flying 747s according to the airline, had only limited experience flying a boeing 777. just 43 hours. he had never landed that type of plane in san francisco. in this exclusive video obtained by cnn, you can see the plane start to descend, it then appears to strike the seawall, loses control and crashes. he was also flying with a check captain or a training captain. there were two other crew members, another captain and first officer who were also flying. again, remember, this is a very long trans pacific flight, the four crew members are there for relief. as this animation shows. the wide body jet clipped the seawall which creates a barrier before the plane hit the runway. today firefighters described a
loses control and crashes. he was also flying with a check captain or a training captain. there were two other crew members, another captain and first officer who were also flying. again, remember, this is a very long trans pacific flight, the four crew members are there for relief. as this animation shows. the wide body jet clipped the seawall which creates a barrier before the plane hit the runway. jet fuel is spilling out of the plane as first respoers raced to get inside. they found several passengers trapped. nearly all of them in the back of the aircraft which sustained the worst damage. they started going through their
around again. but it was only 1.5 seconds before i am, the before the plane slammed into the ground. just a short time ago we heard from the chairwoman of the national transportation safety board. she says the key to the investigation is figuring out what was happening in the cockpit in the moments before the crash. listen. we want to understand what was going on not just in those seven seconds but in the critical seconds leading up to that point. we are hoping to ininterview the pilots. there were four pilots on this flight. there s a crew that flies out. there is a relief crew because it is a long trans-pacific flight. so we do want to interview all four of those pilots. we want to understand who was the pilot flying. who was the pilot in command at the time. event and what was going on. jon: there on fox & friends this morning talking about the investigation. peter goelz is a former managing director of the national
officer who were also flying. again, remember, this is a very long trans pacific flight. so the four crew members are there for relief, so that others can get rest. when we interview those four crew members, we are going to get a lot more details about their activities, about their work, about their training, about who was the pilot floiiy,o was the pilot in command. we are looking to correlate all of that information with what we are finding on the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder. it was important for us to wait for the arrival of our korean counter parts and asiana when we do interviews. we also have pilots who also might need translation services
thousands who camped out at airports living off cinnabon and travelers who had it worst that than on cathe pacific flight. every hour he would say, i don t have any additional information. and then there was this. again, at jfk from the cell phone of an nbc producer on a turkish airline flight stuck for more than six hours. check this out. there s not much water left on the plane, not much juice. all the wine and booze, which would make people feel a little bit better is locked up because of customs. so, how did that happen? turns out the passenger bill of rights signed into law by president obama only applies to domestic flights. but the bigger question, why did the blizzard cripple our aviation system? there was a forecast. it didn t say snowflakes, it said blizzard. why weren t there more plows that airport or staff to answer the phones or ticket counters.