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The other point wort noting is that before the accident, before flight 8501. theyd be handing the information and make their plans on their own in the cockpit. now the indonesian transport ministry issuing a directive saying they have to meet with a flight operations officer and have a face to face briefing. brooke? >> david, thank you. first, being the issue of not actually physically picking up the weather documentation but having it e-mailed to you. i talked to a pilot a second ago and he sai...

If we go back to the 1950s and 60s when weather radar first appeared on airplanes, it was nothing more than a rudimently rain gauge. and we had accidents particularly in the united states, where planes blundered into very bad thunderstorms and were broken up by those thunderstorms. now move on another ten or 20 years. we now have very sophisticated radar, which gives the pilot a really good interpretation and color as we see on the radar. we can pick up on our laptops looking at weather radar fo...

Lack of sinister aspect. >> randi, it doesnt tell me anything. it still leaves all options open and possibilities open. in terms of defending the cockpit as kit just mentioned, if you have one or two -- either one of the pilots get up and leave the cockpit to go to the bathroom or lax and leave the door unlocked for some reason, one could be out of the cockpit and locked out by the partner. the only reason we know whats occurred in previous flights is from the voice cockpit recorder which we wer...

Dramatically i might add. the flight 23r* barcelona to new york was forced to divert to ireland following the outburst that started when her seat wouldnt recline properly. she told one flight uh 10 department to get the -- attendant to get the f out of her face and pushed her out of the way and called her an ugly [bleep] and she called the second one a [bleep] and the pilot a [bleep]. >> not good. >> the irony thing is those are their real names. she admitted to having a migraine and taking medi...

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Luckily, brian, i think passengers so much more atuned of something happening on planes since 9/11 and a lot of them did take charge and luckily there was another captain who was a passenger on the flight that got into the cockpit to help the co-pilot land the plane. >> yeah, lets listen. >> i mean, a lot of people were just alarmed of whats going on, i mean, anything that transpires on an airplane nowadays, everyone is real touchy. but its a security event in las vegas this week so there was a ...