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Controller could have landed the aircraft. >> reporter: right now, auto pilot systems are manually switched on and off at the discretion of the pilots in the air. auto pilot cannot land or takeoff. this potential solution could present a new problem. >> this is not necessarily hack proof. >> not hack proof. terrorists may be able to get into the data stream and force the plane to land or do whatever. >> reporter: has boeing advanced the idea from ten years ago? is the company still testing it ou...

Among the protesters, vitale. >> u.s. is freezing aid to northern syria. a group linked to al qaeda has seized critical warehouses holding u.s. military equipment. islamic fighters are forcing a top rebel commander out of the country. the white house is still struggling to determine who exactly represents our allies on the ground. >> from our parade of papers the "san francisco chronicle," more dials are emerging about the plane crash in san francisco which killed three people and left dozens in...

flooding, washed out by roads have been waiting for supplies, relief workers are now using air drops and some are having to resort to four-wheel drive vehicles just to reach these people with everything from pampers to prescriptions along with, of course, food and water. amber lyon once again following this for us out of vermont. live today in wilmington. amber, i see a lot of people out and about behind you. it looks like some progress is being made. >> reporter: yeah. theres a lot of...

Sensors that projected, was the plane going too slow. if those sensors arent working correctly. as you mentioned the pilots arent getting the best information. once you take off those auto pilot systems why would this pilot be going higher? to escape the turbulence? >> to answer your first question, why he would go higher, possibly to try to get out of the turbulence. but at that altitude the air lean doesnt have -- the airplane doesnt have a lot of left because it was heavy. so that wouldnt hav...