aviation level. that takes us by way of segue to the other big disclosure. the malaysian authorities said something that opened a lot of eyes. we believe that when the co-pilot said all right good night that after they had the transponder off. that was the initial thing. the transponder was already off when they said good night. that suggested some type of sabotage. now they are saying maybe it was work. that makes a lot more sense. it does because often the co-pilot or pilot not flying handle the radio communications. it s very typical and makes perfect sense he would be doing the radios and the pilot in command would be doing the flying. even though we have something unusual, the hand off from tower to tower it will go from malaysia to vietnam there might have been a delay in doing the obvious, john, which is hey the
go ahead, sorry. no, you please go ahead. well, whether or not debris is spotted from one of our helicopters or the ship itself, we go down and we identify each and every piece just to make sure that we re not missing anything. in addition, reports from other sources, whether they be other ships or other military units, we go and identify whether or not something that s been previously reported could be associated with the aircraft. and with a lot of that comes patience. commander gabriel varela, thank
the plane is a flying laptop, a beautifully, well designed electronic airplane. my knowledge is limited in scope because there s not a lot i can do on mechanical issues. that be said, somebody really would require even more intimate knowledge than i have to be able to disable certain electronic aspects of that airplane. and you would need tools that you d have to find a way to get on to the plane, right, tools not available onboard to be able to disconnect them. yes and no. what we call the b and e compartment, you could access that from the cabin area and go downstairs and there s a lot of equipment down there. i spoke with a 777 captain now retired that said he d never
we know. right up and chile, though, a trace. it s a defined swart where we steeing the most even philadelphia could see a couple lower inches. this is the guy currently bringing the snow. that s going to move offshore. behind it comes a second one. the southeast will be talking about rain, may turn to snow. just keep in mind, midwest, we are not done yet, another. so even the threat for isolated important dose. a lot going on. hopefully i got that all in in
no, it should be done quickly. the more confounding thing to me is they first visited the homes on march 9th but it wasn t until this weekend that they conduct the search. u.s. investigators will tell you you conduct the search for the missing here it seems they re off, which may help uncover what the motive was for this. fran, you had v a lot of well-placed sources in the intelligence community here, i on have a few, but i have it tell you i ve never seen anyone so blank as this situation. thank you very much, we ll be leaning on both of you. appreciate the perspective. thanks so much. we ll have more of our coverage on the flight 370 in just a moment. but first today s other top stories starting with russia.