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we do know those two emergency chutes, you cannot see it but there were two emergency chutes that deployed on the left side of the plane. we've seen pictures of people going down those chutes. we saw pictures of people leave the plane. we know from folks via social media, that there are survivors. we have every reason to believe the overwhelming majority of folk are okay right now, a former managing director of the ntsb. pete, are you there? >> i am. >> what's going to be the first order of business when that ntsb team arrives in san francisco? >> well, they'll try to bring order to what looks like a pretty chaotic scene. they'll certainly allow the first responders to do their job. and once the site has been secured, and the first respo responders are their, have completed their job, they will go directly into the wreckage to try to get the flight data recorder and the voice recorder. those are clearly the two most important pieces of equipment that they need to get for an accident like this. >> what would those tell us? >> on a plane like the 777, the data recorder has hundreds of pieces

chute were deployed. passengers were still coming down off of the chutes. >> we are grabbing people to pull out. >> we saw the two chute come down from the front of the plane. and people were staying on top of it. still coming out. start yelling at us to get tl they need knives. officers released some passengers. only way up was the chute. >> and that's what we d.wept right up the chute. >> firefighters crew reported back that he had found 4 passengers in the back of the plane. >> i believe one lady who had a dash in the leg. >> small person stuck between the seats. >> went further further down. when we saw one elderly gentlemen in the seat. we could not move. then just the one gentle was left up further. he was growning. we were running out of time. smoke started to get thicker and thicker. so we had no choice. we just stood him up and amazingly he started shuffling his feet. >> by the time we remanufactured the final victim the conditions were that the fire was banking down on us. we had heavy black smo

look at the chute on the left, it's shredded and deflated, most passengers were able to get off this plane. officials have not said why the chute ended up like that. >> it happened as the plane was at the end of the runway. we have an animated simulation of the crash. >> witnesses say it appears the plane hit the seawall just before the runway, knocked off the tail section. then the plane appeared to slide kicking up debris until it stopped on the side of the runway. >> the n.t.s.b. is taking the lead in the investigation into this crash. >> dan: airport spokesman sfo will not reopen the two remaining runways but not the other two until investigators arrive from washington, d.c. zoo. >> cheryl: the team is due around midnight and hold a briefing with officials tomorrow morning. >> we'll be looking at the air kroft to find the flight data recorders functioning at the time of the accident. we'll be looking that information and document the accident scene. >> dan: the accident scene was turned over to the f.b.i. at 2:00 p.m. today so federal officials are in charge. n.t.s.b. will focus

many of the passengers jumping before the chutes could even inflate. some of those chutes torn off with the impact. eyewitnesses watching it all unfold. >> oh, my god! oh, my god! we just saw a plane crash! >> reporter: police officers on the ground threw utility knives up to the plane's crew so they could cut through the seat belts of those who remained trapped. late today, we were out on san francisco bay, the closest view yet of the wreckage, with one of the survivors, benjamin levy. you won't forget what seat you were in. >> no, i won't. 30-k. >> reporter: 30-k. very close to the emergency exit? >> the very seat next to the door. >> reporter: benjamin told me in those final seconds, it seemed as if the pilot was trying to take off again. as you were coming in over the water here in the bay, you said it felt like the pilot was trying to take off all over again? >> well, yeah. we were literally about to land. everyone was sitting in their seats. we were, like, seconds from touchdown. as we approaching touchdown, the guy put full throttle on the engin

we do know those two emergency chutes, you cannot see it but there were two emergency chutes that deployed on the left side of the plane. we've seen pictures of people going down those chutes. we saw pictures of people leave the plane. we know from folks via social media, that there are survivors. we have every reason to believe the

passengers started to come out of the chutes. steven when you see this animation from what you have been hearing and what you have been able to piece together. what strikes you? >> again, i think the -- the missing of the runway. i think that. evidence is clear. not an ntsb investigator. that's what they're looking. what they're going to be looking at. the black box. voice recorder. data recorder are going to show precisely what the glide path was for that airplane. and you can see -- the evidence, there is the glide path right there. this its the one that happened today. and, you can see it landing, or touching down, or almost touching down, just there goes there, right there. short of the runway. that is probably short by 2,000 feet. which its what at least three different sources have told me apparently happened. it may have even touched the water as he is trying to gun the engine. and not land short. and as he does that. as he lifts the the nose up, that's when the tail catches on the rocks. we, we have watched the video all

