>> now, according to the "the new york times," a piece of this boeing 737 they found shows the pilot may have been battling an automated system in the minutes before the crash. that information comes from two sources with knowledge of the operations. >> joining us now, cnn analyst oren liebermann. oren, good morning. what are you learning? >> reporter: the piece that the "the new york times" is talking about is what's called a jack screw. and it was found in the ethiopian airlines flight 302. the jack screw is the stabilizing at the tail of the airplane. and the position according to the "the new york times" would have forced the stabilizer to put the plane in a nose down position and caused the airplane to go very fast and to dive which is unusual after the takeoff. and, of course, incredibly dangerous. the question becomes why was the stabilizer in that position. it could be pilot input, it