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And personnel are working hard as possible to recover from this accident. >> reporter: the three pilots in the cockpit told investigators they struggle to line up properly for a visual landing. then they realized too late their auto throttle had not maintained the minimum speed. but investigators have not found any evidence of the auto throttle malfunctioning. retired 777 captain tom casey says auto throttle isn't designed to suddenly kick in when a plane is set up for a landing. >> if the airplane thinks it's landing because the radio al tim my ter says it's 50 feet it will not come in. capta...

We've heard that they're talking about the airline giving, that's where you might get some figures on injuries, things like that. >> bob hager, as you indicated, good to hear your voice but not unthese circumstances. be well, my friend. >> tom casey is standing by for us. tom casey is a former american airlines pilot. he flew boeing 777s. he is now a flight instructor. how are you? i understand that you've heard a lot of what we've been talking about here. i want to bring you up to speed on one thing that you may not have heard. this came from an eyewitness. someone who was nearby at a hotel. ...

0 the wings are intact. the tail and the engines came off and that's to be expected. you will have a post crash fire. that's quite common. this is a survivable accident and that could very well be because the pilot was working very hard to get it done. >> it sounds like you're looking at the same images that we're looking at here. as we look at this fuselage that is, you know, obviously pretty bad shape here. burned out. up until about 15 minutes ago, firefighters were dousing with it the white flame retardant. the extent of the fire. what does that tell but the plane? >> well, quite frankly, ...

Alert. >> yes, sir. we are almost at mount. >> delta 172, heavy, traffic. 12:00, 1400 feet, 1600 feet. >> okay. we have them on the fish finder here. >> the fish finder is an on board collision avoidance radar. retired captain tom casey. >> that's close. that's close for anybody. they are looking at a 747 coming at him. that's a large footprint in the air. >> earlier in year, the inspector general said it had jumped 50% in 2009 and 2010. that's mostly because controllers are encouraged to self-report without penalty to identify safety concerns. >> controllers have to be on their game, making s...

0 pressure on congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform. >> the bill isn't perfect. it's a compromise. nobody is going to get everything they want. not democrats, not republicans, not me. but it's consistent with the principals that i and others have laid out for common sense reform. >> they unveiled an agreement on the amendment to the sweeping immigration bill that would vastly increase, borders, patrols. senators will begin voting monday. a new report in the los angeles times says cia and operatives have secretly been teaching syrian rebels how to use anti-tank and anti-aircraft g...