. >> there have been interviews with flight attendants and witnesses that chutes deployed inside theaircraft. we need to understand what ìáhp &hc& >> reporter: one aspect of a massive and meticulous investigation. >> they're really looking at the pilot's flight and duty time. their rest opportunities and the activities that haveq+÷ taken pe in the days leading up to the crash. deborah hersman says even though the asiana crash investigation is all encompassing, a lot of attention will be paid to the four men piloting the plane. >> in our investigatjzym we're often looking for things that may affect human performance. like fatigue. like x&]Ñillnesses or medicatio. >> reporter: the ntsb is also very interested in finding out why it was flying too slow and too low when it crash landed on saturday. >> they were two pilots. many of you all have talked about the two pilots. it was a captain working on his initial operating experience. he was an9,0 experienced pilot private captain but working on getting his rating on the 777. >> reporter: again the san mateo county coroner will not be rel

>> he did pack his own chute here it seems. he's going through these clouds. >> that makes it more haunting. he's inside a cloud as all this is happening. >> and he pulls his reserve. but take a look at his reserve. apparently it is from 1955. >> what? >> wait a minute. >> look at that parachute. he knew the guy who packed the reserve parachute so he was confident in it and did know how old it was. >> no [ bleep ] ay >> i they say that a round parachute like this you can't really steer. >> are you going to land with me? >> on the way down you can hear how he's unfazed by this and he said it was a lot of fun. >> you know you are an adrenaline junky when you describe this as fun. >>> crowd surfing? pretty cool. >> that's just standard crowd surfing video. this one, much cooler. >> how this dude rolls with the crowd. >>> and a few friends are going to attempt one nasty food dare. >> oh, my gosh, that was like bugs floating in a mud puddle. >> see if this challenge is too much to swallow. >>> everybody's favorite part of the show,

the emergency chutes deploying on the videotape.you can see the foam, that is being sprayed on that plane. to make sure that there is no fire. but there was a lot of smoke. according to -- eyewitnesses there. 190 people were able to get out of the plane. as you can imagine. people were here, waiting for loved ones. we caught up with the friend of a passenger. you will hear from a spokesperson from the fbi let's listen in. i understand that we don't have -- that videotape cued up. why can tell you what he said. he is from sunnyvale. he is here to peck up hick up h friend. he was able to speak with him. his luggage. who knows what will happen with that? he said they will have to go some where and make sure he has something stew weto wear. he said he was fine. he was waiting for him to come out. the fbi and the ntsb on their way. the san francisco fire department -- pushed over all of their information to the fbi the fbi the lead agency on this one, working with the san francisco police department. i hear that we do have the videotape.

people coming down the chutes and actually walking to their safety. which was a good thing. >> the passengers and their families and our first priority and will continue to provide them with support that they need. >> reporter: well, in the minutes following the crash family with arrived at the airport to pick up their passengers were frantic as news spread there had been a crash landing. one man waiting for his wife and daughter said he heard from them as soon as they escaped from the wreckage. in fact his daughter sent him video from her cell phone of that burning plane and told him exactly what she saw from her seat. >> that's unbelievable. it's got to be some injuries on there. you guys are going to be lucky. >> what the daughter told the father was that from her seat -- >> they were touching down. my daughter had called me just after the accident. she said that it seemed like they kind of -- overshot the runway a little bit and came down a little hard on the front tire. from what she recalled the tire fell off. as it teetered backwards the back t

. >> see if a chute from 1955 can still get the job done. >> no [ bleep ] way! >>> a woman going to the hospital with -- >> shooting pains down her face. >> what doctors found in her ear will blow your mind. >> oh! gross. >> and meet the bride and the groom behind the ultimate bouquet toss. >> we wanted a mechanical bull and we joked around, but my mom thought it was too -- >> white trash. >> white trash. >> i got two close encounters with wild animals and i have to say, don't get close to the animals, because you could get hurt. >> this is the first one from a game park in the northwest of south africa, and you are not allowed to get out of the car, so chris put a camera on the end of a pole, and watch what happens when the giraffe comes by. and the camera was not hurt, and it is 100% after this incident. >> that is unbelievable, a giraffe from a different perspective and this is a sense of what is it like to be a bug. >> and it made the giraffe look 100 feet tall. >> that is an invincible selfie which the giraffe. >>> and then this guy runs across this elk. it

