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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...

Aircraft was way too low and slow. >> we have a flying pilot, and we have two other pilots that are in the cockpit and they have a monitoring function. one of the very critical things that needs to be monitored on an approach to landing is speed. so we need to understand what was going on in the cockpit and also what was going on with the aircraft. >> reporter: the asiana flight crew was not tested for drugs or alcohol after the crash. as a u.s. flight crew would have been. the ntsb also confirm...

Monitor. we have a flying pilot, and we have two other pilots that are in the cockpit, and they have a monitoring function. one of the very critical things that needs to be monitored on an approach to the landing is speed. and so we need to understand what was going on in the cockpit and also what was going on with the aircraft. jenna: claudia cowan is live in san francisco with more on this story. whats the latest you can tell us about the pilots? >> reporter: well, jenna, whats still unclear h...