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Tanks and the speed he was getting. i knew it was going to be close. >> after flying side by side for 90 minutes, it becomes obvious hes not going to make it. but will the pilot survive the crash into the open seas? >> its a very dangerous scenario. luckily, his type of airplane is capable of flying very slow. its very light. it really is the ideal type of airplane to ditch into the water. >> he gives the pilot instructions on how best to ditch the plane. >> the big items were making sure his wi...

Over the pa for people to stay in their seats and to not evacuate. reporter: only when one of the flight attendants saw a fire outside that everybody starts to evacuate about 90 seconds after the crash. 2351st responders on the scene within minutes. they had to keep their distance out of an abundance of caution. there was a lot of concern the plane could explode. jenna: what a scary situation as we continue to learn more. ntsb is focusing on several factors, walk us through some of those factors...

Instructor for the first time while he was overseaing the pilot who was flying the boeing 777. this was their first flight tow together. none of them realized there was a problem with the airspeed until it was too late. meantime ntsb investigators also describe the debris field. >> when you get down to the sea wall, can you identify where the first strike took place. first landing gear impacted the sea wall and then the tail. >> and the head ofation anna airlines arrived in san francisco just a ...

Were continuing to follow breaking news out of san francisco where were learning more about the deadly plane crash over the weekend that killed two teenagers aboard this flight. more than 300 passengers on board. take a look at what happened. the target airspeed we are told from the chairwoman of the national transportation safety board, as that plane was coming in for a landing, that boeing 777 they wanted to hit a target airspeed of 137 knots but the ntsb chair says they were flying a lot slow...

Transportation safety board. he has investigated some of the best-known aviation accidents of the past. he is our guest now. a target airspeed of 137 knots, you just heard debra hersman talking about the fact they were flying significantly slower than that, peter. she said were not just talking about a few knots her here what does that tell you and what is happening to the plane? >> what what it tells you the crew were not paying attention to their avionics and to their readouts. the per person ...

Climbing which is physically impossible. its actually impossible based on the radar evidence. if youre going to climb that sharply, that plane has to slow down just like when you ride a bicycle up the hill. the radar data shows no reduction in airspeed. how does it climb? it didnt turn and climb and went down as our animation shows. if you want to tell the world what the eyewitnesses saw, let them testify. thats what you should have done back in 1997. i think you should request thats done right ...

Going a lot faster. >> the air bus dual engine checklist assumes the engines have failed at cruising altitude. 30,000 feet would have with given the pilots ample time to figure thing out. hitting a flock of canada geese at 3,000 feet, thats another story. >> what at this point is going through you mind. >> at this point im thinking this cant be happening. >> if flights engines were not producing thrust, why wouldnt the plane have fall frn the sky out of control? simple air ro dynamics. >> it can...

You can see the canopy pull of air on top and on bottom and the pressure is so great, that you can actually feel the plane pouncing up and down, like some type of earthquake. if he rips out the tail of the airplane, the airplane can go into a dead spin and nobody will be able to get out. theres nothing nobody can do to save him, theres no way you can climb to the tail to the back and try to release him. thats only in the movies. >> theres only one thing can skydivers left inside can do -- jump. ...

He was telling us with the amount of fuel that was in his tanks and the speed he was getting. i knew it was going to be close. >> after flying side by side for 90 minutes, it becomes obvious hes not going to make it. but will the pilot survive the crash into the open seas? >> its a very dangerous scenario. luckily his type of airplane is capable of flying very slow, its very light. it is the ideal type of airplane to ditch into the water. >> ma jessica gives the pilot instructions on how best to...

1st, 2009. since middle of may. jon? jon: to make clear to february and march keep in viewers were not talking mind we were getting closer about a engine stall. to cracking the 35,000 were talking about a wing level. stall where the air sort of a lot of economists peels away from the wings. attributed to that, better they pointed the nose of the than expected weather and mild winter where we plane up so much that the borrowed some of the jobs. air flow going over the wing particularly think abou...