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Indonesian crash. >> i'm going to ask les in a moment to explain why people should feel okay about flying on these planes or not and what a pilot needs to know but i want to ask jeff, because jeff wrote in an article covering this an explanation that i think is easy to understanding. boeing engineers had to move the point where the plane attaches to the wing. this affected the way the plane handled. most alarmingly it left the plane with a tendency to pitch up which could result in an aerodynamic stall. to prevent this, boeing added a new auto pilot system that would pitch the nose down if it ...

>> that's why this state of affairs regarding who's trying to get this equipment and what purpose they're using it for has to be better regulated. i'm not saying prohibited. but just like you can't get a scooter and go on a highway, we need to have rules like that for drones. most people who have drones do it for recreational purposes. or possibly surveillance purposes. terrorist or anyone else are going to use whatever technology the market makes available to them. >> just the last thing any pilot needs. it's the last thing you want to see, especially after reports of lasers being pointed at ...

Describing what the last moments on that flight sounded like through the cockpit voice recorder. >> he's knocking asking to be let in, zero konsresponse from the co-pilot. you hear human breathing within the cabin, and we hear this breathing up until the final point of impact. which we assume means that the co-pilot was living was alive in the cockpit. then we start hearing banging, someone trying to break the door down. >> in the united states pilots can never be left alone in the cockpit. if one pilot needs to use the restroom, a flight attendant needs to remain in the cockpit while that pil...

Breathing up until the final point of impact. which we assume means that the co-pilot was living, was alive in the cockpit. then we start hearing banging, someone trying to break the door down. >> in the united states, pilots can never be left alone in the cockpit. if one pilot needs to use the restroom, a flight attendant needs to remain in the cockpit while that pilot is absent. katie couric asked the ceo of germanwings about this protocol earlier today. >> are there regulations where a flight attendant has to be in the cockpit if a pilot has a bathroom break? >> there is regulations in some...

Pilot breathing, there was no apology. there was no prayer. there was nothing from the co-pilot as he brought the plane down. but you do hear passengers who have now started to realize their lives are about to end. you hear screaming according to the prosecutor. jeffrey, the u.s. standards already are, it's accepted that two people in the cockpit at all times. that's the way it is in the united states. if a pilot needs to leave, a crew member steps in, many airlines around the world are saying today they're going to adopt this policy as well in the wake of the crash. is it possible to require ...