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Loolking at the pieces of the plane that crashed just shortly after take off before 9:30 a.m. local time saturday. we know that from witnesses who told investigators about what they saw, they saw the plane teetering. hit lines and trees. skidded in a staraight line through the palette rking lot o post office and broke into pieces. talking about their preliminary information. >> one witness who has pilot experience stated that the landing gear was retracted. the wings level. i do not have a nose ...

About this tragedy. our thoughts and prayers go out to the families. >> boeing put out a statement saying safety is our number 1 priority and were taking every measure to make sure we understand this accident. the investigation is in its early stages. but at this point, we dont have any basis to issue new guidance to operators. i mentioned there were some airlines that decided to ground those planes. some airlines are still flying them. one thing i was wondering about, the automatic systems, is ...

What the air traffic situation was at the time, the dependencies that the flight crew and legitimate scenario would require in terms of coordination with the ground crew and their air traffic control to prepare for that departure. >> we saw him do some incredible maneuvers in the air. if this person apparently didnt have pilot experience, how could he have done those maneuvers, based on what you saw in the air? >> sure. and youre right, there were some maneuvers that were done that were incredib...

Saying -- and they believe that there was only one person in the aircraft. but they want to scour that scene extensively before reaching that final conclusion. now we know that investigators went to the island early this morning. so we should be seeing them arrive here sometime in the hours ahead. now, in terms of kitron island itself this is a sparsely populated area, sort of akin to a gated commune. its a private island. the last census showed only 17 people living there. >> all right, dan sim...

Scenario would require in terms of coordination with the ground crew and their traffic control to prepare for that departure. >> incredible maneuvers in the air, if this person apparently didnt have pilot experience, how could he have done maneuvers from what you saw in the air? >> sure, and youre right maneuvers that were done that were incredible maneuvers with the aircraft. to our knowledge he didnt have a pilots license, so to be honest with you, i mean, commercial aircraft are complex machi...

Though this was something in the order of 19 years old, these are highly cared for, highly monitored, highly inspected aircraft. they fly for decades. the pilot as i recall, something over 12,000 hours th s which is highly experienced pilot. so i dont think were dealing with an issue of pilot experience. it doesnt mean that the pilots actions or inactions may not be implicated. but as i said, the black boxes really do tell the story. and well have the answers to that very quickly. >> and make yo...

Of course we know the plane ended up in the water. as you look at this as a pilot, one that has flown this particular type of plane what, information has stood out to you most revealing about what could have brought this plane down? >> you know here we have another apparently qualified crew that was unable to resolve whatever challenges theyve faced. weve seen with air france 447 and other incidents with asiana having a safe path to the completion of the flight. so that is a growing concern glob...

Sky. thats how long it took for air france 447 to actually fall out the sky. >> what a grim prospect. ripped sean great to have your experience and knowledge to help us out. thanks so much. >> all right. thanks mikaela. the aircraft the airline, pilot experience. these are all issues surrounding airasia flight 8501 what do they say now about the st.ate of air safety?

Certainly severe icing can. these aircraft can carry a certain amount of what they call air frame icing. theres limits to all these things. thats why the pilot experience and pilot skill are so important. and airbuses are a great airplane. its got a good safety record. im not suggesting theres anything wrong with the airbus design. but we do know theres limits. we have seen hail bring down aircraft. lightning has occasionally brought down aircraft. and certainly icing over the years has caused a...