and then the cart wheel as you can see, absolutely happens when they hit that wall. so it has confirmed what we knew in that regard. the new information really is what we know now about the pilots. what we re learning from the hearing. this is a hearing with the ntsb. the pilots of the plane saying he was very concerned about landing the plane without that airport navigation system that was out of order at the time. also saying it was very stressful and very difficult. i ll tell you, for anyone that flies, that is very disturbing to think that the pilot of your plane essentially doesn t know how to handle the plane without these controls. very, very disturbing. in fact, there seems to be a lot of confusion in that cockpit about the auto throttle which is hugely concerning. this is aviation 101, piloting 101. do you think this say problem in that cockpit or do you think this is a bigger problem industry wide when we re talking about commercial airlines? we have a wider problem h
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 visually without an instrument approach to guide them. but he felt pressured to do it because other pilots were. we do have an issue in aviation that needs to be dealt with with respect to automation and performance when it comes to the interaction between the aircraft and the human being. reporter: ntsb investigators question if the pilots were too relying on technology. the pilot flying thought the auto throttle, similar to cruise control in a car was engaged but it wasn t dramatically slowing the plane. automation is a tool, but ultimately, the pilots must make sure you have a safe flight path and you re responsible for that, no matter what happens.
the plane was drooping 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 visually without an instrument approach to guide them. but he felt pressure to do it because other pilots were. we do have an issue in aviation that needs to be dealt with with respect to automation and performance when it comes to the interaction between the aircraft and the human being. investigators questioned if the pilots relied too much on technology. the pilot flying thought the auto throttle, which is similar to one in a car, was engaged, but it wasn t. dramatically slowing the plane. automation is a tool.
investigators questioned if the pilots relied too much on technology. the pilot flying thought the auto throttle, which is similar to one in a car, was engaged, but it was not. dramatically slowing the plane. ultimately, the pilots must make sure you have a safe flight path and you re responsible for that no matter what happens. the crash survivor, ben levy, took these photos immediately after the plane went down. like most passengers he didn t attend the hearing, saying he wants to focus on family and work. but he still hopes to find out what caused the crash. i have a sense of what happened. i just want to get to the bottom of it. and everything that went wrong that day. the ntsb investigation will continue for several months, a final determination of of the causes of the crash will come next year. and no one except a pilot can understand what it is like
experts say when the plane s auto throttle is placed in a hold mode as it was during in flight, it s supposed to reengage or wake up when it reaches minimum air speed. but at today s hearing, a veteran pilot for the faa said that during test flights, it didn t always work. a technical but important point here, so lots of questions about whether the auto throttle was operating properly and why the pilot didn t abort what he knew was a difficult landing sooner than he did. claudia, thank you. a man who was supposed to be the sign language interpret ter at nelson mandela s memorial service was apparently no interpreter at all. he s the guy on the right obviously doing all that stuff. officials say the deaf federation says the gestures dpts mean anything. occasionally he would sign something weird and out of context that didn t mean anything. there are many different forms