CNN Exclusive: Analysis shows Flight 370 crashed in Indian Ocean - CNN.com

CNN Exclusive: Analysis shows Flight 370 crashed in Indian Ocean - CNN.com: "



• Lithium batteries: U.S. officials say investigators are looking into concerns that lithium batteries in the cargo hold, which have been blamed in previous crashes, played a role in the disappearance, according to U.S. officials briefed on the latest intelligence and law-enforcement developments in the investigation. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release details to release details to the media.
If the batteries being carried on the plane caused a fire, it still doesn't fully explain other anomalies with Flight 370, the officials say, such as why it may have turned west and then flown toward the Indian Ocean.
If lithium batteries were smoldering, likely the first instinct of the pilots would have been to turn around and return to the airport -- not fly for an additional five hours, said Arthur Rosenberg, an aviation expert who is a pilot, engineer and partner in the New York-based law firm Soberman & Rosenberg.
It's also likely radio traffic would have initially been picked up, as it was with the pilots aboard Swissair Flight 111 that crashed off the coast of Canada following a fire, he said"



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I knew that someone would try to work this angle.  It just doesn't compute well with all the other anomalies.