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Controller could have landed the aircraft. >> reporter: right now, auto pilot systems are manually switched on and off at the discretion of the pilots in the air. auto pilot cannot land or takeoff. this potential solution could present a new problem. >> this is not necessarily hack proof. >> not hack proof. terrorists may be able to get into the data stream and force the plane to land or do whatever. >> reporter: has boeing advanced the idea from ten years ago? is the company still testing it out? we tried to get information from boeing on the project. the company would not speak to us about i...

Hijacked or if a member of the crew purposely did something to alter the path, would this have saved that plane? >> if in fact they determined that it was a problem, and they tried to get in touch with the pilot and the co-pilot, and they couldn't, then if that system were 34 place, it seems as though, the ground controller could then have landed this aircraft. >> reporter: right now, autopilot systems are manually switches on and off only at the discretion of pilots in the are air. an autopilot cannot land or take off. but this potential solution could also present a new problem. >> this woul...

Have saved that plane. >> if they determined this was a problem and they tried to get in touch with the pilot and co-pilot and they couldn't, then if that system were in place, it seems as though the ground controller could then have landed this aircraft. >> reporter: right now autopilot systems are manually switched is on and off only at the discretion of the pilots in the air. autopilot cannot land or take off. it could present a new problem. this system wouldn't be hack proof. >> this wouldn't be hack proof, so terrorists might be able to get into this data stream and force the plane to lan...

Is needed, like food, water, as quickly as possible. but there are also ep countering challenges in terms of the logistics, because as i said, the airport does not have the normal navigational equipment with. so when the weather is bad, and as you know, that region has continued to experience bad weather. the aircraft cannot land. >> we've heard from the united nations, ambassador, that about 2.5 million people are in desperate need of food and water and medicine right now. but lodgistically, the roads are destroyed. there are not enough trucks, not enough people to deliver this kind of badly ...