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Today we learned one of the pilots realized it. the cockpit voice recorder showed two seconds before the crash, the pilot called out sink rate, warning, the plane was dropping too fast. yes, sir, the pilot responded. and the warning was repeated twice, once in english, and finally in korean. the pilot at the controls was a trainee on the triple 7 but had substantial experience in other aircraft. he told investigators he was not confident in understanding how the plane's auto flight system worked and felt he should study more. he also said it was difficult and quote, stressful to land the plane...

Landing manner and did that full spin. also, some incredible details coming out of this hearing. the pilot flying the plane was worried about landing. according to the ntsb, he told investigators visual racial approaches like the one he was tasked with doing at san francisco's airport was difficult and stressful. when asked how confident he was about his knowledge of the triple 7s automated flight systems, he said and i'm quoting, not so confident. he felt that he should study more. now, this hearing is going on as we speak. we know that investigators, they grilled an expert on the triple 7, a...

Was disengaged. perhaps they weren't checking their equipment. or they didn't fully understand how to operate this system on the 787. and this is all scary possibilities for a plane full of passengers. the first officer warned, we learned, more than four times about an ex-sift sift sink rate. now piemts who have thrown triple 7's tell me that more than enough time to correct the problem. it only takes the plane's engine about 4 to 9 seconds to come to a safe speed. we know that investigators are also looking into what role culture played in the cockpit. can the korean culture have anything to ...

Martha: there were four pilots on board. they were rotating. they will interview another one of those pilots today. in terms of the slow and low on the descent of this plane, what is your thought? >> fir the issue of automation. as you know, these pilots took off in seoul and did not land the aircraft until san francisco. are we becoming in aviation overly dependent on automation so when we have a situation like this at the san francisco airport with the ils being repaired, that the crews don't have the necessary training to handle the aircraft? martha: this pilot had 42 hours on the triple 7,...

They are saying the plane was too low and too slow. >> you can see the emergency chutes deployed and passengers running for their lives. the plane becomes engulfed in smoke as firefighters try to put out the flames. this particular pilot was still in training we understand. and this was his first landing at san francisco international airport with that kind of plane, the boeing 777. is that where this thing is heading? >> i think what we need to understand and what i would like to make absolute lire clear is the handling pilot who was relatively inexperienced. he had only 43 hours on the tripl...