including a large part of a tail floating in the bay. so there is a lot to get to tonight. david you talked with a woman who captured dramatic images of the crash. >> yes. you can see this shows moments as it's being evacuated. the video shot by an 18-year-old and she can't believe what she saw in front of her camera. >> i saw the cloud of dirt and started recording. >> 19-year-old jennifer was on the third floor of vagabobd bond hotel. she captured the moment when the emergency chutes deployed and you can see passengers sliding down to the ground. >> people started getting off almost immediately.

and so i know they started heading there right away. it's just really fast. >> passengers still running from the craft while crews may haved the fuj lauj. this video may provide investigation to investigators whether one girl had been hit by a rig. >> i have been looking into that. i did record other that went around the runway. there was a lot of debris there. i did record a lot of that so i'm hoping there is something in there so she remembers thinking how surreal the scene appeared to her. >> so thrilled to see everybody running. i thought everybody was going to be all right. there were two casualties and

it was just -- the first time that i ever experienced this, i hear about things like this on the news. and just, i couldn't believe it of the. it was the only thing i talked about for the rest of the day. >> she's planning to share her video. the ntsb encouraging anyone who submit them because they can be a useful part of the investigation. we're live in burlingame abc 7 news. >> thank you. >> first responders being praised for quick thinking and action on saturday today some shared their experiences. 268 firefighters and police officers rushed to the runway. firefighters ran into the plane up evacuation chutes,

police joined them as they ran into that smoky plane. >> i just knew people were trapped in there and need help. you can see here is just dark smoke. >> i thought it's a tough guy. i can hold my breath. we saw a dark plume of smoke coming at us. >> well, the fire chief confirmed they're investigating whether an emergency vehicle ran over one two of the teenager who's died from that crash. and so far they can't tell. >> there has been information to suggest one fire apparatus may have come into contact with one two of the victims pronounced dead at the scene. a sure you we're working with national transportation safety board as they conduct their investigation.

>> and chief white announced drivers of the first vehicles were all tested for alcohol and drugs afterwards and all were clean. >> survivor benjiman leafy took pictures from outside of the plane. incredible pictures and he opened an emergency exit and helping passengers out. 87 passengers whatted had to relie on each other. he was not seriously hurt. >> the national transportation safety board is interviewing the flight crew tonight. three captains and a first officer. investigators are also releasing more information from the flight data recorder all critical components of figuring out why flight 214 crashed. heather? >> the ntsb has early clues as to what went wrong for voice

cockpit recorder today should get more missing pieces of the puzzle whit gets to ask the crew what they're doing and what they were thinking. ntsb hopes to learn details from the three captains and one first officer responsible for flying this plane. the crew of four aloud them to rotate. other two got rest on the 11 hour flight. one pilot was training with a tech captain at his side. >> it was a captain working on his initial operating experience he was working on getting ratings on the triple 7. >> investigators will be digging into a mountain of data from the recorder but preliminary information shows the auto pilot was disengaged about a minute and 22 seconds

before impact. at three seconds to impact it dropped to a low of 103 knots. the chair woman says maintaining correct speed is entirely up to the crew. >> the crew is responsible for making a safe approach. to the airport. air traffic control there to provide separation between aircraft make sure they don't collide. >> investigators using mapping of the scene with the help of the fbi. >> you proceed down runway 2, 8 left you can see portions of the plane landing gear and many fractured pieces of the fuselage. there is also debris located

several hundred feet up the runway. >> so to translate not to mild for you they're just at the threshold, the aircraft was going 118 miles per hour, 40 miles per hour below their target speed for a safe landing. >> thank you. >> south korean government announced it will inspect all boeing 777 aircraft owned and operate bid oceana as well as korean air looking at engines and landing gear of the planes. >> and coming up new at 6:00 a closer look at background and training as questions about experience are raised. >> and a lot of information now coming out about the two teenagers killed in the crash coming out of china.

