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In that the phone is still tracking you even without a data connection, it gets all kind of data points from mechanisms inside the phone, stores those and we were able to capture that data when we got back to dc and see what the phone sensed to google which is encrypted. we have the ability to do that and the information they were finding was shocking, how deep down the data goes. rob: what surprised me was airplane mode, you are telling us getting in and out of cars. >> the caveat or the hidden secrets, take your pick, airplane mode turns off the cellular modem and turns off the wi-fi but the...

21,000 above the earth. keeps the signal down to the down station and send it back up to the satellite to pass it over to the plane on to your device. that happens at lightning speed over and over again. >> when request i expect this on my next flight? >> well, it's actually available now. it's rolling out on airline. jet blue has dpot it. delta, american is getting it. >> and is it all about the passengers or other users. >> well, the cool thing about high-speed data connection is that it opens up a world of possibilities not just for us as the flying public but for pilots do. they can share ...

Altitude for this connection to be made between a cell phone and a cell tower, not a full conversation itself, not a call made, but just a data connection, a handshake with the cell tower. we've also heard from the acting transport minister today, talk being what will happen when that black box is discovered and potentially recovered from flight 370. he said that part of it, part of the decision about its future will be done in consultation with the international civil aviation organization, but a lot to be discussed about it. this is what he said. >> whether it is an icao practice, whether it...

Gone wrong or whatever the situation was, if they were to turn on their phones, they would have been able to make a data connection and send some sort of information. >> every once in a while, i fly a lot. if you are in a clear area, those clouds part, you are in the sky and not even wi-fi, oh, my gosh, i have service. it is 30,000 feet. what is happen sng. >> it means there is plenty of connection on the grown. the signals are high frequency. they go up. they don't go down. it makes sense if you are flying over a populated area where there is a lot of cell service. >> this is a populated area...

Going to be able to find you relative to where you are, because they need that data connection to say, okay, you are here. say if you're in the middle of the grand canyon and there is no cell service, the gps says you are here. without that data connection, you can say, it happens to be the middle of the grand canyon. >> i am flying above water. above water mink tt meaning the not just river. >> i raised this question last week from a cnn analyst, his name rhymes with guest. he completely shot me down. >> a lot of international carriers now have wi-fi on board. i was just on with tanza a coupl...