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WHAT IF IT'S POSSIBLE THAT
ANYBODY ON THE FLIGHT TRIED TO
CONTACT THEIR LOVED ONES OR ASK
FOR HELP.
ON SEPTEMBER 11th, HIJACKERS
COMMANDEERED FOUR PLANES,
PASSENGERS AND FLIGHT ATTENDANTS
ON BOARD STARTED MAKING CALL.
>> OUR PURSER IS STABBED.
NOBODY KNOWS WHO STABBED WHO.
>> USING CELL PHONES AND AIR
PHONES, THOSE ON BOARD REACHED
OUT TO LOVED ONE, SOUGHT HELP
AND ULTIMATELY WARNED OTHERS OF
THE IMPENDING ATTACKS.
BUT FOR THE MALAYSIAN FLIGHT
370, SILENCE, NO PHONE CALLS, NO
TEXTS, NO TWEETS.
ONE NETHEORY THAT THE CELL PHON
DIDN'T WORK WAS OF THE ALL THE
TUESDAY.
>> $35,000 FEET IS MUCH TOO
HIGH.
>> YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANY
CONSUMER GRADE TECHNOLOGY TO BE
ABLE TO TALK TO THE GROUND FROM
THAT KIND OF HEIGHT.
>> YOUR CRUISING ALTITUDE,
25,000 FEET, WOULD IT BE POE
POSSIBLE TO RECEIVE A SIGNAL?
>> VERY RARE.
>> THERE WAS SOME POINT THAT THE
PLANE HAD BEEN FLYING OVER
MALAYSIA AND THERE WERE A COUPLE
OF CITIES, MAJOR CITIES AND
TOWNS AND VILLAGES.
IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THOSE
SIGNALS COULD HAVE GOTTEN TO A
CELL PHONE POW CENTER.
>> AGAIN IF PEOPLE WERE AWAKE
TRYING TO USE THEIR PHONE IT IS
POSSIBLE.
HOWEVER IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THEY
WEREN'T ABLE TO OFFICIALLY
COMMUNICATE PIPT'S NOT JUST
SENDING THE RADIO WAVES.
WE HAVE TO BE IN TOUCH LONG
ENOUGH TO HAVE A LITTLE
CONVERSATION.
>> THOSE ON BOARD THE 9/11
FLIGHTS WERE ABLE TO HAVE
CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE THE PLANES
WERE FLYING IN LOW AREAS.
BUT EX-PERTS SAY MOST OF THOSE
CALLS WERE NOT MADE FROM CELL
PHONES BUT AIRLINE PHONES WHICH
USE RADIO OR SATELLITE
TECHNOLOGY.
A TECHNOLOGY THAT HAS BEEN FAZED
OUT BECAUSE OF ITS HIGH COST.
THE PHONES ON THIS PLAN MAY HAVE
BEEN -- THE MORE LIKE LIE
SCENARIO IS THAT NO ONE CALLED
WHEN THE PLANE REVERSED COARSE.
>> THE LIGHTS WOULD HAVE BEEN
DIM.
THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN LITTLE OR
NO CABIN SERVICE.
IT WAS ALMOST AN HOUR INTO THE