the chutes coming out.discussed earlier, these planes today, made by both boeing and air bus, they are designed to give people those extra few seconds and minutes to get out as quickly as they can. and the materials are designed, not to burn as quickly as they would have 20, 25, 30 years ago. you know, what comes to my mind, of course, is that air canada flight that caught fire. i'm dating myself now. this is a good 25, 30 years ago. and literally, the plane was gutted and very, very quickly, burned to just nothing. today, we are seeing planes are do seem to give people those extra few minutes necessary. not only that, the seats themselves are constructed in such a way to allow a little more give so that you're not immediately breaking hips and backs and legs on impact. all of this is very much an ongoing scientific, you know, effort. one other note there. it looks to me like, you know, you hate to engage in conjecture here, craig, it looks to me like he hit that runway very early on and then very quickly c

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she used a dinner knife to puncture the chute. some didn't seem to understand what had happened and tried to get their luggage. she says she tried to do a final sweep of the plane but couldn't finish because of the thick dark smoke. at the hospital, lee learned she had broken her tailbone in the crash. >>> happening now a live picture from sfo where the families of the two teenagers who died in that crash are expected to arrive sometime in the next 20 minutes or so. they arrived at l.a.x. a few hours ago. we spoke to officials there and learned that the families were escorted privately through customs. we're told the chinese counsel general plans to meet them here at sfo. our crew at the airport will bring us more once the family members have arrived. >>> students at a school in china are remembering the two young victims killed in saturday's crash. their classmates held a candlelight vigil. students wrote out 77 which was the date in china when that plane crashed. students also wrote messages to their friends that were killed and

but i thankfully came to my senses, broke away, pulled the reserve chute and then guided down.and i was sure i was going land in, like, power lines or something. and what a way to go. you survive a grand malfunction skydiving only to burn to death on some guy's power line. >> jimmy: sounds frightening. >> yeah. >> jimmy: gosh. >> horrible. >> jimmy: so now when you do these action movies do you get -- is there any -- are you afraid of just heights or anything or no? >> i'm a little, yeah, i'm a little skittish with the heights. mostly just the airplane. 'cause it just makes no sense, steel, gasoline, 500 miles an hour, wow. >> jimmy: it really doesn't make any sense. how are we flying? doesn't quite make sense. >> terrible, terrible. >> jimmy: this movie is a full on action movie. >> yeah. >> jimmy: i mean, everything is in this movie is. if you want to go see a 3d popcorn movie for the summer -- >> this is it. >> jimmy: -- go see this. and it's jeff bridges. >> amazing. the dude. >> jimmy: the dude. >> i mean, that's incredible. >> jimmy: yeah, "big lebowski." >> i can't belie

she used a dinner knife to puncture the chute. some didn't seem to understand what had happened and tried to get their luggage. she says she tried to do a final sweep of the plane but couldn't finish because of the thick dark smoke. at the hospital, lee learned she had broken her tailbone in the crash. >>> happening now a live picture from sfo where the families of the two teenagers who died in that crash are expected to arrive sometime in the next 20 minutes or so. they arrived at l.a.x. a few hours ago. we spoke to officials there and learned that the families were escorted privately through customs. we're told the chinese counsel general plans to meet them here at sfo. our crew at the airport will bring us more once the family members have arrived. >>> students at a school in china are remembering the two young victims killed in saturday's crash. their classmates held a candlelight vigil. students wrote out 77 which was the date in china when that plane crashed. students also wrote messages to their friends that were killed and

coming down the chutes and actually walking to their safety which is a good thing. still active in terms of coordinating the numbers and so forth. i'm told the information we received from asiana airlines, 291 passengers with 16 additional crew for a total of 307. we had 48 initial transports from the scene to area hospitals and that was both san francisco county and san mateo county. it was pretty even split. i believe 26 to san francisco and 22 to san mateo hospitals for are a total of 48. we accounted for 190 people transported here to a safety zone here is at san francisco international. the numbers are fluid. out of the 190 there are approximately 82 at this time that have become transported or are in the process of being transport the. we do have some passengers unaccounted for and that is something that is a work in progress. our crews worked collectively and collaboratively with not on sfpd but our brothers and sisters in the south bay made valiant efforts. were actually on the plane doing search and rescue attempts. at 2:45 p.m. this afternoon we turned our

