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Automated system that because -- with that configuration, the nose tends to go up. they put in a system that, when that happens, it would automatically push the nose down. so this, i automobibelieve -- t what happened in lion air. we dont know whether this is what happened in this aircraft. when the auto pilot is turned off, even with it off, the system still pushes the nose down. if it thinks that the nose is going up uncommanded. so if theres a failure in the angle of attack indicator which te...

Denser so they can try to restart the engine. instead, the captain asks the flight engineer to restart engine number four while they are still at 41,000 feet. the restart attempt fails and the continued loss of thrust slows the airport down. >> if you have the failure of one engine, you have an unbalanced power and the airplane will tend to want to roll toward the failed engine because there is more power being produced on the other wing. >> the airplane is rolling to the right toward engine fou...

We also know that shortly before this plane came in at 11:05, that other pilots reported good braking action. thats why they allowed other planes to advance. >> i guarantee you that crew heard that. i venture to say that crew knew exactly what the previous pilots went through when they landed. and so they knew what the wind was. they could get that feel. now, on the md-88, this is an older aircraft. it probably didnt have auto-land capability. the 777 and the 757s, the later model aircraft that ...

It was up to 34,000 feet per minute and that exceeds anything the plane could do and so i think it was a tremendous updraft and at that rate that is not a controlled descent. it is supposed to be 2,000 feet per minute. >> and those tremendous up and down drafts how difficult to control the plane in those circumstances? >> it is not so much the control issue, it is the fact that the crew would be attempting to creep that airplane basically right side up and they might be having -- adding some str...

Precarious situation. i know they practice with flight simulators with every situation and they are prepared for everything, but sometimes mother nature is much stronger and throws a curve at you. jay how true. i think it was about eight years ago southeast asia airline went bankrupt and in large part because of an accident and it was flying on a fairly routine flight and there were some thunderstorms in the area, but there there was a malfunction on board and they accidentally knocked the auto ...

Thats warning us were getting down to around 2500 feet, but notice without doing anything, were not touching any of the controls, mitchell does not have the auto pilot on, this plane is level. its steady. and it is descending. whats the rate of descent? >> were descending at 2,000 feet per minute. >> reporter: thats the way the plane was engineered. with no one at the controls, with the auto pilot off, it is meant to fly level and it is meant to descend gradually as best it can with the nose up ...

Bowing built this in a special way. how good is this aircraft? >> probably one of the best aircraft in the world and that is because i am not familiar with the bowing 787. the newest version. it is the finest plane i have every flown. it is nice when you hand fly it. >> what does that mean? >> just take auto pilot off and fly it like a small airplane. it fells like you are flying a real airplane. it is easy to fly. >> it is safe? >> it is very safe >> what do you think happened here, hank? >> i ...

Has turned off. another communication turned off separately. deliberately. and then you have got a plane, apparently flying low enough to evade radar. so you have got someone who is smart enough to do that that doesnt seem like some sort of quirky event. that seems -- >> yes, i know. it does sound deliberate. and it sounds like it was deliberately done by someone by someone though thought was going to be easier than they had prepared for because its easy to turn the auto pilot off. there is is a...

Somewhat normally. so that would sort of rule out the idea of an in-flight breakup or a crash into the sea. >> so if it was going for four or five hours, so it was flying -- would it have been flying, john, ill bring you into this conversation, would it have been flying because pilots were flying it or was there an automatic flying operation under way? >> well certainly the auto pilot could still be operating. just because they operate and opt to turn off the transponder doesnt have any effect o...

Was harder than whatever they had trained on, you know, possibly a similarity or maybe another type of aircraft. it does sound strange. it sounds like somebody is trying to get the hang of it. and are having a hard time with it. but i find it surprising that this kind of data wasnt forthcoming earlier. >> hank, since you have flown these 777s, im curious, what does it take to overcome the auto pilot? what do you have to do? is it a button to turn off the transponder? because that plane went up, ...