16-year-olds were the best of friends. classmates held a candle light vigil for them last night. one friend wrote i wish they made a mist yaichblgt i hope you're still alive. i hope this is a dream. >> 36 passengers are are still in bay area hospitals this evening. that includes 17 patients. five at mills peninsula. one paish jent at st. mary's and one in st. francis. also, one at st. luke's we're still waiting updates from other hospitals as to those being treat there'd. >> san francisco international airport has not restored full service yet because one runway

remains closed because that have asiana crash. what is it like there now? it's not the chaos, but it wasn't too hard to spot people sitting around with too many bags and not enough sleep. some weary travelers have been stuck here. others have gotten caught up in the ripple affect. all faa logged mer than 200 cancelled flights saturday. and we talked to one passenger just trying to get from alaska to new zeal yanld. >> this is just having to stay in one spot. >> where have you been sleep something. >> airport the other night. probably hanging out here for the day. they didn't come to hotels at all. none of the companies are

going to do that. >> micah told us his insurance covered hotel but didn't cover storage for his bags. you may wonder why united didn't just divert flights. they don't have enough gates at other airports. those depend on whether they have space, and people to handle the flood of passengers and speaking of the passengers we're told american airlines is actually doing something interesting to handle them. they're substituting bigger aircraft in order to get as many passengers unstuck as quickly as possible. thank you very much. >> stay with us for latest on the crash. when we come back our coverage continues with michael finney.

>> plus, segment of the travel industry that is stepping up to help the victim autos i'm sandhya patel. fog layer is pressing meaning temperatures on the rise. i'll be back with a thank you forecast coming up. >> thank you. other big news tonight. a major set back for the new span of the bay bridge. whit will now open for travel, abc

caltrans announced the new eastern span of the bay bridge will not open as planned on labor day weekend that is because it will take until december to respare the system strined -- designed to keep the bridge safe. crews have to reinforce the

section where long, thick steel bolts cracked. >> only bolt are those broken bolts. 32 of which broke. those need to be replaced before the bridge opens. >> that will add another $15 million to the bridge's price tag that stands at 6 plt $4 million. -- billion. caltrans is going have to close the existing bridge over a four-day period so engineers can reroute traffic to the new span. >> talking about getting around here, thousands of commuters rode bart during morning rush hour today. officials and union leaders met separately about a new contract today. two sides plan to meet with each other again, on friday. only if mediator as prove

face-to-face talks. workers still way on the -- stay on the job until august 4th. >> two passenger who's died in a crash at sfo were both 16 years old part of a group heading to spend the summer in a camp in los angeles. today, the chinese consul general spoke to the rest of the group, now stranded in the bay area, in shock. >> first he came with small bags of toil yet tries, all necessary things. things i'm sure hotel had given them. then, he told them in a gentle voice i'm sorry this happened to you. you're very brave, and then, he said if you want to stay in california for the remainder of the trip, you can. chinese consul general came to the marriott to try to comfort a group of teens on board the

plane that crashed this, is the same group who loflt two friends, two 16-year-old girls. two other students remain at san pran general hospital, one in critical condition. had an operation this morn bug his words seemed to have little effect on the students. their faces saddened by the events. the consul general spoke to us. >> so, i told them, you're a brave and you're very united and have my respect to them. >> following that meeting the students were taken away by some tour guide who's say they're in too much pain to talk about the crash. >> we mentioned about this and then, they will talk. yes. >> i think it's too hard to talk and all were to stay in

los angeles for a two week trip but now, many of their parents are scheduled to arrive to be reunited with them. and parents will travel to the bay area later this he can. now, the consul general told reporters that he has told asiana airlines they must help families so students will leave the hotel this evening with will stay with their family autos thank you. >> let's talk about consumer aspect this, passengers of flight 214 will be inteeteled to compensation forth passenger autos but others were probably not find compensation. >> yeah. michael finney is here with more on what is going happen now. >> this is all about small print. >> jipgss outline each

passenger agrees to limits the right to both passengers however, those on board are covered under an international treaty. passengers can get compensated for their damage was out having to prove who is at fault. however, those more seriously hurt or those who have family member who's were killed can sue for unlimited amount if they prove liability on the part of the airline. here is travel attorney adam. >> if you can prove damages it's past $150,000 you need to show negligence. >> what about thousands of passengers on other air lines whose flights were delayed or cancelled? he says domestic airlines will not pay for hotels and meals generally. >> air lines really take more responsibilities for their passengers and have just put

putting more on passengers and taking less responsibility for them self autos domestic airlines are govern bid a contract the carriage. international airlines claim similar exemption. >> ordering planes to not leave. and because that have situation, international flights are exempt. >> one bright spot? instead of price gouging several hotels are offering big discounts to visitors who were affect bid the air crash including fairmont hotel in san francisco, room rates for visitors affected by the crash, reduced 70% to $129 per night. the mark hopkins has rooms for

