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Investigators they set the auto throttle to maintain descent speed. investigators will determine if it was set properly. >> we are now going to be looking at flight data recorder information to validate parameters associated with the auto pilot and automation, things like the autothough throttles. we need to work to understand what the different modes are, what can be selected and what the crew understood. >> reporter: what the crusade they did understand too late was that the aircraft was way too low and slow. >> we have a flying pilot, and we have two other pilots that are in the cockpit and...

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 they're calls precision path indicators or poppy lights. if i see all red, it means i'm too low. if i see all white, it means i'm 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 broke off. >> i believe we ended up finding what we believe were four people in the back in the rub...

Picture of how this crash took place. investigators saying it was the landing gear that hit that seawall first. essentially a few feet higher they would have made it. a few feet lower, this would be a much more tragic story. three pilots were in the cockpit in the jet when it crashed on sunday. >> oh, my god -- >> reporter: the man in command was experienced on the experience 747. like this kln flight landing on the very runway of the san francisco crash. but this is his first time landing a 777. >> the instructor pilot stated they were slightly high when they passed 4,000 feet. >> reporter: t...

I think he said it wasn't responsive. the instructor who apparently is in command of the flight didn't say that. the trainee said something about that. so there's a discrepancy here. maybe there's a problem with the autothrottle. and 345ib that explains why something went so wrong on this beautiful clear kay. that's the first time we heard about the potential of a mechanical problem. >> let's also talk about the flight record. the pilot behind the controls was halfway through his training on the 777 with ten legs under his belt, 35 hours on that plane. on top of that, the pilot who is supposed...

Now about another, the grand mother of amanda berry reacting for the first time of that powerful video of her granddaughter. let's take a look at headlines, shall we. good morning, everyone. investigators are looking at asiana flight 214's automatic speed throttle. the auto throttle was set to 157 miles per hour. the pilot assumed it was handling speed but it wasn't. and they apparently realized it at the last minute. the ntsb said the pilot was training to fly a boeing 777 ands were a first-time instructor pilot. we will speak with this family that you see on the screen right now, that's ju...