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2:40 a.m., radar lost track of the jet. now, just to give you a sense, radar is the only way they know where it was. the air force is saying well the tra transponder was on. this island is called pugh law per rack in the straits of malacca. this is the gateway between china and the middle east, the rest of the world. one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world. there are lots of ships in this water that could have seen something come into the water. it's a very narrow strait, only 500 miles between the malaysian coast and the indonesian island of sumatra. so how did this plane get so far of...

Thetic earning season. >> now the asiana plane crash. was it pilot error? mechanical failure? what was it? federal investigators are trying to quickly determine why the south korean airliner hit a sea wall as the it approached the sea wall in san francisco sunday. i want to emphasize for those who have not heard of this airline, it won award for service and quality. not a run of the -- brand of airline, fly by night, serious, respected airline. the tail was represented off the jet. skidding across the runway before the burst into flames. the ntsb the plane was flying 30 miles an hour shorter t...

>> reporter: this is asiana airlines flight 214 coming from seoul in south korea, 10 1/2-hour flight into san francisco airport, and on approach at about 11:27 yesterday morning on runway 28 left, apparently by all accounts this plaenl came in a little low and a little slow according to eyewitnesses and literally the tail slammed into the sea barrier wall just before runway 28 left begins. the plane then slammed down onto the runway and skidded down the runway before then going into a grassy area. immediately the emergency chutes deployed. there was an evacuation of all 300-plus people on boar...

Happened? >> reporter: this is asiana airlines flight 214 coming from seoul in south korea, 10 1/2-hour flight into san francisco airport, and on approach at about 11:27 yesterday morning on runway 28 left, apparently by all accounts this plaenl came in a little low and a little slow according to eyewitnesses and literally the tail slammed into the sea barrier wall just before runway 28 left begins. the plane then slammed down onto the runway and skidded down the runway before then going into a grassy area. immediately the emergency chutes deployed. there was an evacuation of all 300-plus peop...

Cowan. thank you for joining us. they accuse them of tampering with evidence and even go as far as russia of helping separatist rebels destroy the evidence. so how is the ukrainian government going to ever get to the truth if russia doesn't cooperate? >> well, julie, this is such an interesting issue that hasn't really been addressed properly yet, i think. the notion of an investigation. typically when an aircraft goes down there is an investigation run by international authorities that looks to the cause. was it a mechanical malfunction? was it pilot error? was it a terrorist incident, whatev...