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When they hit the sea barrier wall. so the question investigators are asking is, how could that happen? generally the co-pilot is supposed to be watching the air speed and the descent rate. was it one captain thinking the other one was watching the air speed and the other thinking the other one had it in there's question about that. they're interviewing the crew in korean and english. there's another tragic twist to the whole story. that is as firefighters responded with a full emergency response on saturday, the fire department says it now believes one of its responding rigs accidentally hit ...

Responders on the airport property. some of that we've already talked about yesterday. i have seen and heard some reports about a 4,000-per-minute -- 4,000-foot-per-minute descent rate. they have reviewed the radar data. and the group that reviewed the initial faa radar data have indicated that there's no abnormally steep descent curve that's been detected in the data that they have. our power plants team has conducted an on-scene examination of the two engines. they indicate those preliminary evaluations indicate that both of the engines were producing power at the time of impact. and this is...

Of all the major airlines, certain checks and balances to monitor and help and assist each other in the flying of the airplane. the pilot flying has certain responsibilities. the pilot monitoring has certain responsibilities. and we have certain protocols that we follow. at a certain point prior to landing at a certain altitude, a certain distance from the runway, we must be stabilized with the wings level at the proper descent rate, the proper speed, the proper altitude all the way from that point to the runway. if we're not, we're required to go around. so we need to find out why they didn't...

Responders on the airport property. some of that we have already talked about yesterday. i have seen and heard some report about a 4,000-foot per minu minute descent rate. the group that reviewed the initial data have indicated that there's no be a normally feet descent that has been defetecte in the data that they have. hour power plant team has conducted an on scene visual of the engines. the primary evaluations indicate both engines were production power at the time of impact. and this is consistent with information that we also see on

Medication, like health issues. and so, we will be looking at all of those things to see if there are any impacts on their ability to perform their jobs. >> joining me now, pilot and aviation lawyer arthur walt. arthur, thanks for being here. i don't remember a case like this of such catastrophic consequences, where on the tip of everybody's tongue, even if they're not saying it, seem to be the words, "pilot error." at this early stage, is that your assessment? >> yes, there's no question about that. this airplane made an unstabilized approach to the airport under beautiful weather conditions....