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Speed which the pilot believed he set the auto throttle. for the first time, at nine seconds before impact, 100 feet above the ground, one pilot expressed concern about the aircrafts speed. >> almost immediately after that is the first comment regarding speed since we started sharing information starting at 500 feet. >> reporter: we are learning there were two call outs for a go around seconds before this. >> oh my god! oh its an accident. >> oh, youre filming it, too. >> reporter: ntsb says it ...

Controls in the cockpit including the speed indicator. >> at about 500 feet the air speed was 134 knots. >> reporter: the 350-ton plane was already below the 137 knot speed to which the pilot believe he set the auto throttle. for the first time at nine seconds before impact, one of the pilots expressed concern about the aircrafts speed. >> almost immediately after that is the first comment regarding speed since we started sharing information starting at 500 feet. >> reporter: were now learning t...

Knots. >> reporter: the 350-ton plane was already below the 137-knot speed to which the pilot believed he had set the auto throttle and for the first time we are hearing nine seconds before impact 100 feet above the ground one of the pilots expressed concern about the aircrafts speed. >> and almost immediately after that is the first comment regarding speed since we started sharing information on starting at 500 feet. >> reporter: and we are now learning there were two call-outs for a go around ...

The auto throttle was working, not working or whether the pilots did not know how to use the auto throttle. back to you. >> wow. tom costello, thank you very much. >> steve, whats your take, all these days later? >> the 90 second delay? >> when the dust settles op this youre going to see some great acts on the part of the crew in getting those people off the plane because they did eventually get them off safely and see some incredibly disorganized and confused and lack of observance of the proto...

And personnel are working hard as possible to recover from this accident. >> reporter: the three pilots in the cockpit told investigators they struggle to line up properly for a visual landing. then they realized too late their auto throttle had not maintained the minimum speed. but investigators have not found any evidence of the auto throttle malfunctioning. retired 777 captain tom casey says auto throttle isnt designed to suddenly kick in when a plane is set up for a landing. >> if the airpla...

Investigators they set the auto throttle to maintain descent speed. investigators will determine if it was set properly. >> we are now going to be looking at flight data recorder information to validate parameters associated with the auto pilot and automation, things like the autothough throttles. we need to work to understand what the different modes are, what can be selected and what the crew understood. >> reporter: what the crusade they did understand too late was that the aircraft was way t...

Like the autothrottles. >> reporter: but there is a speed indicator in the plane. and they would also have seen bright red and white lights like these on the simulation flight theyre calls precision path indicators or poppy lights. if i see all red, it means im too low. if i see all white, it means im too high. >> at 200 feet, he noticed the four poppies were red. >> reporter: the impact so violent ntsb investigators say two flight attendants were ejected from the plane after the tail section br...

Picture of how this crash took place. investigators saying it was the landing gear that hit that seawall first. essentially a few feet higher they would have made it. a few feet lower, this would be a much more tragic story. three pilots were in the cockpit in the jet when it crashed on sunday. >> oh, my god -- >> reporter: the man in command was experienced on the experience 747. like this kln flight landing on the very runway of the san francisco crash. but this is his first time landing a 777...

I think he said it wasnt responsive. the instructor who apparently is in command of the flight didnt say that. the trainee said something about that. so theres a discrepancy here. maybe theres a problem with the autothrottle. and 345ib that explains why something went so wrong on this beautiful clear kay. thats the first time we heard about the potential of a mechanical problem. >> lets also talk about the flight record. the pilot behind the controls was halfway through his training on the 777 w...

Now about another, the grand mother of amanda berry reacting for the first time of that powerful video of her granddaughter. lets take a look at headlines, shall we. good morning, everyone. investigators are looking at asiana flight 214s automatic speed throttle. the auto throttle was set to 157 miles per hour. the pilot assumed it was handling speed but it wasnt. and they apparently realized it at the last minute. the ntsb said the pilot was training to fly a boeing 777 ands were a first-time...