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>> yeah. hard to see. >> roger takes us through a manual scenario. something the german pilot did not do? >> it is uncomfortable? >> it is. >> in fact. can we just get out of this. there is just no need to take us through that. >> even in a simulator, something we asked him to do for the purposes of this story, this pilot cannot stand it. >> does it exceed pilot instinct? is it human instinct to pull up? >> yes. im thinking about the safety of my passengers and my crew and that airp and that is ...

Simulator in a scenario weve asked him to do for the purposes of this story, this pilot cannot stand it. does it exceed pilot instinct? is it human instinct to pull up the stick at that point? >> yes, im thinking about the safety of my passengers my crew and the plane. thats what i do as a pilot. >> reporter: is that why this incident has so disturbed the people in your profession? >> its unthinkable that a pilot would take an airplane and drive it into the ground. its not something we would eve...

>> this the worst situation ive been in. >> reporter: what happens to your hands after that crash? >> theyre sweaty. you can see it. in all the years ive been flying a simulator, never seen an airplane hit the ground. we recover the airplane before that happens. >> reporter: so that was unthinkable. for you. >> yeah. hard to see. >> reporter: roger takes us through a manual scenario explaining the germanwings pilot likely did not do this based on the control descent. >> pull up. >> reporter: its...

The purposes of the story, this pilot cannot stand it. >> does it exceed pilot instinct, is it human instinct to pull up the stick? >> yes, im thinking about the safety of my passengers. >> is that why this incident has so disturbed the people of your profession. >> its unthinkable that a pilot would take a plane and drive it into the ground. now amanda knox is speaking out now that hir eight year battle against murder charges is now over. italys supreme court overturned convictions against he...

In all the years ive been flying in a simulator, ive never seen an airplane hit the ground. we recover before that happens. >> reporter: so that was unthinkable for you? >> yeah. hard to see. >> reporter: roger takes us through a manual scenario, explaining the germanwings pilot likely did not do this based on the controlled descent. >> pull up! >> reporter: uncomfortable. >> it is. lets just -- can we come out of this? >> pull up! >> get out of this. no need to take it through the -- >> pull up...

Depending on how much water the airplane is in, or also by a ship that might be cruising over the top. but, of course, as we mentioned a little earlier, the area that theyre looking, in to try to find this airplane is probably the size of the state of pennsylvania. so we also dont know how many -- how many boats have been committed to this effort, and thats another problem right now. >> before i let you go, because this is what you study, what do you think happen. >> i hate to answer that one, b...