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Speed was 137 knots. And the question was whether or not we had the lowest speed that the crew achieved. I will tell you that the speed was significantly below 137 knots and we are not talking about a few knots. We still have to corroborate some information. This was a preliminary read. The 137 knots came from the crew conversation about their approach speed. We need to take a closer look at the raw data on the Flight Data Recorder as well as corroborate that with radar and air traffic information to make sure that we have a very precise speed. Again, we are not talking about a few knots here ...

The airplane was configured and see if the automation was being used by the crew. typically the pilots will set the airplane up with an auto throttle and in anticipation of the speed the automated system tries to maintain it. the crew didn't monitor and notice it until the last minute. that puts them behind the power curve. by the time they try to take the corrective action and push the power to full power for the go around by the time the engines started to spool up the airplane was settling to the ground. >> another question here that i think was raised. we learned today or at the end of the...