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Now about another, the grand mother of amanda berry reacting for the first time of that powerful video of her granddaughter. let's take a look at headlines, shall we. good morning, everyone. investigators are looking at asiana flight 214's automatic speed throttle. the auto throttle was set to 157 miles per hour. the pilot assumed it was handling speed but it wasn't. and they apparently realized it at the last minute. the ntsb said the pilot was training to fly a boeing 777 ands were a first-time instructor pilot. we will speak with this family that you see on the screen right now, that's ju...

This aircraft has a max 160 knots to put down the landing flaps for their final configuration. the crew relaid, again, additional information. the pilot that was sitting in the jump seat, the relief first officer, identified that he could not see the runway or the pat from his seated position. and that the aircraft -- the nose was pitched up, so he couldn't see the runway. the instructor pilot stated that -- and this is the best of his recollection in the interview -- that they were slightly high when they passed 4,000 feet. that they set vertical speed mode at about 1,500 feet per

Later. the amount of time he had in this airplane wasn't necessarily a problem because he was with a supervisory instructor pilot. this was part of his operational experience to be gaining the knowledge and experience to be able too operate as a line pilot with a regular captain, a regular first officer. so at every point in an airline pilot's career, when they change from one to another, they will start out with zero, to get the experience they need to be signed off and be fully qualified. >> these are all interesting data points they will consider, at this point we don't know what the right ...

This airport on that plane before, is that one of those data points to look at as well? how difficult is it to fly into an airport you've never flown into? i guess every airport is different. >> every airport is unique. on a given day, the conditions may be different than a month later, a week later or a season later. the amount of time he had in this airplane wasn't necessarily a problem because he was with a supervisory instructor pilot. this was part of his operational experience to be gaining the knowledge and experience to be able to operate as a line pilot with a regular captain, a regul...

The information that the asiana crew members provided has not been validated by our investigators comparing it to their paper records. and so this is information that's been relaid by the individual pilots. and it could be modified if we review and compare it to paper records. i'm going to provide you a summary of the high points. there were three pilots in the cockpit at the time of the crash. there was one pilot who was in the back seated in the cabin during the approach and landing into san francisco. i'm going to talk to you about the pilots and i'm going to refer to them as the pilot flyi...