big gas situation. the airplane starts to slow down. the power does not come up as the pilot expected it to because the auto throttle system thinks its on the ground. the airplane continues to slow. >> another problem, the plane is nearing the runway but the crew isn't finished prepping for landing. >> they didn't have the final flap selections made and still running the before landing checklist. consequently, the go around was required by their operations manuel yet they didn't do that. >> so all those things that they were doing at that time was taking them away from actually monitoring the air speed and altitude. >> inside the cockpit, the stick shaker warning activates telling the pilots that the airplane is about to stall. >> i think the stick shaker caught them by surprise. the training first officer did exactly what he was trained to do, push the power up, lower the nose but the captain understandably said i don't know