going to look at that as a factor, contrib out offi ioffin contributing factor. changing air craft is something you doen aviation, your pay is based on. seniority will give you, chances to fly bigger air craft over longer routes. it is not as significant a factor as i think you might believe it to be. that s interesting. a lot of people have honed in on that. maybe he didn t hatch the feel of the plane. didn t know certain things. to that end, captain weiss, let me ask you about this. federal investigators have honed in on one thing specifically that is how slow the plane approached. way too slowly. recommended speed at landing, 157 miles an hour. at point of impact this asiana plane was 121 mile an hour. i would imagine. tell me if i am wrong. that every pilot would know the speed when you are landing that would cause a stall. is there any way they wouldn t have known and been in head before a warning signal. this is way too sloeshgs what are we doing? you touched on a perfect
thetic earning season. now the asiana plane crash. was it pilot error? mechanical failure? what was it? federal investigators are trying to quickly determine why the south korean airliner hit a sea wall as the it approached the sea wall in san francisco sunday. i want to emphasize for those who have not heard of this airline, it won award for service and quality. not a run of the brand of airline, fly by night, serious, respected airline. the tail was represented off the jet. skidding across the runway before the burst into flames. the ntsb the plane was flying 30 miles an hour shorter than it should have been as it approached landing. about three seconds prior to impact the flight data recorder recorded its lowest speed of 103 knots. at this time, the engines were
aat 50% power. and engine power was increasing. at impact, airspeed was approximately 106 knots. all right. that is 121 miles an hour at impact. we also know the pie llot was making a first landing in the 777 at the san francisco airport. did that lead to the crash? in which so many were injured and two died. captain mark weiss, flew a triple 7. captain weiss, the pilot of the plane had more than 10 hours flying airplanes, clearly an experienced pilot. 3 4 3 hours of flying a triple 7. it is an 11, 11 and a half hour flight from seoul to san francisco. so he had neverlanded a 777 at this airport. how significant is his limited flight time in control of the triple 7 to this case. well certainly the ntsb is
captain weiss, flew a 777 for a year for american airlines. one of the questions here was how people landed. how they were sitting in their seats. you heard about so many injuries being back injuries, spinal injuries of compression. do you know how to survive a crash at landing? 305 people made it out alive saturday. a miraculous turn. six people in critical condition. there are those still fighting for their lives. investigators say survival is not as uncommon as most think. brian todd is out front with that part of the story. oh, my god! reporter: it looks unsurvivable. yet almost everyone did survive. i feel very lucky and blessed that that we were able to get those people out in that time. reporter: the lesson according to experts. you can make it out of even a horrific crash alive. part of the ntsb, elite go team of investigators sent to san francisco is a group looking at how people survive plane crashes. this is all impact. blunt force, g force.
here is one survivor s account. there was a gap in the side of the fuselage. outside of that i found two people still strapped in their chair that had been thrown through that. they were both alive and doing okay. reporter: hard landings such as the 2002, iberia, emergency touchdown at jfk are survivable, marshal says. crucial to survival, human behavior. flight crews are better trained than ever to get people out. marshal pointed to the overrun of an air france jet in toronto. and hudson river landing. number of people killed. zero. she says passengers need to be sharper in the cabin. ment former flight attendant took me through evacuation drill. seatbelts. release seatbelts. get out. why are you blocking the aisle to get your carry-on. leave it behind. okay. closest exit right here. two things. went the wrong way.