distress call. that tells me that whatever happened consumed the time of the cockpit crew, the captain and the first officer. and that s not unusual. if you look at the recent cases, they are dealing with whatever is happening. they are whatever took place as a result of the bad weather and that climb that we now believe what was happening when the incident took place, they are dealing with it. and, of course, if you are in a deep storm, the plane is falling out of the sky, you are trying to work out first of all, you may not realize what sort of a bad situation you are in and, secondly, how to get out of it and the last thing you are necessarily doing is thumbing the mike and shouting mayday, mayday. mary, investigators are taking all of the facts that they know of this case, trying to piece them together to find the most likely outcome where they can find the plane. what do you think investigators are making of reports that the