your instrument panel will momentarily go blank when you're using it, but that could be a surge situation there. >> richard, are we any closer to understanding, are investigators any closer to understanding whether or not the plane was on autopilot or annual control, given the turns we now know the aircraft made? >> no, we're not. we know the first turn, then the west turn, then there's the turn, the long turn that takes it down into the south indian ocean. clearly, no pilot is going to be standing there or sitting there holding the controls for the full several hours. i think that's highly unlikely for six, seven hours as the plane comes down until fuel exhaustion. but even if it's not on full autopilot, the plane will keep going. it's a myth that you take your hands off the controls and the