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Information in the crash that killed actor paul walker and his friend. more video showing that moment of impact, raising questions. also, why autopsy results have been put on hold? and shes now the highest ranking woman at the pentagon but did you know shes also the inspiration for tom cruises girlfriend, the flight instructor in "top gun." ? much more on that, ahead. ♪ youve lost that loving feeling ♪ o drive. well you know that beats great mileage or being fun to drive. yeah, thatd be li...

>> reporter: a pilot runs through his preflight checks on an f-16 jet fighter. then climbs out. the canopy comes down, and the f-16 takes off without him. it happened last week in florida, and although unmanned aircraft are everywhere these days, it still makes you do a double-take. the f-16 is being flown by remote control from a ground station and is able to perform all the maneuvers it could if a pilot were in the cockpit. climb to 40,000 feet, fly faster than the speed of sound, and turn so ...

>> reporter: now were at 103. >> now its too late. i add power, but boom, we hit the sea wall and we crash and we spin around and very bad things happen. as you see, i had plenty of time to abort the landing and go around and try again in a more safe fashion. >> reporter: an unexplainable accident to this flight instructor and so many others. >> its interesting to see how much time they would have had to actually correct the problem, with those lighting blinking telling them thinks werent going ...

Heres the latest on the investigation. claudia? >> martha after interviewing the flight crew, the pilots are more concerned with the low approach than the low air spode and the poilts were not relying on the carouse control to maintain spode. did it malfunction or not set properly? there were throw poilts in the cockpit and the lead poilt was serving as a flight instructor as he was overseeing the pilot. none of them realized the problem with the air spode until two-day. the wreckang is getting ...

You cross over where the water meets the runway, that seawall, you should be 200 feet in the air. and clearly with this flight, that was not the case. >> im here with the flight instructor. were taking the exact same path that the 777 took into sfo on a parallel runway. whats going through your mind as you approach? >> right now i have to make sure my air speed is sufficient. making sure i dont go below my minimum approach speed. which i am currently way above that right now. so right now i look...

Were at a certain level. as we know, the plane was supposed to be at 137 knots when it was supposed to make an approach to the runway. instead it was going slower. they thought the controls were set to the appropriate level when, in fact, they werent. those are just some of the highlights were hearing at this point. >> it looks like they clearly for whatever reason miscalculated as to the speed they were coming in, and they were very, very low. obviously at the time as well. im sure they got use...

Pilot who sat next to the leading pilot was on his very first trip as a flight instructor. meanwhile, one of the flight attendants is now being called a hero. she was the very last person off the plane and today she described her experience and how she led passengers to safety. >> my brain was very clear and i planned what i had to do immediately. actually, i was not thinking but acting. as soon as i heard emergency escape, i conducted the evacuation. when there was a fire, i was just thinking t...

How experienced you are as a flyer you need to pay attention to that safety briefing and know how to get out of the aircraft in case of an emergency. >> youre right. we did see pictures taken by passengers before the fire engulfed the top of that fuselage there was time and effort getting everybody out to safety. im sure lives were saved today. dj frost a pilot and flight instructor, thanks for joining us. >> youre welcome. >> any time. >> well continue our special coverage at the flight of asia...

How experienced you are as a flyer you need to pay attention to that safety briefing and know how to get out of the aircraft in case of an emergency. >> youre right. we did see pictures taken by passengers before the fire engulfed the top of that fuselage there was time and effort getting everybody out to safety. im sure lives were saved today. dj frost a pilot and flight instructor, thanks for joining us. >> youre welcome. >> any time. >> well continue our special coverage at the flight of asia...

How experienced you are as a flyer you need to pay attention to that safety briefing and know how to get out of the aircraft in case of an emergency. >> youre right. we did see pictures taken by passengers before the fire engulfed the top of that fuselage there was time and effort getting everybody out to safety. im sure lives were saved today. dj frost a pilot and flight instructor, thanks for joining us. >> youre welcome. >> any time. >> well continue our special coverage at the flight of asia...