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Excuse me, this is wrong. this is wrong. but that wasnt occurring. everything was occurring normally, so up to that point theres no indication of engine problems, flat problems, control problems. you know, no tricky winds updrafts, down drafts, nothing. thats a very important piece of data. i think jim probably feels the same way. >> you mentioned a tool that was about challenging. what is it called? >> its called crew resource management, and the united states has really pioneered it. im sure j...

Jim, your response to this as well. a cursory listening to the recording. >> well, its very unnerving for me because one of the things that keeps a pilot continuing to fly and the pilot is that he has control or she has control. when you get to the place you really do not have control, thats the most terrible nightmare that a pilot can have. for that matter you are trying to save what you can save. it has to be an awful feeling for the peopling in that cockpit. >> the flight data recorder had 24...

That mean? >> that means there are 1,400 different things that are being recorded. air speed, altitude, every position of every lever in the cockpit. the pressureization, the every sing thing that can have a lead on it and recorded is put in that black box. you have 400 pieces of data to tell you precisely what is going on. thats a great black box. some in the olden days had a couple of dozen things, but with 1,400 they will know everything, every position, of every fright surface lever, whateve...