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Pilot, it's going to try to maintain 10,000 feet. and by pitching the nose up and up and up even those speed is decreasing -- >> we'll take it off auto pilot. assuming that auto pilot was not going to run without electricity, and we'll see that. >> okay. >> so here's the engine shutdown. there's the nullification. now we've lost the other engine. it's slowly spooling down. take it off auto pilot. okay. and now of course what's going to happen, there is nothing propelling the aircraft forward. we're a glider. and we're going to begin to see a degrade in both what, speed and in altitude. >> you'...

To the microphone. so while they would normally attempt to communicate with the outside world if that were the case, it doesn't seem like there was any attempt to make a communication that way. >> mary, you disagree? >> well, no, i don't disagree. i think there are so many different scenarios. over the years in different cases i've worked on, probably one of the ones -- some of the ones that are more similar are things that started to go wrong and the pilots don't realize how wrong things are going. it starts spooling down. first it's one thing. if i was to try to make sense of the 11 minutes ...

Cases i've worked on, probably one of the ones -- some of the ones that are more similar are things that started to go wrong and the pilots don't realize how wrong things are going. it starts spooling down. first it's one thing. if i was to try to make sense of the 11 minutes and the "all right good night" sounding normal is that they have something they think is minor. they're perhaps turning back or going to an alternative airport easier to get to which would explain the turn. the thing they thought was minor and not going to tell air traffic control, they're going to do what they shouldn't ...