CNN Anderson Cooper 360 April 2, 2015 03:32:00
Germanwings 9525's deadly descent, plane in his control alone. more than ten years ago airbus the plane's manufacturer developed software to allow a plane's computers to take over a flight if it got close to crashing, but the project was scrapped before it was put to use. >> in the case of the germanwings passenger murder, this technology i believe would have saved the flight. >> reporter: here is how it would work. if the pilot does not respond to current audible warnings in the cockpit and auto pilot function would kick in, steering the plane out of danger and on to a safe course. many comme...