$259 a 20% reduction. these rates offered through thursday. you must prove you were delayed by the crash or related to a crash victim. many delayed passengers missed their connections to a cruise ship or a tour. skpf he tells us cruise operateors are under no obligation to compensate passenger who's miss a tour saying travel insurance is the only way to get compensation in that situation. >> this women take months and years to sort out. >> let's take a chance to turn our heads arks tension, i can't think right now. to spens the weather situation. >> yes. sandhya patel tracking it for

use we have a typical summer day in the bay area. 30-degree spread between coast. it's, yeah. 62 the high so far. 92 in livermore, tomorrow, bumping up temperatures a couple degrees inland. so those numbers coming up into mid-90s inland. you can see it's socked in along the coastline. overcast skies still, and as we look at the view from our east bay hills camera it's a brighter view. san francisco, 63 now. it's 77 degrees in san jose. from mount tam cam, you can see fog layer here about 2000 feet deep this moshing. -- morning it's compressing we're going see numbers rise. going into tomorrow, jant rosea, 78 degrees.

90 in livermore, most locations about the same as yedz. los gatos 85 degrees here is a view you can see sutro tower there towards san francisco. this keeps us into comfort zone, the fog overnight tonight. cooling trend starts on wednesday. temperatures are dropping thursday. you'll see that in the accu-weather forecast. it's going to close in on the coastline and into the north bay so morning commute may feature areas of fog so give us traechl time as you head out of the door. temperatures starting out in 50s, clear skies inland and then, as we look at bigger picture it's warmer around the bay and inland. an area of low pressure will start to drop down. this cooler pocket moves in,

temperatures will fall wednesday, and thursday. so here are the highs for tuesday. low 80s pal yes alto. low 60s along the coast. i think you're going to see more clearing along the beaches. in the north bay up to 82 in santa rosa, and napa. east bay a mild, sunny afternoon. 75 oakland. 78 newark. inland commutes 96 in livermore, numbers higher than today, as you look at the forecast it's a 36 degree spread.

thursday, only 84 inland. temperatures recovering in time for weekend plans. >> okay. thank you. >> still to come the gusher that sprang up this one neighborhood. >> then, why today agreat day to add to your app collection if you own an apple phone or tab blet. how i store is celebrating it's five-year anniversary, coming up at 6:00.

sad news from redwood city. investigators found the body of a person inside of a charred out apartment complex. the fire started before 2:00 a.m. yesterday we reported to you then. firefighters kept pouring water on hot spots today. 21 people including three firefighters suffered minor injuries. they will be allowed to return tomorrow to collect personal

longings. >> watery mess inundated a newly bimt naibld. take a look. there geyser, water kbushed until authorities were able to cap the hydrant. the driver of the car is ook. >> salaries of public employees have been available online for years now information on pension benefits will be posted, too. cal pers which has a million and a half members says it will launch a searchable data base going to include names and benefit information like their monthly pension amount. survivor benefits will not appear for the time being. cal pers acknowledges it will make some uncomfortable. >> coming up next, how you can express your support for flights of victims of flight 214 by sharing this badge. >> it's on our facebook page and on google plus at bc 7

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in the newsroom at abc 7 news at 6:00 stories of the first responders helping save lives in the asiana plane crash. tales of the struggle to rescue those trapped inside. also a question of safety. those cramped seats in planes may not be all that safe. michael finney investigates the concerns. join dan and me for those stories and more coming up at 6:00. >> before we go, here are the latest developments of asiana flight 214. >> national transportation safety board saying the plane came in too slowly. interview was pilots being conducted today. >> yes. the safety board says it will work with the fbi to map out debris scatter add cross the air field.

>> that is going to do it for us. thanks for joining us. > is is "world news." tonight dramatic new from the crash landing in san francisco. passengers sprinting away, what the pilots were doing in the seven seconds before the crash and the tiny flight attendant injured but carrying passengers on her back to safety. the tape on trial, the father of trayvon martin today fighting to prove that his son was pleading for help. swept up. nearly 200 people caught in dangerous rip currents this weekend. how could you break free? good evening. it's good to be with you on this monday night after a holiday weekend rocked by so many questions about that plane crash in san francisco.