there was a need to override the system and a mechanism to override the system. >> so the preliminary findings from the indonesian crash, the indonesian crash, i want to stress is there was a bad sensor or the sensor providing bad data to the computer, the onboard flight computer suggesting that the plane was going to stall and so the plane's computers automatically put the nose down to pick up speed, but the pilots were not aware of this new automated system and they tried to pull up on the nose and they were fighting the computer that was pushing the nose down. there was a way to disengage that system and the pilots didn't know that this system existed and they're fighting a system that they may understood. you simply disengage the automatic trim. however, if you are in an emergency situation you're not that high up in altitude, suddenly the nose is pointing towards the ocean and you're panicking, a lot of airline pilots have said to me, listen, i'm not even sure that i would