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Thing. [ inaudible question ] >> all i know is what the fire department has told me. we have not been in touch with anybody at the hospital. we believe that he is going to survive at this point. >> you said it appears the pilot left santa monica airport, took off and then circled back around in an attempt to come back to the runway? >> i am actually responding to the information of the atc tapes that apparently have already been played because that's where i heard it from. the pilot reported a loss of engine power and was attempting to return. [ inaudible question ] >> next question.

Thing. >> injuries? >> i cannot -- all i know is what the fire department has told me. we have not been in touch with anybody at the hospital and that's, we believe he is going to survive at this point. >> you said it appeared this pilot at the santa monica airport and circled back around you. come back to the runway? >> i am actually responding to the information of the atc tapes that have apparently already been played because that's where i heard it from. the pilot reported a loss of engine power and was attempting to return. [ reporter asking question ] >> next question. >> why wasn't ther...

Is done by the book? >> i would say any time a pilot survives an accident, or in any case, that that was a good thing. >> can you specify on his injuries? >> i cannot. all i know is what the fire department has told me. we have not been in touch with anybody at the hospital and that is -- we believe that he is going to survive. >> you said that it appeared that this pilot left santa monica airport, took off, and then did he circle back around in an attempt to come back to the runway? >> i'm responding to the information of the atc tapes that apparently have already been played, because that's ...

That's, we believe he is going to survive at this point. >> you said it appeared this pilot at the santa monica airport left and then took off and then circled back around to the runway or can you tell us -- >> i am actually responding to the information to the atc tapes that have been apparently already been played, because that is where i have heard it from. the pilot reported a loss of engine power and was attempting to return. [ reporter asking question ] >> next question. >> why wasn't there any sort of fire from the fuel? >> that requires speculation that i can't make at this point. >> m...

It flew for seven hours. there wasn't a fire and it didn't fall out of the sky. it actually flew. so any maintenance on that is irrelevant because the airplane was working fine. and we do know there was human intervention. a pilot did -- whether the autopilot was on or not, it wasn't programmed to fly around australia. somebody did it. they were probably using the heading select if, in fact, it was on. so a person did this. the only thing about the atc, if they have it and somebody did get in to the cockpit and could be something horrific on that communication, there could be a reason why they...