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Hearing what the other eyewitness has said about how this plane spun round after the tail hit the ground, we can start to -- we wont -- we will not -- let me -- lets be absolutely blunt and clear. we will not know why this tail hit the end of the runway at the early stage that it did for many weeks, if not months, until the ntsb produces its first interim and then final report. but clearly what we can now see, of course, is the crownolohrono events as stated by eyewitnesss. youve got to go back ...

With us now. an nbc analyst. are you there? >> hello. >> were you able to hear the eyewitness account we had on a few minutes ago? >> yes. >> based on what she saw happen, does that give you any sort of insight into what may have happened with this plane? >> no. once again, once the airplane, and it would seem that the airplane struck either at the barrier between the water and the land or shortly there after. and it would be my best guess that once that tail hit, the airplane would look as thou...

Happens quickly like this. youve got folks running. there could be some folks obviously in the terminals, folks that were reunited with family quickly. folks that just managed to slip off the grid. but officials in san francisco right now undoubtedly have the manifest, and they are trying to match names with folks that are either in a hospital or folks that they have heard from who have managed to get to their destination safely. noel walker is standing by for us right now. i understand, noel, y...

Looking forward and the shark came up behind me and, as i turned, i startled it and it startled me, and, the tail hit my board, so, that was kind of the first encounter, which kind of made me question if im really -- should be out there doing what im doing, and then, after it swam away, and then shore shark came back a little bit smaller, i gathered my things and had my camera and, you know, was intrigued by the shark and just, my curiosity. bill: and even bigger under water, too, you were not s...

Sorry to interrupt -- you say it appeared to be going fast. did it also appear to be at a certain ang snell some say it was a 30, 45 degree angle, indicating that it was, as you said, coming in too fast? >> yes, sir. it was. it didnt look like any other planes. it looked like it was coming in too frantically. it was so crazy. when it came in, it landed in the tail hit in back and then it started to spin and thats when the nose was on -- towards the ground. the tail end was in the air. the tail e...