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This report. what does it say to you? >> this is the report. essentially it describes this flight from dusseldorf into barcelona, that's the flight immediately prior to the fatal crash back to dusseldorf. it shows data from the flight data recorder which shows the co-pilot programmed erratic altitudes into the flight computers while the captain was out of the cockpit. that's what you're looking at there, erratic altitudes programmed into the flight computers, moves that have taken the plate down to 100 feet up to 49,000 feet five moves over four and a half minutes but the changes were probably...

System simply meaning the joy sticks that the pilots use to control the aircraft are not directly linked to the aircraft flight surfaces on the wings and tails. simply what that means is the control stick is electronically linked to a series of flight computers that interpret pilot inputs. then if those inputs fall within the parameters programmed into the computers, it allows the pilots to in fact obey that command. in other words, the aircraft will follow the pilot's command. however, we have something very interesting developing here. it appears the debris field as reported earlier is appro...

The faa and the united states issued a warning to airliners with regard to the 777s, fire wall and the flight computers being inadequate and they felt it could be breached theoretically from the entertainment system in the passenger seat. >> that is a scary possibility. >> yeah. >> yeah. and the 777 also has an unsecured hatch to the major avionics bay where all of the plane's computers are located an runs the cockpit and -- and runs the cockpit and everything on the plane and outside of the cockpit, and accessible by passengers who may know where it is and it is unlocked and anyone with avion...

Air traffic control initially denied his request to climb but if it had been an emergency situation, if he had felt for any safety reason he had to climb he certainly would have. one thing that is unusual with airbus pilots i've spoken with this week is 38,000 feet, which is altitude he requested to climb to is 1000 feet below the max service ceiling of that jet. so if you're in rough air most pilots don't want to get up near that service ceiling in those kind of conditions. that is a little unusual. jon: are there parallels here to what happened to air france flight 447? that is also an airbu...

Separate what's known as a black box or a data recorder from the -- >> flight data recorder. >> we know they can withstand a whole lot. assuming they are able to quickly recover those, what is the most important information they'll be looking for to try to figure out how this could have happened? >> you look at the flight data recorder records parameters engine speed, temperatures flight control positions, attitude of the aircraft air speed, different flight computers, and what they were sensing. that's the flight data recorder. the other one is the cockpit voice recorder and that's picking up...