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What we're dealing with here. remind us of what the facts were. >> well egyptair 990, michael, we had a relief co-pilot an individual who was not going to be promoted to captain. there were a bunch of personal issues surrounding his conduct in the united states and in egypt, and he took off, was a flight from l.a. they remanled overnight at jfk, then there was a jfk to egypt flight. when they took off somewhere around nantucket, he as a relief pilot went in and took the controls. the captain left the flight cockpit, left. he then took control of the plane, said i put myself in god's hands, wha...

Surrounding his conduct in the united states and in egypt, and he took off, was a flight from l.a. remained overnight at jfk, then at jfk to egypt flight. when they took off around nantucket, he as a relief pilot went in and took the controls the captain left the flight cockpit, left he then took control of the plane, said i put my hands in -- i put myself in god's hands, whatever will happen will happen and he lit early drove the plane into the ocean. the captain returned and got in the cockpit, and actually said to this relief pilot, pull with me do something, shut the power. help me. he con...

Passed all his testing and screening and was, quote, 100% set to fly. lufthansa also says in a reversal from just yesterday that it is now adopting the two-person rule inside its cockpits. that's long been the rule for united states carriers. but this week, at least seven other carriers have now mandated that a flight attendant or a relief pilot enter the cockpit when one of the pilots or the co-pilots decides to leave. we're going to begin our live coverage this hour with cnn's fred pleitgen who's in the german city of cologne. fred, if you could just expand and this report that has broken to...