at this hour, a new theory about ma litigation airlines 3 ownership and where it might be. an independent group of experts says five separate computer models put the plane in the southern indian ocean but it s in a stretch of water hundreds of miles southwest of the previous search area. the group says the plane s equipment was programmed with certain assumptions about a satellite which ended up being false. i want to bring in our aviation analyst ma analyst. what do you make of this? does this seem sound to you? is this a theory worth exploring? what are your thoughts? it certainly is a theory worth exploring and it does seem sound. if anything it backs up the data. i don t take it an attack on the data. what they are saying is the plane s computers were
in the back country at that point. what he has on his side is that, you know, he s a firefighter, he s used to rescuing people, he s trained. he s been in the back country before, so hopefully puts those skills to use. we found his backpack and some footprints and things like that. so they re going to be searching really heavily in that creek bed where he was last seen. the friend, also a firefighter, had to hike for two days just to get help for himself. a helicopter has been flying, searching this remote area. and now to this new theory about malaysian airlines flight 370. and where it might be. an independent group of experts says five separate computer models put the plane in the southern indian ocean. but it s in a stretch of water hundreds of miles southwest of that previous search area. so jeff weise, we bring you in. cnn aviation analyst, jeff weise. you have been in touch with two different people from this independent group. what did they tell you? well, it s really a g
of space shuttles. stay tuned. lit take as you little while. we are still working on it but keep watching. we will be launching again. we will stay in the business, as they said, the united states is not out space business. absolutely. we have proven for 30 years that we know how to get to lower orbit. we built this fantastic international space station. lit keep operating at least through 2020, conducting research in this incredible laboratory with the micro gravity environment of space we cannot replicate here on earth. we are going to still explore and research there but we have proven we know how to get to lower orr. it next step is we need to go on. absolutely. that s going to be the challenge for you and the rest of the folks at nasa. as we see atlantis sitting on the edge of the runway, it is, in fact, over for the space shuttle program. that s right. thank you for that. we want to get the take of what it is like in haas ton at mission control where i
and as you watch this, anderson, we took an aerial tour. i m in tunica county. de soto county is the next county to the north heading towards memphis. the sheriff s office took us up. it was amazing what you would see. you would see water hundreds of yards, sometimes as much as a mile away from the river, land that is supposed to be dry. it is park land, farm land, it is places where people hike and take trails and go out with eir horses, under water. people that have lived here for 40 years say they ve seen nothing like it. we saw one piece of the levy, the army corps of engineer rushing in dirt, seeping water underneath there, getting to the side where the farms are. they think they have it under control. but they re nervous about that. the most heartbreaking thing we saw as we came over a neighborhood, it s known as the cutoff, because it s at the end of a road. there are 330 homes down there. all 330 of them under water. many up to the second floor. most of them destroyed, anderson
i m in tunica county. de soto county is the next county to the north heading towards memphis. the sheriff s office took us up. it was amazing what you would see. you would see water hundreds of yards, sometimes as much as a mile away from the river, land that is supposed to be dry. it is park land, farm land, it is places where people hike and take trails and go out with their horses, under water. people that have lived here for 40 years say they ve seen nothing like it. we saw one piece of the levy, the army corps of engineer rushing in dirt, seeping water underneath there, getting to the side where the farms are. they think they have it under control. but they re nervous about that. the most heartbreaking thing we saw as we came over a neighborhood, it s known as the cutoff, because it s at the end of a road. there are 330 homes down there. all 330 of them under water. many up to the second floor. most of them destroyed, anderson. 25 people, 25 homeowners of the 330 have flood insura