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It can hit the automatic pilot. it will take you right to where your destination is, right? >> that is all correct. and i don't want to discount anything yet because we don't have any proof to the contrary. but the pilot doesn't need the flight control computer to fly. so all of this stuff about having to change way points and reprogramming, that is nice, not necessary. >> it is not necessary, but information we have was telling us it was altered on the computer. so that means it was done by somebody who has aviation knowledge, right? >> absolutely, not just aviation knowledge, but knowledge o...

And the data that was relayed up to the satellite, according to the folks we talked, to indicates this was a manually -- a manual direction to the flight control computer. i want to answer maybe your other question, why are they searching in the indian ocean more than 3,000 square miles. the last signal that was received from the aircraft to the satellite was over the indian ocean. so they're starting their search based on the assumption that something happened from that point of view. we should be very aware that whoever was doing this was a very -- had some sophisticated knowledge of aircraf...