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The top of this segment. the prosecutor in marseille, he is expected to brief reporters any moment. we're going to take you there because this is critical information in what a is massive crime and a crime scene. would this -- would this information yield the fact that this co-pilot may have in fact programmed the auto pilot to take this plane into the mountains? >> well, let's distinguish the mode control panel works both in conjunction with the pilot hand flying and using the auto pilot. really, what it comes down to is, we know the end game. he brought that airplane, as a direct result of h...

Flight data recorder has recordings of hundreds of other parameters. one of the parameters is going to be whether that co-pilot utilized the mode control panel in conjunction with the auto pilot to fly into terrain, whether that co-pilot used hand anying. that information will be readily available. >> would we also find out if he manually used those available buttons that are right there in that center console -- this is the nonaviators term for it, that will continually lock somehow out of the cockpit even if that someone is the pilot who knows the code and requesting access? >> it's a good q...

100 feet did he sit back and let the plane do what it could do? >> pretty much so. as les can tell you these plane planes are mig sent andagnificent and can fly themselves. he did not have to do a thing. i have worked other crashes where suicide was the motive egypt air and others. they talk. on egypt air they said god is great, god be with me et cetera. even in a non-suicide situation where people are in an accident emergency situation they know they're not going to recover from oftentimes they do say things like i love my spouse or things like that. that was very chilling to me he said not a...

So that second person is in here -- >> the flight attendant for example. >> would be in here and could verify the person on the outside of the door before opening it. >> so she doesn't touch this. >> no this is the cockpit door lock. this is for pilots and pilots only. this switch is so i can -- if somebody is at the door i don't want them to come in i can take the switch to lock and that would completely lock out the electronic keypad on that door. i also have a mechanical lock i can go back to the door and lock it. >> reporter: and this -- quite a bit of discussion has been on the altitude o...

How many commercial flights are there around the world every day? 40,000 or so. and over the past 25 years, how many airplanes have gone missing? i can think of one. there are practical questions -- >> and we mentioned, there have been a fewer number of crashes this year than we've seen since 1927. so it is important to keep the bigger picture perspective. let's ask another question here. this is from john. he asks can pilots override traffic control amiss imminent danger? >> absolutely. in this particular circumstance the pilots were deviating around whether more than likely they would have u...