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On "Fox News Sunday" House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mike McCaul called the disappearance "intentional" and "deliberate."_ by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Mar 16, 2014 6:52 PM UTC by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Mar 16, 2014 6:52 PM UTC House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mike McCaul on Sunday called the disappearance of [Malaysia Airlines Flight 370](http://time.com/26460/malaysia-airlines-flight-370-pilots-search/) “intentional” and “deliberate.” McCaul said on _Fox News Sunday_ that he believes the evidence points toward problems in the cockpit with the pilot and copilot. Malaysia’s prime minister said this weekend that the plane was deliberately diverted and officials have confirmed that the pilots are part of the investigation. But on CNN, former Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte cautioned against any one theory and stressed that the passengers should be investigated, too. ## Transcript At this point, nothing's really been ruled out when it comes to missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370, but on Fox News Sunda, y House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mike McCaw called the disappearance intentional and deliberate. This was not an accident. And the question who, who's behind that. Something was going on with the pilot. I think, I think this all leads towards the cockpit with the pilot himself and copilot. We do know the pilot and co- pilot did not request a flight together, at least according to Malaysia's defence minister and acting transport minister. Malaysia's Prime Minister says the plane was deliberately diverted and officials have confirmed the pilots are part of the investigation. But on CNN, former Drector of National Intelligence, John Negroponte, cautioned against any one theory, and stressed that the passengers should be investigated too. Including the two Iranian men believed to have boarded the flight with stolen Austrian and Italian passports. All possibilities, in my mind, are still open. Everything we've heard so far, is more of a theory and a hypothesis. Among those theories hijacking, terrorism, and even an elaborate suicide attempt. The US is among 25 countries aiding in the search for the missing 777. 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