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Did they have proper rest and proper fuel for the aircraft, et cetera? they'll also look at the actual procedures for this landing. were they doing the right approach with the right frequencies for the instrument landing system, let's say. and a variety of other aspects of the flight. >> looking at the video, what initial conclusions do you draw about the breakup? i mean, the missing tail section, et cetera? >> the biggest conclusion i drew looking at the debris trail was there was debris going right to the water's edge. it appeared as though part of the aircraft struck the seawall that's off ...

I don't know what degree, you know, probably 20 degrees or so. it was pitched up a little bit. and to me it looked like it was either, you know, trying to climb back up or maybe trying to get the nose up to avoid the edge of the bay there. it's kind of funny for me. that i had very similar incident at dfw once upon a time when i was flying in and the same exact thing happened. we were coming down and our plane diverted the landing right as we were about to touchdown. the tarmac. because there was another plane on our runway and my initial thought was that the tail section, that we were going t...

Fred? >> yeah. it was -- again, it was -- you know, my initial thought was that nose was up because he was trying to divert. but i also was thinking that if he had just came in normal that he was landing normal that, you know, the flight -- his position looked, you know, maybe a little lower than some of the other planes but i couldn't say that for sure. he looked like, you know, the reason he impacted is because i saw that the nose in the air and the tail was down and, you know, he just ran out of room but i think in a normal landing pattern, you know, perhaps he would have made it. but the t...

Coming down the evacuation chutes. >> were you able -- on the video, we can't hear an explosion. we can't hear the moment of impact. could you hear it where you were? >> yes. >> you could. describe it to us if you will. what did it sound like? >> it wasn't an explosion by any means before the plane impacted. it was, you know, again, it was just -- it looked like a normal landing, you know, maneuver. but he was just coming in nose high. and then i seen the tail section of the plane strike the tarmac. and, you know, it struck and then bounced forward and then got a little bit of airborne and, yo...

People out. >> reporter: dozens of people are still hospitalized and hospitals from san francisco all the way to palo alto at stanford university. at least seven are in critical condition, including an infant. >> what more do we know about the two students from china who died in that crash? >> reporter: well, as you said earlier, craig, these are two 16-year-old girls from china. they were part of -- one of two groups from middle schools in china who were coming to the united states for summer camp, including tours of college campuses in the northern california area. and they were seated in th...