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But it's not a movie plot. it's our other national lead today. cyber security expert named chris roberts claims he successfully commandeered a united airline looinline without ever stepping foot in the cockpit. hacked into the onboard entertainment system and managed to get the jet to fly sideways trying to expose security vulnerabilities. haven't haven't's justice correspondent pamela brown joins us live. does the fbi think this actually really happened? >> reporter: skepticism. a senior law official says there's no credibility information suggesting it be a manipulated but the fbi is worried...

Improve aviation security. >> reporter: it's an aviation nightmare, a passenger plane in mid flight makes a move sideways controlled not by pilots in the cockpit but a passenger seated in the cabin. this man, a cyber security consultant chris roberts, tells the fbi he did just that to expose airline vulnerability. he said he issued a command that quote, caused one of the airplane engines to climb resulting in a lateral or size ways movement of the plane. >> absolutely a flight crew would notice extraneous input to their airplane albeit engine controls or flight controls. >> reporter: roberts c...

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