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Here. could the plane run out of fuel? we're not totally sure, we're only two hours into this. could the pilot land successfully? also unsure. we're not sure if this person is a pilot or trained. we do think or at least i think that this person at least has some good familiarity with flying if they were able -- if they were not a pilot, able to start this airplane and take off. they would have had to have had at least some aviation knowledge. still unclear if this person is a trained pilot although we do know he was an airport employee. >> so the tsa and local authorities are all monitoring th...

>> yeah, it's a scenario that a lot of things had to line up to make this happen in the first place, and then also not lead to the outcome that could have been so bad. the fact that he was an airport insider, got him inside the fence. he's a trusted person and was not able to -- was able, i should say, to pass through all the gates and with the i.d.s it would be necessary to get inside the fence at an airport, and clearly he had enough aviation knowledge to get in that aircraft and started up those two engines. it's not a simple thing. it's not just turning the quay o key over in a car. there'...

Going to school for it basically. >> had prior military experience in the area, pilots, some of these individuals were more qualified certainly than i w i staed. then after that, they designed a test you're speaking about, biographical assessment, biographicalra questionnaire. this one is called a biographical assessment that waq made for a different purpose as you stated. it wasn't supposed to be used the way it was, actually the creator actually notified them of that. in effect, that test punished people with aviation knowledge, any air traffic control experience, any aviation experience, an...

Who would have been fantastic air traffic controllers. >> tucker: people who were going to school for it basicall basically. >> prior military experience in the area, pilots, some of these individuals were more qualified certainly than i was when i started. then after that they designed a test to her speaking about, if biographical assessment, biographical questionnaire. this one is called a biographical assessment that was made for a different purpose as you stated. it wasn't supposed to be used the way it was actually the creator actually notified them of that. in effect that test punished p...

I'm very surprised that we haven't heard anything about that. >> and what about this the interfax report, the russian privately owned news agency, and the private source saying to -- i want to quote the person, the sounds uncharacteristic for the standard flight in the moment before the plane disappeared from the radar screens, and david it goes on to say, based on the recording a nonstandard situation occurred instantly on board and became an unexpected one for the crew and the pilots, and failed to send an alarm signal. does any of that make any sense to you from your aviation knowledge? >> ...