the airplane started and to taxi it and take it off and fly it, that takes a lot of specialized knowledge and i was very surprised that this occurred. so john, tell me, what do you make of the fact that he wasn t a pilot but that he was able to fly that plane? well, he indicates when he s talking to air traffic control that he has quote, played a lot of video or flown a lot of video games and i guess that gave him the basic knowledge, but it surprised me because the q 400 turbo prop, it s a pretty complex airplane and it requires a lot of things to be done in a specific sequence to get the engine started and you know, to take off and to get the controls unlocked and all of those sorts of things. i was surprised that he was actually able to do that. it s rather amazing if you say you can corelate a video game to being inside the cockpit of a q 400.
it was planted years ago but has not been activated and only recently discovered to power plants, the electric grid, water treatment facilities, natural gas pipelines. in theory this software could allow a hacker to use the internet to shut down a generator. if you think this is science fiction, take a look at this. in this test, homeland security researchers used a hacking attack to make this generator self-destruct. sources possibly connected to the russian government are the prime suspects. if this was turned loose on our industries it could cause chaos affecting thousands. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. breaking news from idaho where two pilots have been killed in the crash of their helicopter. it went down near the boise airport. it was on a night training mission at the time. the pilots have not been identified. also breaking overnight, a small airliner encountered a serious problem while landing in edmonton. the plane involved was a q-400, a smaller twin engine turbo p
treatment facilities, natural gas pipelines. in theory this software could allow a hacker to use the internet to shut down a generator. if you think this is science fiction, take a look at this. in this test, homeland security researchers used a hacking attack to make this generator self-destruct. sources possibly connected to the russian government are the prime suspects. if this was turned loose on our industries it could cause chaos affecting thousands. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. breaking news from idaho where two pilots have been killed in the crash of their helicopter. it went down near the boise airport. it was on a night training mission at the time. the pilots have not been identified. also breaking overnight, a small airliner encountered a serious problem while landing in edmonton. the plane involved was a q-400, a smaller twin engine turbo prop
run by air canada s express service. the problem involved the landing gear. three people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. the retired navy s.e.a.l. who says he shot osama bin laden in the forehead has gone public. robert o neill said he fired the fatal shot. he did not speak about the bin laden raid in knoxville, tennessee, but shared a glimpse of some of his other hundreds of missions. i m proud of what i did but my mission didn t end because i left the battlefield. reporter: o neill decided to reveal his identity because he was afraid others were going to do so. his decision to go public does not sit well with others in the military who said navy s.e.a.l.s are not supposed to seek public recognition. the ex-con accused of kidnapping a woman off a philadelphia street is in a virginia jail. delvin barnes faces charges in that state for kidnapping and raping a teenaged girl. technology played a major role in rescuing the victim.
service. the problem involved the landing gear. three people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. the retired navy s.e.a.l. who says he shot osama bin laden in the forehead has gone public. robert o neill said he fired the fatal shot. he did not speak about the bin laden raid in knoxville, tennessee, but shared a glimpse of some of his other hundreds of missions. i m proud of what i did but my mission didn t end because i left the battlefield. reporter: o neill decided to reveal his identity because he was afraid others were going to do so. his decision to go public does not sit well with others in the military who said navy s.e.a.l.s are not supposed to seek public recognition. the ex-con accused of kidnapping a woman off a philadelphia street is in a virginia jail. delvin barnes faces charges in that state for kidnapping and raping a teenaged girl. technology played a major role in rescuing the victim. here s lana zak.