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Flight 68 is exact overlay on the inmar sat put out. and so that could have happened. now, could a 777 pilot fly at 200 feet behind in formation? that's why i'm interested what the simulator data that was erased, what the fbi labs at quantico turns out to see. i talked to a 777 pilot just before i came on here. a chap who i have known a long time, a 777 pilot, as well as 787 instructor pilot. he indicated that he probably could, if he had practiced some in the simulator, and was on auto pilot. so there are different options that could have happened. i don't have all of the why or the how becau...

Faa compiled by experts show that more and more pilots are relying on automation and not their manual skills. so what do we need to do about this? i think there's a real sense in the industry that we need to start looking at reintroducing more manual flying and also improving the training. clearly training needs to be improved to this particular airline. >> it does make you wonder why this pilot was behind the controls at all in the first place, if he clearly wasn't comfortable landing this aircraft. >> why didn't he express his discomfort much earlier on? it's not unusual for a pilot that doe...

Problem by retraining those pilots to be more assertive. but now listen to disturbing details we learned today about this asiana flight. the first officer says he told the pilot that the plane was sinking too fast. said this at least four times. the pilot at the controls was in training. he could have changed the approach of the landing. but he said it was quote a very hard decision to make because the instructor pilot had not made the call. in other words, he just didn't want to speak up to his superior. there was also confusion in the cockpit about the automated systems that the crew was dep...

Picture of how this crash took place. investigators saying it was the landing gear that hit that seawall first. essentially a few feet higher they would have made it. a few feet lower, this would be a much more tragic story. three pilots were in the cockpit in the jet when it crashed on sunday. >> oh, my god -- >> reporter: the man in command was experienced on the experience 747. like this kln flight landing on the very runway of the san francisco crash. but this is his first time landing a 777. >> the instructor pilot stated they were slightly high when they passed 4,000 feet. >> reporter: t...

State and federal authorities. they say they know of no specific plans for violence, but they fear any protests could quickly get out of hand. let's hope that doesn't occur. other enews we're following right now. new details emerging about the asiana crash 214 as investigators wrap up interviews with the crew. the pilot sitting next to him was serving as an instructor pilot for the first time. and it was the plane's main landing gear that hit the sea wall at the edge of the runway in san francisco. cnn's miguel marquez is joining us now and he has new information. all the latest information ...