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>> -- about it and had a third accident, that would be catastrophic financially and reputation wise. my point is there simply isn't enough evidence and, yes, you're correct about the software change to the flight control computer. that was discovered as a result, so far, of the lion air investigation. but that in and of itself, there's no proof to indicate that that had a big role to play in the accident. that investigation isn't finished. >> right. that's what we need to know. i hear you on that. that gives me a little bit of pause in being overzealous on this. ray, the head of the twu, the w...

Safety all the time. i can't tell you how many times i've investigated things. you talk about putting the doubt in people's minds about safety. here's another doubt that's going to be in people's minds, money, jeff. they're going to think if you're not taking these planes out of the air it's because of money because you've had two guy down in five months, you have all these other countries and carriers who are taking it down. why not you? >> i think the incentive of how much it would cost if faa or boeing knew that they had a hazard but didn't say anything or do anything -- >> true. >> -- abou...

That aircraft, and they were unable to rectify the fault, and unable to protect those on board. technical faults followed by pilot error. the flight control computer appears to be key. we understand that there was a cracking of a solder joint, and there were four alerts that went off, four master cautions, which is alarms trying to alert prielts priel pilots in the plane. what they tried to do, according to that report is to reset the computer, but then there was an electrical fault. so that disengaged the auto pilot. all of a sudden, at 32,000 feet or higher than that as they had asked to go ...

Prevent recurrence. for example, on this transcript you hear the words, terrain, pull up. that is issued by a system called a terrain awareness warning system. the first one was established by honeywell known as enhanced ground proximity warning system. the airplane particularly this airplane has automated functions preventing the pilot from stalling the plane. if this system senses approaching terrain and impending crash, it would be relatively easy to bring in the flight control computer basically the auto pilot, to pull up the nose of the airplane to prevent impact with the terrain. that's ...