that was on a track to make a youturn, wanted to become invisible, i don t buy into the mechanical fire theory as a cause for this sequence of events. richard quest? absolutely. because what you now have is a direct contradiction in terms of all of the theories. they can t all be right. but if the preprogrammed 12 minutes earlier fact is right, then the mechanical turn around theory cannot be right as well because that preprogram and what i now believe is that that preprogram may not have actually happened when it was done in the flight management computer but may have been when the plane next reported in at 1:07 because when you report in, automatically your next waypoint and your next waypoint are sent along with it. and what i m understanding
acars system reported that there was a program change for the heading in the airplane followed by 12 minutes later when the pilot made his infamous remark all right, good night, pilots don t make their change in course mid-flight without getting permission from air traffic control. they had 12 minutes to talk to air traffic control and did not do that. i think that this this was a well-made plan. i think the fact that they said all right, good night, putting the whole sequence of events together, you have an airplane that was on a track to make a youturn, wanted to become invisible, i don t buy into the mechanical fire theory as a cause for this sequence of events. richard quest?
month. the u.n. general assembly plans to stroet this afternoon on a resolution condemning president assad for the brutal crackdown. our journalists in syria say government forces appear to be losing their tight grip across the northern part of the country. we re going to get a firsthand account on the ground from cnn s ivan watson. reporter: young men and old sit on the ground chain-smoking next to assault rifles, but they say they ve gotten these weapons within the last couple of months. they re trying to protect their communities, their families and villages by laying rings of improvised land mines but they re aware they do not have weaponry to match the tanks or personal carriers and air power of bashar al assad s army. we are learning more about how whitney houston spent her last days. they say she was drinking heavily the week before her body was found in a beverly hills hotel room. hotel guests heard her complaining that her drinks waurpted down. here s what dr. dr