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There is significant glare. would you agree with that? >> i landed many times at sfo myself and it is over water. if the water is glassy it's hard to judge altitude, but those pilots are not looking at the ground any howe. they are they are paying ahengs to what the airplane is doing. the pilot in the right seat giving commands to him should have warned him earlier. he he did at the last minute and said let's abort about it was too late. patti ann: the glide slope indicator was turned off. how significant is that? >> that's not very significant. that's there for an ils approach under instrumen...

Are critical. about how many, do you know? >> i don't know that. they're being assessed now. i hope at the 5:00 update we'll have more information. that's all i have for now. >> joining us is former navy pilot captain chuck nash. the ils system not working. you confirmed it. >> yeah. >> explain what it is, too. >> first off, the instrument landing system, the glide slope indicator is an electronic beam that goes up that gives pilots instruments. it shows them where you are on the glide slope. there's a notice to airman called notams. the notice to airmen is published. the air crew should have ...