as we zoom in there, you see one engine there in front of the wing and other where the emergency chute has been deployed. it doesn't appear that there is an engine on that side of the plane unless it is perhaps under the wing there. it also would appear that the fire itself begin on the side of the plane opposite of the emergency chute. therefore, allowing some passengers to exit safely. two dead in this plane crash, 48 injured. this coming from san francisco international airport. >> gregg: we are approaching the top of the hour. numbers have changed over the last two hours as we've been covering this breaking news story at the international airport there. we are best estimate is 291 people on board, reuters says 292 and including crew of 16 members, including the flight attendants as well as the pilots. our numbers from claudia, two fatalities, 48 treated for serious injuries which would be smoke inhalation and burns we don't know about other injuries in this is a plane at 11:26 a.m. was on approach to san francisco international airport, runway 28 "l" and appears to have struck the

or jumping down the chutes? >> they were existing toward the rear. i thank came out the chutes but walked down the runway in a pretty calm single-file line. i didn't see anybody running. >> that's extraordinary. when responders first got on the scene, it was probably a scene of absolute chaos. how long were you watching that? >> i was watching it the entire time. the first responders got water and foam on the plane. they got the fire out and the plane had stopped smoking between five to ten minutes, that mark, and i was shocked when after about ten minutes, that's when i saw the black smoke start up and the real fire began. >> oh. interesting. that's when we take a look at the top of the fuselage, that's been burned entirely away. so when the plane first landed, the top was still intact and the fire in the fuselage didn't happen until after the crash? >> that's correct. the first pictures i took was just a dustball. it was orange. >> i saw that. i thought that was dust and fire. that's just dust? >> it was duff.

. >> chutes that are tangled can't function properly.ow they spin out of control 9,000 feet above the ground. and allen has another problem. the lines of the other his neck. >> in that case, the person who has the parachute wrapped around you, they need to pull their release handle and go in free fall and that takes the tension off. >> the skydivers have less than two minutes before they hit the ground. the first guy manages to break free, but his parachute remains behind, its lines still wrapped around allen's knack. >> the parachute lines are wrapped around allen twice. the tension stayed on allen. the parachute was still partially open. the parachute was pulling those lines tight. it's like a chinese finger trap. it just sticks to you. >> with time running out and his neck constricted allen has only one option, cut the other skydiver's chute lines, but as he does that, it leads to another problem. >> once allen cut other lean, the parachute went nuts. it started spinning because it was no longer in a might have configuration. it just

you can see the emergency chutes and passengers running for safety before emergency vehicles roll up. >> these pictures were shot by an 18-year-old from san jose. she was in a burlingame hotel saturday just set up camera to get video of planes landing when she witnessed the tragedy. >> she spoke with abc 7 news. our interview is ahead at 5:00. the ntsb released new information about the moments just before the crash, how slowly the plane is flying in seconds before it went down. investigators are questioning the pilots right now, trying to get answers including the asiana captain in control relatively new to flying this plane. the boeing 777. they're also reviewing video footage from airport security cameras. flight data recorders reveal the speed declined rapd rapidly to the point the plane almost stalled. >> talked yesterday how this aircraft significantly slower than their target approach speed of 137 knots. the speed they want to have when they cross the fresh hold of the runway. >> 137 is 157 miles per hour. the plane fly flying slower about 103 national transportation safety boa

david mont vern declimbed a chute. >> this is a chute that was deployed from l-2, the second door. i said if he can do it, i can do it. >> reporter: joined by two san francisco police officers, they discovered passengers still inside the rear of the plane including an elderly man, moaning in pain. >> we were running out of time. the smoke started to get thicker and thicker, we stood him up and he started to shuffle his feet. >> reporter: as it grew, fight fighters brought them out through the ripped tail section. >> i feel lucky and blessed we were able to get those people out in that time. >> reporter: in all, more than 110 san francisco firefighters from outside the airport responded to the crash site. joined by 84 more firefighters from san ma at the on county. at 6:00, the surprising stories of the police officers who climbed aboard the plane without gear to help rescue passengers, reporting life from san francisco international airport, david stevenson, ktvu. >>> some amazing stories. also today, for the first time, we are hearing what was going on behind the scenes as those e

