difficult for those air traffic control towers get any sort of answer from a swiss politician. in the end he landed taxpayer craft. everybody on board was safe. he is now in custody. whether or not he's going to get asylum is something that's very much in question, carol. >> there was some sort of rope from the cockpit because there are rumors earlier he climbed down that rope on to the tarmac. >> reporter: very interesting question. you're absolutely right. he use ad rope to climb down to the tarmac. another piece of interaction between him and the tower don't make any sudden moves. i'm opening up the cockpit window and climb down with a rope. he planned this. we have to note modern airline cockpits actually always have a rope in a compartment above one of the windows and that's a safety precaution because if one of these airliners has to make a hard landing or crash landing and the way out to the emergency exit is filled by fire or some other obstruction the pilots do have that rope as a last way of getting out of the aircraft and