the jetliner was flying in the dark. it would have had to find a way to land without getting word out despite its massive size and the worldwide effort to locate it. there's no one that understands exactly how difficult that would be than the people who fly these sorts of planes. joining me now, latane campbell. 14 years of experience flying international. captain karen pellicone. pilot for another major u.s. commercial airline and ross amer. he spent five years flying the boeing 777. now ceo of aero consulting. ross, let me start with you. in the dark, with no ground control and presumably, it appears, certain automatic functions of the plane turned off, could you get this thing to ground in any way? or is that just an impossible task? >> no, chris. it's a simple thing for a pilot of that caliber that gets to fly a 777. that aircraft has onboard