auto-pilot to bring the jet liner down. fright trafficking website, tells me they analyzed data from the plane s transponder and determined someone reprogrammed the auto-pilot from 38,000 feet to just 100 feet. essentially telling the plane to go down as it continued on a path straight towards the french alps. as one pilot told me this manual reprogramming indicates intent to crash this aircraft because 100 feet is below the level of terrain. erin. just horrific. thank you very much. tonight german officials are trying to everything they can to find out why. going into the co -pilot s background searching for a reason. diane that is outfront where the co-pilot lived.