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So there's a lot of information, and many times it's not just the words of the pilot and the co-pilot or the radio reception, but it's the noises, the sounds, the ambient pieces of information that leave clues, give clues. >> les, let me ask you about human versus machine. these planes are so advanced that they can really fly themselves once they're up at altitude. so when does the pilot make the decision to override an au autopilot, for example, to take control themselves and is there any push and pull between what the computer wants the plane to do and what the pilot wants to do? >> we striv...

In the cockpit to mislead the pilot to fly the way they did. >> for a flight like this, 10 hours from seoul to san francisco, it's not unusual that the plane would be on auto pilot. upon approach, a landing like this at san francisco, might the pilots be in total control? it would no longer be on au autopilot, correct? >> that's correct. during the beginning and takeoff and end of the flight during landing, pilots have a lot more input what's going on than during the cruise portion. because this was a relative ly good condition day, this would not be one they rely on automated systems to do mo...