of malaysia, not only did the track change of the plane trying to avoid radar detection in indonesia, but officials have also played control tower audio to friends of the pilots. not family members. but no one was able to identify those voices. what do you suppose officials are trying to pinpoint right now? two things come in close proximity, a change of the track and then the identification of the voices and the last communications. first of all the reporting of the change in the track is not really new reporting. it s the motive that it was on purpose to avoid radar. that theory is what s new about that. malaysian officials early on said that plane was hand flown. it was a criminal act. somebody intentionally made it change course, not knowing whether it was by the pilots themselves or intruder in the cockpit making them do it. that part is not really new.
we re also learning brand-new details about the potential path of the plane at the very start. just after it dropped off malaysian military radar, as you key right here in this graphic. a senior malaysian source now tells cnn it appears the plane went north and then around indonesian airspace you see right there. that move may have been intentional to avoid detection in indonesia. first a closer look at the details about the possible flight path now. senior international correspondent nic robertson is live for us in kuala lumpur, arab. nick, what more can you tell us about the plane skirting indonesia and why? well, fredricka, what we re being told by officials here, they have been able to make this calculation based on more radar data available for neighboring countries. they have been able to use that to get the accurate plot of where the flight flew after it
malaysian government are raising suspicions that missing flight 370 may have tried to avert radar detection. the source tells cnn the plane flew around indonesia in an attempt that may have been to avoid detection. why the plane would do that is still a mystery and certainly crews in the indian ocean are rushing to figure out if three underwater sounds are relating to the missing plane. a british ship just arrived in the area where a chinese ship had detected two pulse signals and an australian ship with a noise it detected 350 miles to the north of where the chinese ship is and now the british ship. our panel joining me kit darby, mary schiavo, rob mccallum. now this ship is on the scene, what is the process, how do they coordinate with the ship. rob, it would seem this is apples and oranges, the chinese
in 2009 it passed right over the box from flight 447 in the atlantic. in that case the pinger locater failed to find the pinger. they said that s because the pinger had broken off from the black box. it might have been damaged. three other cases success, egypt air crash in the atlantic in 1999 and air crash of adam air jet off indonesia. the black boxes were found by search areas were small. malaysia air is the fifth attempt and still a long shot. we have nothing to use. it s a better shot on the indian ocean. an official from the manufacturer expresses confidence telling us if that pinger on malaysia airlines 370 is working and they are searching in the right area, they will find it. the pinger locater will speak for itself. a new ship with equipment is