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That some two hours into the the plane we were talking during the break you were saying this is the safest time of the flight >> yes. according to what we know so far, and everything that you and i now say must be caveated with it's early days, but it was an hour and something into the flight. now, this would be classed as the cruise portion of the flight. you break down the flight into taxi, take off, climb out and then cruise. and so in that particular point of the flight, this is the safest part. nothing is supposed to go wrong if at all in this part. the aircraft is on auto pilot. the pilo...

In the cockpit to mislead the pilot to fly the way they did. >> for a flight like this, 10 hours from seoul to san francisco, it's not unusual that the plane would be on auto pilot. upon approach, a landing like this at san francisco, might the pilots be in total control? it would no longer be on au autopilot, correct? >> that's correct. during the beginning and takeoff and end of the flight during landing, pilots have a lot more input what's going on than during the cruise portion. because this was a relative ly good condition day, this would not be one they rely on automated systems to do mo...