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Plane. I dont think this was the first flight certainly. And the communications back and forth with the tower at one point asking if there were other pilots on the line, asking about what kind of chop he would get into over the mountain areas. This went on for quite a period of time and it did Emso Liseem E air Traffic Controller had some familiarity with them. So as the picture becomes, you know, more and more flushed out, this is someone who was familiar with the airport. You know, you almost are tempted to say it was someone who kind of snapped because he clearly enjoyed the flight, enjoyed...

Mismanagement of the controls and therefore an accident. >> alan passing along some information that we will of course need to confirm through our sources here at cnn. but suggesting that this is not a mechanic. and that is really important. that is why i stopped you there in your tracks. because again this is a person, you know, mechanic would typically have that run and taxi qualification. so if that is not the indicate -- >> that means this person somehow knew how to takeoff the runway and take this airplane into flight. so we'll continue to -- of course so many questions to be answered. th...

They look when they come out of the box. you say that's all that you need to see to propose a change. what do you propose? >> we've had this technology since the introduction of 777. i was fortunate to fly one of the first triple 7s in the early '90s, and they were extracting data from that aircraft for maintenance purposes. it's been on the 777 and many other newer jets. why can't we in this day and age where you and i are being tracked by google they know where we are they know if we're naughty or bad, why can't we find an airplane the size of a 777? fortunately in this case, it's little dif...

They're operating during flight. that operation can be transmitted to control centers on the ground, so aircraft data and air speed and altitude and engine data can be seen on the ground. according to "the wall street journal" information is sent every 30 minutes and much of this is for maintenance purposes. if maintainers on the ground have information how the different aircraft systems are operating they can be quicker in their turn-around. >> you have to subscribe to the service and my understanding malaysian airlines did not do that. >> there's some conflicting reports -- >> imagine. >> i'...

Former boeing 777 instructor himself, retired airline pilot, currently crowe of consultants. ross, it's nice to see you. thank you. >> hello, shepherd. >> i don't know how you make these things easier to find or what it is you can do here. do you have any thoughts right off the top? >> you know, you just touched on a very important thing. you said you were on the airplane and you could talk on your cellphone -- not on the cellphone -- >> wi-fi. i could communicate over the internet. >> believe it or not, most modern airliners like the 777 or 787 do have capability to stream out data and it's u...