when you consider the fact that you have radio equipment on theary craft that senlds radio equipment realtime, there would be information going to the ground letting them know that there was a change. so the fact that they were not able to get off a distress call, the fact that there was that turn it eeliminated that kind of call. that would mean the plane being in mid air. the debris field, would give us indication of whether or not it goes up before it hits the water.
stations that have claimed that the plane has landed there, and confirmed it s not true. so really we don t know where the aircraft is right now. and let me ask you, if you lose all contact with a plane in this circumstance, do you assume that the plane has crash landed somewher somewhere? well, we will be initially we will be at the [ inaudible ] phase. we need to confirm by establishing contact with the plane, but if we still fail to contact the plane within 60 minutes then we have to activate the local authorities to launch a search and rescue. and tell me, was there any sign in the last moments of contact with the plane whenever that was during the flight, was there any sign of the plane being in any distress? did the pilots report any
ask for the media to leave them alone. two other u.s. citizens identified on the manifest. the malaysiian authorities have been working with the united states to confirm the i.d.s to ensure they were genuinely on the flight. that is beginning to look clear. malaysia officials saying they have not ruled out terrorism at this time or any other cause. they are saying it s too early to draw conclusions. with only two oil slicks found as evidence of the plane being in the area, aviation experts are puzzled as to the cause of its disappearance. take a listen. if it was a bomb or
human behavior. is there anything in the history of the aircraft that you would be looking for? well, absolutely. not only would i look at that particular aircraft, i d like at all other 777s in the fleet of the airline and further beyond that, i would look to the record of the 777s as a whole, perhaps the boeing engineering organization. is there something in the history of the almost 20 year of the plane being in service where there s something in the pattern of how the airplane lands that would give the investigators some sort of clue as what unique thing may have been happening prior to touchdown. todd curtis, appreciate your insights. waiting the head of the national transportation safety board on her way with the first crew of investigators. appreciate your expertise. we ll keep in up to. our special coverage of the crash landing of asiana flight 214 continues. first responders, look at that rushing out on the tarmac, injured carried away on stretchers. we ll talk to dr. gail
senator mccain reiterated that this is a greater important relationship and strategic partnership. back to you. thank you. bolivian president morales furious over his plane being diverted in the search for edward snowden. it prompted an emergency meeting of south american leaders. matthew chance has more. reporter: bolivia could shut down the u.s. embassy and its capital in retaliation for what it says was a conspiracy aimed at its president. one of the messages from an emergency meeting of south american presidents called in protest against the refusal by some european countries to allow a plane carrying the leader morales to cross their territory. amid suspicions of wanted nsa leaker edward snowden was on board. in a joint statement called for a public apology from france, portugal, italy, spain. but stopped short of taking concrete action. back to you, kate. matthew chance, thank you.