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The ground. we are ak an tive system which monitors the data and transmits data. >> where did the term black box come from? there is orange and blue. >> nobody really knows. >> tell me about this. this can take information that is critical and do what with it? >> this system monitors all of the data on the aircraft provided a channel of voice communication for the flight crew and it has rules that selectively transmit messages to the operational control center on the ground. those mab may be position report and status of the aircraft. in an emergency situation or abnormal situation it will str...

Initially i thought somebody came into the cockpit because we heard it was an hour out before this happened. but if you look at the timing, it departed at midnight 41 and seven minutes after the hour, they had the last acars report. that acars report was sent with a position report. if the information is correct that that position was input in the computer that they stated was between the pilots, i'm assuming it was in the number three fms. that would have been a jump seater. the timing, there wouldn't have been enough time for somebody in the cockpit to take over and input it. so i'm fairly c...

Uttered those words or after. joining us crash investigator matt robinson and former 777 pilot jesse bicson. welcome to both of you. if you wanted to evade radar as a former 777 pilot, could you do that? is that typical training of a 777 pilot? how could you go about preparing yourself to do this? >> well, it's not typical training and they don't teach us how to evade radar. but as pilots we do know what is required to have an aircraft intear -- interrogated from the corridor. the acar system is crucial because that acar system is basicalli' gives a position report to the company as to what al...