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That would be in the box. he still could have it on heading mode. that sets up a scenario where if the crew did, in fact, become incapacitated the plane would hold that heading and hold that altitude until the tanks were dry. that puts us right back where we were. deep into the indian ocean. but suddenly as mary was saying earlier, i feel like the pieces are coming together a little better. weve been really stretching before. and this, you know, the old idea, go for the simplest scenario, this i...

Number of waypoints just as a just in case, and that would explain why it is that they made those erratic movements. >> thats correct. they could have done that. or simply use a heading mode, which is the fastest and the simplest way to turn the aircraft from the navigation route that they -- the original route. were told to -- if we need to do that in a hurry, you basically just push one button, heading select, and turn to heading to whatever you want it to be. in this case, would have been hea...

Number of waypoints just as a just in case, and that would explain why it is that they made those erratic movements. >> thats correct. they could have done that. or simply use a heading mode, which is the fastest and the simplest way to turn the aircraft from the navigation route that they -- the original route. were told to -- if we need to do that in a hurry, you basically just push one button, heading select, and turn to heading to whatever you want it to be. in this case, would have been hea...

Number of waypoints just as a just in case, and that would explain why it is that they made those erratic movements. >> thats correct. they could have done that. or simply use a heading mode, which is the fastest and the simplest way to turn the aircraft from the navigation route that they -- the original route. were told to -- if we need to do that in a hurry, you basically just push one button, heading select, and turn to heading to whatever you want it to be. in this case, would have been hea...

Believe it. this is data that came from the acars system that adjusts the sequence of events investigators have been laying out. telli tell us about it. >> thats correct. acars can be set up different ways. it can radio back to the ground the current flight. if you set it up differently, it will radio back to the ground the next leg or leg after that is going to be. at some point it radioed back or satellited back this change in course, this very sharp left turn. there are a lot of ways to chang...

Accomplish, are you trying to accomplish turning the aircraft with a heading mode or how are you trying to turn the aircraft, whether the plane is on an autopilot or not, its not hard to learn. so anybody with basic flying skills or a little bit of training could have maneuvered the aircraft to make a turn. that doesnt mean that the person that tried to do this had very good piloting skills. >> thank you very much to michael weiss and martin savidge. as you can see, there are still so many more ...

Number of waypoints just as a just in case, and that would explain why it is that they made those erratic movements. >> thats correct. they could have done that. or simply use a heading mode, which is the fastest and the simplest way to turn the aircraft from the navigation route that they -- the original route. were told to -- if we need to do that in a hurry, you basically just push one button, heading select, and turn to heading to whatever you want it to be. in this case, would have been hea...