potentially dangerous this was. no one knew what this flyer had in mind. was he going to turn that aircraft toward downtown seattle? was he going to go after a sports stadium? the space needle? a whole lot of things these guys didn't know. so they had to get up there quickly and assess the situation. fortunately, it didn't require any action on the part of the military. they just kept him away from populated areas and it appears that he either had an accident or took his own life. >> we do know he was in communication because we played some of the audio from the air traffic control radio signal. did this guy have any chance of landing this plane safely? do you think they would have been able to talk him through it? >> everybody said we're surprised he was able to take it off. it's a twin engine aircraft. you have to coordinate the engines through signal line thrust. so, and he was able to fly a barrel roll, recover from that