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>> due to the severity of her burns, she suffers from numerous infections and her kidneys, all but shut down. 11 weeks after the crash, kyle is forced to make a difficult decision. he takes his wife amanda off life support. she passes away two months after her 25th birthday. in its final report the national transportation safety board finds probable cause of the accident to be loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. once the plane is in trouble, he and amanda had precious little time to react. >> from the time that the engine developed a problem from the time that they were on the groun...

I can't imagine that. knowing the personality he is, that's going to weigh on him for the rest of his life. >> the engineer was in the second day of a five-daywork week. each day nine hours. the question is what he fatigued or sleep-deprived. >> there is every indication he would have time to get full sleep. >> 18 minutes after leaving the station, the train picked up tremendous speed. when it was supposed to slow down to 30 miles per hour, the train was moving at 82 miles per hour. at that point the engine power dropped to idle and engine slammed on the brakes, but it was too late. the train ...

>> there is every indication he had time to get full recovery of sleep ro. it shows 18 minutes the train had picked up tremendous speed. by the time it was supposed to slow from 70 down to 30 miles per hour to make a dramatic left turn, the train was moving at 82 miles per hour. at that point the engine power suddenly dropped to idle and the engineer slammed on the brakes. but it was all too late. the train came to rest just inches from the water. david wrangle who teaches train engineering says there is no steering the commuter train t. sole engineer on board controls speed and brakes and the...

Just how fast the train was going when it derailed. the onboard data recorder revealed the train was going 82 miles per hour when it took that fateful curve. it should have been traveling at just 30 miles per hour. engine power was cut back just six seconds before the crash, and the brakes were applied just moments later, but the engineer telling investigators they didn't work. it's important to note here, they had worked at the nine stops before the crash. investigators also looking at the engineer's cell phone. it's believed the driver of that deadly crash in spain last january was on his ce...

Tonight the ntsb says it's already begun interviewing the four pilots on board. the two flying the jet and the relief crew. dan simon takes a look. >> investigators believe as asiana flight 214 was on final approach to san francisco international airport, its air speed was far too slow. >> about three seconds prior to impact, the flight data recorder recorded its lowest speed of 103 knots. at this time, the engines were at about 50% power and engine power was increasing. >> that meant that the pilot at the controls was frantically trying to power up, because he realized he was coming in too lo...