the pilot, that we know of so far. if there s some evidence there, it s not being shared with us. understandable, it is an investigation, after all, but a lot of these sources on the pilot are coming straight out of washington. not out of kuala lumpur. take note of that. yeah. and, jim, from talking to some of the experts, aviation experts, they were saying that these recorders, these the simulator, could have had a memory. so if he, for example, did a simulation of on a specific track or course, it could have been recorded. so it could lead some key information, if that information is retrieved. reporter: well, you know, and here s another thing that s confusing in the press breiefin. it could be significant if it were to show the re-creation of this flight path. but here for the first time he s saying none of our records show
one is many airline pilots are obsessed with flying. they just love flying. this captain was putting his simulator on facebook. so that s just sort of, i would call, it normy nerdy pilot behavior. that doesn t raise a flag to me. he had a pretty elaborate simulator for this home. to plan a flight to some destination other than the intended destination of beijing, it s not difficult. it wouldn t really take a lot of practice at all. if he had decided to divert it. also, you know, the fact that the data was deleted. i mean, i hope this is some valuable evidence. but, you know, it s like deleting an e-mail. that s right. how much do we all delete stuff in all of our various electronic devices. it may not be significant. but again a new piece of information that we learned this morning. all right. what about this news overnight, steven that flight had been reprogrammed. new waypoints put in before the
end of their rope, it was a chaotic scene here in kuala lumpur. they went in a briefing room, tried to post a huge poster demanding answers. they were taken away forcibly by security before the press conference. john. again, jim, another key detail we did learn that will pop out to some peep, that flight simulator they now confiscated from the pilot, they say there has been some data that was deleted from that flight simulator and they re working to retrieve it. this could be nothing. it s interesting it took them a week to take ahold of this flight simulator to begin with in this investigation, now, they re learning they say some data was deleted. reporter: and so far, there s nothing on the simulator that s untoward. nothing whatsoever. he was an enthusiast. he was online on talking about flight simulation, and what a fun hobby it was. the indications don t point to
breaking news, pockets of resistance flaring up this morning across crimea. vladimir putin now says the peninsula is russia s. what will the u.s. do next? your new day starts right now. good morning, welcome to newdy. i m chris cuomo in new york. we are following breaking news with the malaysia plane. a press conference just ending raising big questions about the flight simulator. get straight to kate in kuala lumpur with the latest. kate? reporter: thanks, chris. good morning again from malaysia where the search for the missing jet is trending south today. we are going to get to that in just a second, but just moments ago, malaysian officials are confirming that some data had been deleted from the pilot s simulator. this is the simulator that was taken from his home in a search on saturday. what that data was, we don t know yet.