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And commandeer an aircraft. aviation correspondent rene marsh is "outfront" in washington. this is a terrifying report when you read through it because among many things, the hacker doesn't actually even have to be onboard the plane to take it down. >> absolutely right, erin. this report says that these airplanes are connected to the internet, and the planes are basically flying routers which can be compromised by someone who is on the plane or someone who is on the ground. now, this is all based on interviews with cybersecurity experts aviation experts. they essentially all agree that using a...

Breaking news in flight 9525. the airbus that went down today, can sometimes make them descend suddenly and nothing they can do to stop it unless they shut off flight control computers. a lufthansa flight and european authorities issued a bullet in to address it. it's too early to say. recovery operations under way tomorrow. nic robertson is at a staging area now. what's the latest nic? >>. >> reporter: the crash site is above us in the mountains. about 7 miles this way and of

Or the airplane itself. and the state has been very good, the former marine pilot talked about how their plane is controlled. this is a fly by wire airplane. a boeing 737 is not. it's transitional control. so the training is different. and there is -- depending on the the pilot came from a traditional product or a boeing product to the airbus product, those differences or differences in training must be addressed when transitioning to the aircraft. >> i'm sorry you said fly by wire? >> yes. and that's what the airbus a320 is. >> what does that mean? >> so much like a joystick on a video game y...