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The other point wort noting is that before the accident, before flight 8501. they'd be handing the information and make their plans on their own in the cockpit. now the indonesian transport ministry issuing a directive saying they have to meet with a flight operations officer and have a face to face briefing. brooke? >> david, thank you. first, being the issue of not actually physically picking up the weather documentation but having it e-mailed to you. i talked to a pilot a second ago and he said it shouldn't matter either way. and the last bit about being briefed in person or not. what's you...

If we go back to the 1950s and '60s when weather radar first appeared on airplanes, it was nothing more than a rudimently rain gauge. and we had accidents particularly in the united states, where planes blundered into very bad thunderstorms and were broken up by those thunderstorms. now move on another ten or 20 years. we now have very sophisticated radar, which gives the pilot a really good interpretation and color as we see on the radar. we can pick up on our laptops looking at weather radar for all sorts of cities and whatnot. that's the same sort of picture that a pilot gets. it shows him ...

Lack of sinister aspect. >> randi, it doesn't tell me anything. it still leaves all options open and possibilities open. in terms of defending the cockpit as kit just mentioned, if you have one or two -- either one of the pilots get up and leave the cockpit to go to the bathroom or lax and leave the door unlocked for some reason, one could be out of the cockpit and locked out by the partner. the only reason we know what's occurred in previous flights is from the voice cockpit recorder which we were able to listen to and hear the captain try to get back in or shouting at the copilot and the cop...

Dramatically i might add. the flight 23r* barcelona to new york was forced to divert to ireland following the outburst that started when her seat wouldn't recline properly. she told one flight uh 10 department to get the -- attendant to get the f out of her face and pushed her out of the way and called her an ugly [bleep] and she called the second one a [bleep] and the pilot a [bleep]. >> not good. >> the irony thing is those are their real names. she admitted to having a migraine and taking medication. we will discuss this in the -- >> lightning rooooooooouuuunnndd. lightning round. >> i have...

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