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Landing system or ils as they call it was out of service for this particular runway. the boeing 777 has a redundant system that can be used in this case and the visual flight. they also have the old-school red light, white light landing system that pilots can actually look off into the distance and see whether or not they're too high or too low. clearly the glide path into sto was wrong and that will be where a lot of this centers on. >> and certainly we're getting a lot more eyewitness information from the survivors and rescue crews. what have we learned since last we spoke? >> reporter: the ...

Voice recorder and the cockpit recorder? >> you know, it's hard to say, depending on how good the data is, and there are lots of other things that are done by the safety board other than just the recorders. they'll be wanting to get witnesses to the accident and interview them. they'll be looking obviously at the wreckage of the plane, what happened to the landing gear, where did to it come off, where does an engine come off, which direction does it go, how did the fire start, et cetera. so, there's so much to be done that you're not going to have good information on exactly what happened here...

Get all the information. as i've been telling you guys, we have been awaiting word from the national transportation safety board. they told us over an hour ago they would hold a press conference at 5:30 eastern time. it is now 5:50 eastern time, 5:51 to be exact. and, still, the ntsb has not come out to give that briefing. we're told they may do it at 6:00 eastern time but according to former ntsb vice chair and investigator it may be they are trying to get as much information as possible and as he said the go teams may be already in place and working on this particular situation, this particu...

International terminal. this is where the information's going to come from. this is where the officials are going to be holding their briefings, but as i said, you have a lot of passengers here who are waiting to find out the fate of their flights, when they'll be able to get out of the airport, and at this point it's not clear when traffic will resume. everything has come to a complete halt, as you can imagine, don. >> thank you, dan. a lot of people talking to me. thank you. you said the news conference just happened now. report to us exactly everything you can recall in that news conference...

My best advice for passengers who are traveling today through sfo is to check with their airline to verify the status of their flight. that's all the information i have at this time. we will hold another press conference at this location in one hour, at 3:00 p.m. i'll be happy to take any questions. >> what is your name? >> my name is doug yakel, i'm the public information officer at the airport. >> what do you know so far -- >> sure. >> doug yakel airport spokesperson, that's the press conference i was telling you about, and also the one that dan simon was reporting on as well, talking about ...