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Deliberate act by the pilot. the flight's original plan took it to beijing. about 40 minutes into the flight, the plane suddenly turned west. why? the "new york times" said whoever changed the time path did so by typing into the plane's computer or gps rather than turning the plane manually. the airline said this auto pilot computer was preprogramming for beiji beijing, meaning the new coordinates were inputted during flight, suggesting a pilot did it, not someone inexperienced who entered the cockpit. also new information about when this happened. after takeoff, things looked fine. the copilo...

And somehow get into the software of how the aircraft, itself runs? that's a big leap between what this guy has done and actually controlling a plane in flight. >> reporter: the federal aviation administration is strongly pushing back in a statement saying a hacker cannot obtain full control of an aircraft as the technology consultant has claimed. teso himself also acknowledges a pilot onboard could always override the auto pilot computer and regain control of the plane. but, still, his hacking presentation is getting attention. >> it's a yellow flag that says, hey. i've done something to your...