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Of time that this happened we have back-up systems. we have ways -- if we have a fly-by-wire airplane -- and that doesn't mean fly by wi-fi -- we are able to totally disconnect that system and almost fly the airplane manually. we're sending electronic signals to flight controls. but i'm very skeptical this guy was able to do it. you would have to have a separate piece of equipment that would go into our electronics bay inside the fuselage of the aircraft and be able to guide this airplane either from the cabin, from the ground. you know we talked about this on other discussions with other airp...

Credibly investigate them very vigorously i know throughout my career i've seen cases like this investigated from an undercover capacity trying to determine where these groups buy their firearms how they get their firearms but listen 18 00 arrests -- 180 arrests and 100 firearms. over 300 omos throughout the united states. the overwhelming majority carry guns when they commit their crimes. >> this is a serious development and you're right, matthew u we have to learn lessons and make sure it doesn't happen again. matthew horace former atf agent joining us. >> thank you. >> other news we're foll...

To 2009 and he's done a couple presentations at computer security conferences. so he did have meetings with the airlines. they didn't do anything based on what he told them. he had a conversation with the fbi in february with the understanding the fbi was going to help him ensure that the question were answered. >> so david, even if he didn't get into the flight controls i think you will agree, that there's a lot more work that needs to be done to make sure these planes cannot be hacked into? >> absolutely. and it's a consistent look at this. there's a continuous improvement program that boein...

True but les, i'm sitting twotwo and a half feet from you and i can feel the eye roll coming on. you're not buying this at all. >> it's not that i'm not buying it at all, it's just is it possible is it plausible? certainly it is but what i know -- remember i'm a pilot. i operate the systems. i didn't design the systems. however, what my understanding of the systems is you can't mix entertainment and interface it with flight controls and engines, okay. he claims he did some sort of control input to the airplane. pilots would have reported this. >> he says he claims he changed the altitude i thi...

Improve aviation security. >> reporter: it's an aviation nightmare, a passenger plane in mid flight makes a move sideways controlled not by pilots in the cockpit but a passenger seated in the cabin. this man, a cyber security consultant chris roberts, tells the fbi he did just that to expose airline vulnerability. he said he issued a command that quote, caused one of the airplane engines to climb resulting in a lateral or size ways movement of the plane. >> absolutely a flight crew would notice extraneous input to their airplane albeit engine controls or flight controls. >> reporter: roberts c...