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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...

Will come out of this. trying to get into the datastream or the partial data stream that's been available, i think that will reveal something definitive over the next coming days. >> i'm glad you brought up data stream and definitive. the plane sent out partial information only by accident, these handshakes. what could change and crucially how quickly in the way that planes send out information to prevent something like this happening again? >> i likely look at the improvements and the ntsb makes improvement. they've already learned things. and the things that might prevent the accident or hel...

And cnn money correspondent, and she said that it is 1.1% cost of the plane, and so is cost the issue? >> well, it is not the total issue, but it is not an insignificant. an example. it is not the cost of the $100,000, and why do i know that? because they are putting the satellite dishes on the roofs of planes for wi-fi and internet connectivity, and they cost $1 million to install on each aircraft, and if you are a major u.s. carrier, and you have 700 or 800 planes, that is a sizable cost. and the real cost involved is the data. kwo you have to use a data link up up to the satellite, and you ...