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Of time that this happened we have back-up systems. we have ways -- if we have a fly-by-wire airplane -- and that doesnt mean fly by wi-fi -- we are able to totally disconnect that system and almost fly the airplane manually. were sending electronic signals to flight controls. but im very skeptical this guy was able to do it. you would have to have a separate piece of equipment that would go into our electronics bay inside the fuselage of the aircraft and be able to guide this airplane either fr...

Credibly investigate them very vigorously i know throughout my career ive seen cases like this investigated from an undercover capacity trying to determine where these groups buy their firearms how they get their firearms but listen 18 00 arrests -- 180 arrests and 100 firearms. over 300 omos throughout the united states. the overwhelming majority carry guns when they commit their crimes. >> this is a serious development and youre right, matthew u we have to learn lessons and make sure it doesnt...

To 2009 and hes done a couple presentations at computer security conferences. so he did have meetings with the airlines. they didnt do anything based on what he told them. he had a conversation with the fbi in february with the understanding the fbi was going to help him ensure that the question were answered. >> so david, even if he didnt get into the flight controls i think you will agree, that theres a lot more work that needs to be done to make sure these planes cannot be hacked into? >> abs...

True but les, im sitting twotwo and a half feet from you and i can feel the eye roll coming on. youre not buying this at all. >> its not that im not buying it at all, its just is it possible is it plausible? certainly it is but what i know -- remember im a pilot. i operate the systems. i didnt design the systems. however, what my understanding of the systems is you cant mix entertainment and interface it with flight controls and engines, okay. he claims he did some sort of control input to the a...

Improve aviation security. >> reporter: its an aviation nightmare, a passenger plane in mid flight makes a move sideways controlled not by pilots in the cockpit but a passenger seated in the cabin. this man, a cyber security consultant chris roberts, tells the fbi he did just that to expose airline vulnerability. he said he issued a command that quote, caused one of the airplane engines to climb resulting in a lateral or size ways movement of the plane. >> absolutely a flight crew would notice e...

Controlled not by the pilots in the cockpit, but by a passenger seated in the cabin. this man, chris roberts, a cyber security consultant tells the fbi he did just that to expose aircraft cyber vulnerabilities. in this affidavit, roberts says he issued a command that "caused one of the airplane engines to climb, resulting in a lateral or sideways movement of the plane." >> absolutely a flight crew would notice extraneous input to their airplane albeit engine controls or flight controls. >> repor...

Vulnerability is a serious violation of federal law. >> as you know this guy chris roberts has not been arrested but has been interviewed at least a couple times by the fbi. as far as you know what is the status of the investigation right now? >> well, so his -- the fbi seized his electronics. he was on a flight going to syracuse, new york and the fbi met him at the end of the flight seized electronics, two laptops and i believe at this point they havent done a forensic investigation of those th...

Year this coming winter. if we dont have that rebound year things are going to change. the face of agriculture in california is going to change probably forever. >> reporter: farmers argue growing food isnt the same as growing grass or filling a pool. that theyve already absorbed bigger cutbacks than urban users are just now beginning to feel. it becomes a blame game that nobody wins. bret? >> the gao says passengers could take control of the commercial airliner by using a planes wireless entert...

>> its going to give us precisely the steps he took to drive that plane into the ground. when it is synced up with the voice recorder you will have a second by second picture, including the sounds and the manipulation of the flight controls that will show us exactly what he did. >> the data recorder was badly burned in the crash. is it possible investigators wont be able to retrieve the data from it? >> no. no the data recorder is very robust. it was scorched. the type of fire that could damag...

Hours professionally in the air, this doesnt seem odd. this just seems like a young pilot. theyre saying he was able to set the flight controls from 38,000 feet, where it was at its cruising altitude to 100. thats a big reveal. >> what we cant do, thomas, is mistake experience for competency. you know the captain will be significantly experienced, possibly with tens of thousands of hours and obviously hugely competent. but there will be competency tests through training rigorous training, where ...