the debris found on reunion island in the indian ocean has now been loaded onto crates. it s at the airport. it is expected to be sent to france for identification later today. investigators telling cnn authorities will be able to i.d. the object quickly to figure out whether it s the first clue from that vanished plane, mh-370. the source telling cnn engineers should be able to determine if the plane exploded in the air or if it hit the water in one piece. let s talk about this. with me now, james carlton, professor of marine sciences, i m joined by les abend. welcome to you both. good morning. good morning. james, we ve been talking a lot about the barnacles attached to
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vacation before us got married. it was to be his last vacation with his family. some tough words there. now like ana mentioned there are children on board. take a look at this tweet. it says search operations have resumed this morning we extend our thoughts to choi chi man s family during this difficult time. difficult times for these 162 families who were at the airport waiting and hoping to hear some good news. they must be so exhausted too. it s emotionally exhausting. you can imagine. our hearts go out to them. thank you. we re just hours away from the ships and planes resuming their search. up ahead we ll let you know how this search area is changing and then a vanished plane sounds familiar?
here s brian todd. signal, a vanished plane. on the ground a feeling of complete helplessness. an idea has circulated to put auto pilot on passenger planes on remote control in stressful situations. in 2004, boeing applied for a patent for a system referred to as uninterruptible auto pilot. ground controller could take control away from the pilots so they wouldn t have control over the pedals or the yoke and it would be handled on the ground. everything the pilots would try to do would be inconsequential sfwhx this idea the pilots could flick a switch when under stressful sensors in the cockpit could go off. or it might have had sensors on the cockpit doors that would have activated the auto pilot if a certain amount of force were used. then ground operators could take control of the plane using radio or satellite signals and signal it to a predetermined airport.
significantly more information, but will it be enough? if there is something conclusive on the 82 parameters, it will narrow the accident down to where they may not have to reconstruct the entire aircraft. reporter: they could choose to recover a few pieces and reveal the rest of the puzzle. alexandra field, cnn. cnn has learned boeing has a system to fly a plane by remote control from the ground in an emergency. as brian todd reports, the incident might have turned out differently. reporter: a lost signal. a vanished plane. on the ground, a feeling of helplehelp lessne lessness. an idea has circulated on remote control in stressful situations. in 2004, boeing applied for a patent for uninterrupt able auto