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Controls in the cockpit including the speed indicator. >> at about 500 feet the air speed was 134 knots. >> reporter: the 350-ton plane was already below the 137 knot speed to which the pilot believe he set the auto throttle. for the first time at nine seconds before impact, one of the pilots expressed concern about the aircrafts speed. >> almost immediately after that is the first comment regarding speed since we started sharing information starting at 500 feet. >> reporter: were now learning t...

At about 35 seconds out and 500 feet up, the pilot told investigators he saw a bright light and in response looked at the control in the cockpit, including the speed indicator. >> at about 500 feed, the airspeed was approximately 134 knotts. >> the 350-ton plane was already below the speed to which the pilot believed he had set the autotlolts. for the first time we are hearing at nine seconds before impacts 100 feet above the ground, one of the pilots expressed concern about the aircrafts speed....

Like the autothrottles. >> reporter: but there is a speed indicator in the plane. and they would also have seen bright red and white lights like these on the simulation flight theyre calls precision path indicators or poppy lights. if i see all red, it means im too low. if i see all white, it means im too high. >> at 200 feet, he noticed the four poppies were red. >> reporter: the impact so violent ntsb investigators say two flight attendants were ejected from the plane after the tail section br...

Idea in how this all played out and how first responders did such a great job and so did flight attendants, did such a great job getting people off that plane. unfortunately, as we know, we lost two, but it could have been so much worse, jenna. jenna: well put, adam. thank you. jon: for more on this, lets talk with peter goelz, former managing director of the national transportation safety board, a man who has a lot of experience investigating aviation accidents like this one. we now know that t...

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