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Wouldn't that have been in place? >> well, you know, there are a lot of systems that help support the pilots as they come into airports especially busy ones like this one at san francisco. there's been a discussion about the glide scope being out of service. but there are a number of other tools available to the pilots, some less sophisticated like the lights, precision approach lights that they were talking about. but also some things that are more technologically advances, things on the airplane that can give you gps information. >> so something if the plane were working correctly would have...

Have information about what was on those recorders. so it's very possible when they give that first briefing of the day we may get some information about what they were able to find. fred. >> you heard dan simon reporting earlier about the instrument landing system at the airport, that it hadn't been working for some time now. might that have played a role in this? is this something investigators will be looking into? >> the equipment dan is talking about is the glide scope essentially out of service more than a month. it signals to the plane to provide the pilot -- sends signals to the plane ...

Through. they need to give us clearance. so we are going to defer to their process of investigation before we initiate efforts to reopen that final run way. yesterday all of the systems that were required were operability, operating under clear weather conditions and using visual flight rules and systems required for run way use were fully functional yesterday. everything that was required -- the faa determines what equipment is required to use the run ways under any given condition. in this situation all of the systems required were in use. i would say we have an ils system made up of a local...