radar equipment. he spent days looking across the border to see a what russians are doing. he seemed alarmed and said there s definitely a troop build up. he said on the radar, he had seen attack helicopter, tanks, missiles and artillery systems as well. we asked him, does that mean is that just drills or is this something bigger? he said i can t get involved in politics. he did clearly believe what was going on across the other side of the boarder bigger than military exercises. moving south across the black sea. local elections are taking place in turkey as we speak. they could have national implications. let s head now to ivan watson. this is a huge test of popularity. a lot of people say there s a lot at stake there this weekend.
that time, an airbus, 330. we have lost an aircraft with 228 people on board. scheduled to travel to paris, air france flight 447 flies into turbulent weather and then disappears into the night. no witnesses. there s this plane on top of the water somewhere. are people alive? in the light of day, an aerial search team is designed, yet it s unclear how far the plane flight have flown beyond that point. describe what this means for investigators when a plane goes missing? i think the general public doesn t realize it. but there are large stretches of the ocean where it s uncovered by radar because the radar
air bus 370. this is a catastrophe and we ve lost an aircraft with 228 people on board. scheduled to travel from rio to paris, air france 447 flies into turbulent weather over the atlantic ocean and disappears into night, no witnesses, no mayday. is the plan on top of the water somewhere in are people alive? in the light to have day, an aerial search team exdeproid to examine the air. describe what this means for investigators when a plane goes missing? i think the general public doesn t realize it. but there are large stretches of the ocean where it s uncovered by radar because the radar equipment needs to be on land.
but there are large stretches of the ocean where it s uncovered by radar because the radar equipment needs to be on land. within the first five days of searching, grim discoveries confirm the fate of those on board. bodies and pieces of the airplane including the vertical stabilizer, are found floating on the surface of the sea. but there are still more questions than answers about what downed the air bus 3350. to answer them, investigators will need to low kat the main fuselage. these brightly colored orange devices are commonly known as black boxes. those boxes were put out a ping signal or audible signal with sonar to listen for it. that box is buried under wreckage or stuck in the mud, you won t have any signal. you d be right on top of the wreckage and never get it.
operation. they re using radar equipment, sonar equipment and good old-fashioned eyesight, people lining the side of the planes looking out the window seeing if they can spot the debris picked up by satellites in three different countries, australia, china and france. will ripley, great reporting from kuala lumpur in our breaking news tonight. thank you very much. for our special report, we have a bevy of experts to break down the new radar information on malaysia flight 370. joining me is les abend, a former 777 pilot. a current 777 pilot. aviation analyst jeff wise, a science journalist, mikey kay, former adviser to the uk ministry of defense and aviation analyst maria schiavo, christine densen, oercean explorer and mis o brien, a pilot and aviation analyst as well. miles, i ll begin with you. this new information, a game changer. if so, why? i think so, don. what we re seeing there is the