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Mitchell casado, a pilot trainer who has worked in a triple 7 pilot simulator and hans weber. there are lots of theories out there, hans. one that many believe is that this plane is somewhere probably on the bottom of the ocean. if so, why not debris field? can this happen without a debris field? >> no, it cannot happen without a debris field. there is always a debris field. there are many items on an airplane that are buoyant, sea cushions, et cetera, usually, there are air pockets in stabilizers. remember, the air france 447 had the vertical stabilizer float around in the ocean. if you're in...

Significant changes in altitude after they lost contact with the cockpit. it flew up to 45,000 feet and then descended uneven unevenly erratically to 23,000 feet. walk us through these scenarios, what you're seeing over there in the simulator. you're there with a pilot trainer. help us appreciate better what is going on, martin. >> reporter: wolf, we were just trying to go through these numbers that are being reported here. the first thing that struck us was the altitude. 45,000 feet. that's incredibly high even for an aircraft like this, right? >> yeah. well, it is the maximum ceiling for thi...

Francisco international, adam housley. >> yes, this morning the investigation continues in san francisco. the ntsb gave quite a press conference yesterday and really passed along a ton of information, including confirming the fact that a plane came in too slow and too low, 40 miles an hour slower than it should have been going and potentially 100 feet lower. we know that from seeing the video. they are talking with the pilots that began yesterday. they will continue today. they were very careful yesterday not to criticize the pilots and say they don't want to taint the ongoing investigation an...