there, the emergency chutes. the doors had just popped up. the chutes had been inflated, and people, you can see them rushing off to get away from that aircraft. you are see them coming down, amazing video. today in san francisco, authorities are meeting -- and look at the swift response by the emergency services vehicles coming in there to put out what will very soon be a major conflagration in that plane. look at that. just stunning. the authorities are now talking to the folks who flew that airplane to try and figure out what exactly went wrong. phil lebeau is in san francisco live. phil? >> and tyler, the primary questions being asked by ntsb investigators are to the man who was at the controls of the asiana 214 777 that crashed here in san francisco, and those questions primarily revolve around a couple of issues. first of all, what happened in the final 82 seconds as the plane was coming in for the crash landing. they turned off the autopilot 82 seconds before they hit the runway. why was it turned off? did

the chutes deployed almost instantly. we saw pictures of people use those chutes, get off the plane, walk to safety, run to safety. moments later, there was some sort of fire that broke out. aboard that plane. we've seen pictures. a number of pictures over the course of the afternoon and evening. smoke billowing from the plane. at this point, we know according to officials on the ground there, we found out about 40 minutes ago or about 30 minutes ago rather two are dead. at least 130 were taken to area hospitals. and perhaps at this point, most notably some 60 people, 60 people, upwards of approximately 60 people, are still unaccounted for. not to alarm, because again that could mean a number of different thin things in situations like this where there's a tragedy that happens quickly like this. you've got folks running. there could be some folks obviously in the terminals, folks that were reunited with family quickly. folks that just managed to slip off the grid. but officials in san francisco right now undoubtedly have

out from the chutes walking down. >> i did see slides on the left hand side of the plane, that were still inflated and still had their lights activated. >> they are not sure when they'll know if the slides are operating properly, they'll hold another news conference tomorrow, jay hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> link to more firsthand accounts from the emergency responders and unedited footages of the crash can be found on www.ktvu.com. to a beautiful night, and tomorrow. >> the trend will peak tomorrow, we'll have temperatures in the low to mid-90s in some of the warmer locations. look here at the radar. and the low clouds hugging the clouds. the on shore breeze continues to blow 16 miles per hour. temperatures right now still a warm evening in fairfield and 86 in liver more and 82 in concord. 66 in oakland right now and lows 60s in san francisco. lows 70s in areas like santa rosa and napa t. today, temperatures a few degrees warmer of what we felt yesterday. tomorrow is going to be the warmest day, i expect we'll see again 90s for the inland communities and 70s to 80s around th

. >> had the chutes deployed at that time? >> yes. when i first arrived, people scattered all over the runway, walking around and the chutes in the frot nt deployed, saw peopl sliding down. me and another couple officers started arriving at the scene and starting running toward the chutes to get people away from the airplane. people were confused and wanted to keep their baggage. we had to get them to get away from the area. >> did you board the plane? and if you boarded the plane, what did you see? >> we had -- initially me and another officer, derek lee, we were at the chutes and the pilots and crew were asking for knifes. people were stuck. we gave our knifes and when they said the plane was cleared, came back down, and ran around the tail section after we helped some people get away from the plane, i saw people on the ground and it looked like there were still people on the back of the plane and tail was missing from the back of the plane and that part of the plane you could actually walk into, because there was no tail section, i

passengers had to scramble to get through the escape chute.njured were taken out by fire res crew crews. they are saying it is a miracle so many people survived without injury. >> to have 123 roughly walk away from this given the -- the condition of the plane is -- is incredible to me sgli did survey it from looking in the rear of the plane. you know, there was a lot of collapsed seats, a lot of the plane was on fire so quite a bit of dpaj. quite a bit of damage to that plane. again, it's a miracle really that we had so many survivors. >> the bodies of the two dead were found on the tarmac when crews did arrive. the san francisco public health grief counselors were also on the scene to help support some of the survivors as well as family and friends. anl. >> linda, we've been looking at leigh pictures of the plane. i i'm curious will the ntsb begin an investigation when they arrive tonight or will they start in the morning hours. >> we did get the ibd kags earlier that as soon as they arrived that investigation will begin, however, there was a

many passengers jumping before the chutes could inflate.ome of the chutes torn off with the impact. eyewitnesses watching it all unfold. >> oh, my god! >> we just saw a plane crash! >> reporter: police officers on the ground threw utility knives up to the plane any crew so they could cut through the seatbelts of those who remained trapped. we were out on san francisco bay, the closest view of the wreckage with one of the survivors, benjamin levy. you won't forget which seat you were in? >> no. 30 k. >> reporter: 30 k. close to the emergency exit. >> the seat next to the door. >> reporter: benjamin told me it seemed as if the pilot was trying to take off again. >> as we were approaching touchdown, he put full throttle, on the engine and started to gain altitude again, because he probably -- he realized it was too low. >> reporter: this passenger his arm in a sling after he left the hospital can't get the sound out of his mind. >> the moment, it was bang, and we -- we realized something has gone wrong. something is terrible. >> reporter: sile

