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Automated system that because -- with that configuration, the nose tends to go up. they put in a system that, when that happens, it would automatically push the nose down. so this, i automobibelieve -- t what happened in lion air. we don't know whether this is what happened in this aircraft. when the auto pilot is turned off, even with it off, the system still pushes the nose down. if it thinks that the nose is going up uncommanded. so if there's a failure in the angle of attack indicator which tells the airplane whether it's climbing or not. if there's a failure in that system, this precautio...

Denser so they can try to restart the engine. instead, the captain asks the flight engineer to restart engine number four while they are still at 41,000 feet. the restart attempt fails and the continued loss of thrust slows the airport down. >> if you have the failure of one engine, you have an unbalanced power and the airplane will tend to want to roll toward the failed engine because there is more power being produced on the other wing. >> the airplane is rolling to the right toward engine four. >> the first corrective action is to apply rutter to balance it. switch the auto pilot off, make ...

We also know that shortly before this plane came in at 11:05, that other pilots reported good braking action. that's why they allowed other planes to advance. >> i guarantee you that crew heard that. i venture to say that crew knew exactly what the previous pilots went through when they landed. and so they knew what the wind was. they could get that feel. now, on the md-88, this is an older aircraft. it probably didn't have auto-land capability. the 777 and the 757s, the later model aircraft that are coming out, you could put that baby on a computer it'll take you right to the runway okay. the...

It was up to 34,000 feet per minute and that exceeds anything the plane could do and so i think it was a tremendous updraft and at that rate that is not a controlled descent. it is supposed to be 2,000 feet per minute. >> and those tremendous up and down drafts how difficult to control the plane in those circumstances? >> it is not so much the control issue, it is the fact that the crew would be attempting to creep that airplane basically right side up and they might be having -- adding some stresses to that airplane. they would be focused on the auto pilot off and hand-flying the airplane and...

Precarious situation. i know they practice with flight simulators with every situation and they are prepared for everything, but sometimes mother nature is much stronger and throws a curve at you. jay how true. i think it was about eight years ago southeast asia airline went bankrupt and in large part because of an accident and it was flying on a fairly routine flight and there were some thunderstorms in the area, but there there was a malfunction on board and they accidentally knocked the auto pilot off and the airplane got into a high speed dive. it went past the 90-degree bank. the pilot tr...