim clancy on the phone from kuala
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