Pilots made. That may have doomed them. Good eveni. This is kpix 5 news. What was going on in the cockpit . Tonight the assumption the pilots made that may have doomed them. Good evening, im allen martin. The ntsb says the pilots were not tested for drugs or alcohol. Two fright attendants were thrown from the plane, and there are questions tonight about whether something went wrong with a piece of equipment that the crew was counting on. The crew told investigators they set the planes auto throttles to 137 knots then assumed they would maintain the correct speed. We have a flying pilot, and we have two other pilots that are in the cockpit and they have a monitoring function. One of the very critical things that needs to be monitored on an approach to landing is speed. Three pilots were in the cockpit at the time of the crash. The flying pilot, the one that was training, was sitting in the lefthand seat. His supervisor was in the righthand seat. This was the first time that he and the f
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To the safety zone. I feel bad just looking at her doing all that. So we, you know, feel that just went in and tried to help her. Reporter today we learned new details about the many hats the Flight Attendants wore. Part rescue team, part firefighters. They were also fighting the fire as the evacuation went on. There wasnt fire in the cabin while the passengers most of the passengers were in there. But as the evacuation went on, the fire did continue and the Flight Attendants and the flight crew were involved in trying to fight the fire on the inside. Reporter but days after the tragedy it set in. Not all the Flight Attendants were here at the press conference today. Others are still recovering in the hospital. Ryan takeo kpix 5. The chinese consul met with victims of the flight. He visited chinese passengers who were still in the hospital at sf general. He wished them well, of course, said the consulate general in San Francisco will do whatever it can to help as they recover. And we a
0 it s moving deeper threatening thousands of homes. nbc s miguel almaguer brings us a unique perspective 10,000 feet above the fire. reporter: this fire is 230,000 miles bigger than the city of the city of chicago. all along we can see spot fires. there s no doubt this fire is growing and certainly quickly on the move. you can see from the fuel load down here, there is just hundreds of thousands of acres that could still burn. the dc-10 is one of the biggest assets the crews have on the ground. it can drop 12,000 gallons of fire retardant. you can see how hot the fire is burning. behind all of the smoke and ash in the air you can see there are hot spots. there are flames towering hundreds of feet into the air. the blaze here is still very active, still burning very quickly. of course, very, very dangerous. fire managers are looking forward to a cooling trend in the forecast at the end of the week that would bring some much needed relief. go to business where a potential strike b
the concern is coming ffom advocates at the johns hopkins children s safety center at the bloomberg hampton house. reaction, after hearing about 7-year-old douglas dorsey.. the second grader who sufferee aaconcussion fter his cab, hireddby baltimore city schooos, wrecked monday morning on the way to class. then his father learned his son was not weariig a seatt belt. commany managers say taxis,,like sshool buses, under maryland law.. are exempt from requiring passengers to buckle up. dangerous circumstance. (ms. mcdonald) it s our reeponsibblityyas adults, as teachers, as administrators, police officers, dooctrs to look out for safeey and to make decisions and policies that priorities the safety of children. 3 school fficials have nnt returned our calls for a comment. they veesaid nothing about the accident..and now, no response about the seat belt concerns. live in east baltimore.. keith ddniels, fox 45 news, late edition. the accused cannibal murderer who sayy he ate his