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Which aids you in lapping. the threshold of the runway where the striped lines are is normally where an airplane should be, about 50 feet above the ground at that point and on the glide path descending toward a touchdown point. from the debris field, it appears the aircraft, of course, touch down much sooner than that, and from the reports of the passengers regarding the engine spooling up just before impact, it appears the pilots were either attempting to go around or to add additional power to stop their descent. unfortunately, that was too late. >> and of course, by too late the wheels are ...

Command, the captain or another captain flying as the copilot or the normal first officer. that approach started 23 miles out, and it's a 23-mile run and 3 degree slope, touchdown is 1,000 feet down the runway. that underrun is 300 feet. in essence, when they struck that barrier, that seawall they were 1300 feet from their touchdown point. on that 3 degree glide path, she should have been about 150, 250 feet above the ground at that point. >> are there any stopgap measures in place? we talked about the first officer, somebody else in the cockpit saying, something is up here. what about air tra...

Tail hit the seawall at the airport. presumably you've flown into san francisco, correct? >> i have. >> talk to us a little bit about where this seawall is in relationship to where the runway is. >> well, it is just, it is extended from the center line of the end of the runway. and the touchdown point is 1,000 feet down the paved runway. so the glide slope would have the lapping gear touchdown 1,000 feet down the runway. he was, i mean, if in fact this is what happened, where the tail, you can imagine the jet when it is coming in. it is nose eye and tail low. then the wheels are extended below...