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The entertainment system and getting up here and taking control. now the fbi and united airlines are taking him seriously. >> we're trying to make the system safer, better, and more secure. >> reporter: chris roberts is either a hacker who has uncovered a dangerous back door that could allow a passenger to take control of a plane. >> it is definitely possible to manipulate the electronics through the in-flight entertainment system and satellite communications to get to the avionics of an airplane. >> reporter: or an exaggerator needlessly scaring the flying public. the fbi says in a newly publ...

For evidence of that the fbi issued a statement to nbc news late sunday "there is no credible information to suggest an airplane's flight control system can be accessed or manipulated from its in-flight entertainment system." roberts has now stopped giving interviews, but on sunday tweeted, "my only interest has been to improve aircraft security." but there's widespread skepticism about his claim, recently retired commercial airplane pilot jim tillman. >> the folks at air bus and boeing are far too smart to create some system like that. >> reporter: bob sullivan is also skeptical but -- >> the...

A senior law enforcement official says there's no credible information that the flight control system can be accessed or manipulate friday the flight entertainment system. united says it's confident the claims are unfounded but won't be specific about the claims. we did reach out to roberts. in a tweet roberts said he has been advised against speaking given his current situation. >> pamela thanks very much. more information from peter goelz, our aviation analyst. do you buy this notion that this chris roberts could get into the computer system and deal with the engine move the plane around in ...

Won't comment on specific allegations, there's no credible information to suggest an airplane's flight control system can be accessed or manipulated from in-flight entertainment system. this law enforcement official says they don't frankly believe right now you could take control of the airplane from your computer. still of concern that a guy could sit there and plug into the entertainment system at a minimum and fiddle around, yes? >> bravo to that investigator, number one. i'm sure they consulted with boeing or airbus to see if this was plausible but they would know this ahead of time. there...

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 ...