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Approximately four seconds prior to impact. >> the stick shaker is a system on the plane that gives a warning to the pilot that youre going too slow. >> there was a call out for a go around from one of the crew at 1.5 seconds prior to impact. that means they want to not land, but apply power and go around and try to land again. >> the go around call was just useless at that point. it was a done deal. they were already committed to a horrific outcome. >> reporter: remarkably, most of the passenge...

About the pilot had only 43 hours of experience on this plane. do we believe the investigators think this lack of experience flying this particular aircraft had something to do with the crash? >> reporter: the bottom line is we dont know. one would think based upon what we have seen from the data recorders is they will be looking at pilot error very closely. let me tell you about this press conference. well be hearing from first responders, police officers and firefighters who responded to that ...

Tragically two young teenagers from china did die. joining me now, former ntsb manager, one of them anyway. can i start with the data recorders. how long does that process take? who is looking at it and is that something by the end of the day they will go right here? dwl it wi >> it will be a fairly quick process. they have a secure lab at the ntsb in which they will both listen to the voice recorder this is very well protected and they will download the data from the flight recorder. so it shou...

Hole in the plane to safety. they were taken to the hospital to get checked out and doing well. two lives lost there and dozens still remain in the hospital today. story ares like that show the confusion after the crash. we are following the story where investigators are trying to piece together what happened. what new information they hope to get from the planes data recorders which have now arrived in washington. thats next. mine was earned in djibouti, africa. 2004. vietnam in 1972. [ all ] f...

Them in the days to come. the airline ceo is insisting that the pilots were veterans. each of them had 10,000 miles or more in the air. one close to that number. lets talk to someone who knows a lot about aviation. ted flash, a fox news military analyst. usually, we talk about military flights. captain, good to have you here to talk about this commercial flight. always a pleasure, sir. in this particular instance, captain, what information is most important to get from the pilots and what inform...

Groups. and each of these working groups, whether it is flight operations, data recorders, witness statements, whether its survivability, whether its human performance, will be headed up by a senior ntsb investigator, somebody who has years of experience investigating accidents. the korean safety board will be invited to participate. they will most likely be on the ground some time today, if theyre not already there. and this investigation will be conducted under a set of broad rules that all of...

And well update with news as soon as possible. our thoughts and prayers are with the passengers and flight crew on the flight. we hope to provide you with further information asap. this was is not out hours after the accident and same time the investigators are heading to the crash scene. >> elizabeth, what is next for the investigators? >> it is a long rod a -- road a head. they will study the poilts performance and look at communication with air traffic controllers and weather and maintenance ...

Follow. the first order of business is after you take care of the injured and those affected is to recover the data recorders, and they could be in the water off the end of the runway, it could be still on the plane. they will go after those as soon as possible, recover them, send them to washington, d.c., to be -- to have the data downloaded. >> we know that the ntsb is already seven hours into that work. peter goelz, former managing director with the ntsb, thank you. >> and as he said, upgrade...

At this point it appears they are all accounted for with the exception of one. and there were 307 people on board of this flight. and 291 passengers and 16 crew. at this point, 306 have been accounted for and two fatalities. and we will bring back port golds who is the director of the national safety board. peter, in term was what happened and caused the flight to go down, there is little information available about that? >> and that is the way it is going to be for a while because until we get ...

Inside of the aircraft they will pick apart data recorders and they will work with the faa and boeing. and could it be cuzzed by pilot error. she said there is more that needs to be done. >> and the president has been made aware of the situation, he will be updated as more information becomes available. >> elizabeth, we know that the runway is on the bay, has there been other issues there before? >> you are right. it is right on the water. if you ever landed there, it is gorgeous. but the up to ...