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Officials at the airport say this mass sirf 747 cargo jet is going to take off any moment now. it has been stuck since it landed there last night when the pilots touched down at the wrong airport. the plane has not been able to take off till now because the runway at jabara is really too short for a plane of this size. let's talk about it with robert mark, he is a commercial pilot and publisher of jet whine.com. robert, everybody is wondering how do pilots set down at the wrong airport? >> well it goes back a bit to the automation they were just talking about just a moment ago. we often don't ...

There was one inside. the only other option is lighten the load by taking off a the lot of fuel. if they get the load light enough it will get off in 6,000 feet. jon: the good news is they have a cold front coming through. the wind is roaring in out of the north. the runway that they are on is aligned to the north. that will help them lift off. so the air is getting colder. that is more dense and helps the engines. helps add lift to this thing. >> you could be good in ground school. jon: you know, that may be my second career. we'll see. robert mark, we'll keep an eye on this thing. if it take...

Which was supposed to land safely at runway 28 "l". something went wrong at the very final moments of the landing according to robert mark who we just spoke to. a commercial pilot who has flown into sfo himself. we also had our own jon scott and licensed pilot calling about who or what, if the computer would be in control at that point in the landing or if in fact the pilots are in control. both are saying at that point, it's usually the pilot that is landed by hand. according to weather reports, the weather conditions there were pretty perfect. >> rick: it is on the bay. san francisco is know...

Nothing going on, the flight attendants, very much like a fireman rea little go to a bell in the station. they ran to those doors. they knew which doors open and got a lot of people out. we still don't know how many people have been lost in this. but the fire was really intense. >> arthel: robert mark, thank you for your time. a commercial pilot has flown into san francisco international in the past. >> rick: we are waiting for a 5:30 eastern time news conference from national transportation safety board. they have sent a go team to san francisco. we are under five minutes from that. in the me...

Turn leants on the ground -- turbulence on the ground and included the entire tail basically being shorn off of that fuselage. >> arthel: some 291 passengers on board. emergency slides had been deployed. we were talking to a commercial pilot, robert mark earlier. he had flown into san francisco airport. at that point in the landing pilot more than likely was in control of that plane. a report that all electronic instruments in the cockpit on the boeing 777. again we want to let you know, if you are tuning in asiana flight 214 scheduled to land at san francisco 11:26 local time.