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At 1:19 p.m. on March 8, 12 minutes after the plane had changed course to the west, co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid gave a routine "All right, good night" in his final radio call.

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A physical disconnection of the satellite communications system would require extremely detailed knowledge of the aircraft, its internal structure and its systems.

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Also emerging as a possible focus is whether more than one person on board the plane may have been involved in its disappearance.

The satellite pings stopped roughly five hours after the other systems stopped working, cutting off all identifying signals from the plane. Aviation investigators are trying to determine, among other things, whether someone would have had to climb into an electronics bay located on the plane's lower deck to disable that equipment.

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Not saying you're wrong, but I don't think there is evidence that those points were "Entered" into anything.

I think the common thinking as of now is that they caught random blimps on radar at times that would be constant with someone following those waypoints.

Correct me if I'm wrong

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Followup: And would entering the waypoints be the only way for them to coordinate if they shut down the transponder and anything else that could be tracked?

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For someone completely stupid... What does that mean? Are the waypoints the common routes that flights would take?

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(CNN) -- Investigators are looking into concerns that lithium batteries in the cargo hold, which have been blamed in previous crashes, could have played a role in the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, according to U.S. officials briefed on the latest intelligence and law enforcement developments in the investigation.

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I don't believe the suicide theory. If he wanted to kill himself why murder 239 other people while your doing it? And if he's a devout Muslim (yeah I know) Allah don't like either murder or suicide.

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The cockpit voice recorder (CVR) recorded the Captain excusing himself to go to the lavatory, followed thirty seconds later by the First Officer saying in Egyptian Arabic "Tawkalt ala Allah", which translates to "I rely on God." A minute later, the autopilot was disengaged, immediately followed by the First Officer again saying, "I rely on God." Three seconds later, the throttles for both engines were reduced to idle, and both elevators were moved three degrees nose down. The First Officer repeated "I rely on God" seven more times before the Captain suddenly asked repeatedly, "What's happening, what's happening?" The flight data recorder reflected that the elevators then moved into a split condition, with the left elevator up and the right elevator down, a condition which is expected to result when the two control columns are subjected to at least 50 pounds (23 kg) of opposing force. At this point, both engines were shut down by moving the start levers from run to cutoff. The Captain asked, "What is this? What is this? Did you shut the engines?" The First Officer did not respond. The Captain repeatedly stated, "Pull with me" but the FDR data indicated that the elevator surfaces remained in a split condition (with the left surface commanding nose up and the right surface commanding nose down) until the FDR and CVR stopped recording. There were no other aircraft in the area. There was no indication that an explosion occurred on board. The engines operated normally for the entire flight until they were shut down. From the presence of a western debris field about 1,200 feet (370 m) from the eastern debris field, the NTSB concluded that the left engine and some small pieces of wreckage separated from the airplane at some point before water impact.

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