you are look at the two emergency inflatable chutes that we have been talking about.at folks use too get off the plane. at this point, two people are dead. dozens more are injured. at this point, 181 have been taken to the hospital. one person is still unaccounted for. we have just gotten i understand the recording or a recording from air traffic control. we are going to play this for you in its entirety. we think it runs about three minutes. this is the air traffic control recording from the tower. it was taken around the time that flight 214 came in. take a listen to this. >>> 214. san francisco. >> 5427. runway in contact. >> go ahead flight. >> united 85. >> 85. we might need a few more minutes. just a h heads up. >> hold short of runway. let me know when you are ready. >> san francisco 5452. vizquelual. >> 5452 san francisco entire runway. right clear lane. >> 5452. >> 737 -- 500 feet, please. over. >> sky link 6389 from 183000. >> i have an emergency. vehicles are responding. >> emergency. >> okay. >> 737. remain clear. contact san carlos tower. contacting san c

and i saw the chutes come out of one side of the plane, people getting off. and there was a line of people getting off the other side of the plane, and then after that, it was just, you know, engulfed in flames for a while. >> several witnesses told us it appeared the plane almost missed the runway and when the nose of the plane went up, the tail of the plane hit the ground, causing the plain to spin and break apart. >> there were a couple gentlemen walking along and said do you see what happen to the plane? he said, yeah, it looked like it was going to hit, spun into a cart wheel and spun right there. that was it, we saw the smoke coming up. >> also among those gathered at the park were those waiting for loved ones in other flights that were diverted from sfo to other cities. >> i feel horrible for the people on the plane and the 777s hold so henne people. and just relieved that, you know, my mom's a couple hours away, but she's safe. >> monte francis, today in the bay. >> our coverage of the crash continues right after the break. >>> good morning to you. on

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

was found near the tail, at the end of the runway, the other body found just below the inflatable chutell be doing autopsies tomorrow there are indications that the girl was traveling with one other person, but officials have not tracked that person down. as you've been reporting. there was a group of teenage exchange students on that plane. no word if the young victim was part of that group. investigators are working to contact family. >> one of the key components is the weather. traditionally very windy and foggy. we bring in anthony slaughter. >> today it was a picture perfect day. we had no hazards. visibility was clear at the time of impact and winds calm today, only up to 5 to 15 miles per hour. so weatherer likely not playing a factor in the crash. tomorrow, back to 71 degrees in oakland. 88 in livermore. we are headed to see a hot streak of weather head our way. not going to be as hot as it was last week, but 93 will be the top temperature monday. then a steady decline next weekend with 80s returning by thursday and even a little fog and drizzle at the coast. so hot days ahead.

. >> reporter: a third relief pilot said there was a problem with one of the emergency chutes. >> he described a chute that had deployed inside and trapped one of the flight attendants. >> reporter: and none of the crew was tested for drugs or alcohol which would have been required if this had been a u.s. airline. john alston, abc 7 news. >>> you can listen to the ntsb news conference on our website. >>> tonight we know from the ntsb crash investigators there were three pilots in the cockpit that day and a fourth in a jump seat elsewhere on the plane. the two at the controls are under scrutiny for their experience, background and communication on saturday. lisa amin gulezian. >> reporter: the two pilots had never flown together. it was the instructor's first time teaching. >> the enters into an airport doesn't hold a lot of meaning to me. >> reporter: former american airlines pilot says both pilots were qualified to be in that cockpit and he said both should have been doing the same thing, looking at instruments, levels, speeds and most importantly, out the window. should it have bee

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the pilot told authorities there was an emergency chute that wasn't working. >> he described a chute that deployed inside and trapped one of the flight attendants and his effort to free the flight attendant from that chute where they were trapped. >> another new detail released involves the flight attendants. investigators say two glide -- two attendants were ejected. they were hurt but they survived. >> investigators have finished the interviews with the pilot and the crews saying they are making progress but they still have a ways to go. >> there is new information from a parent and teacher of the two 16-year-old whose died in the crash a chinese newspaper reporter interviewed the mother who wasn't going do let her mother go on the trip but she begged saying if she didn't go, wang linjia's best friend parent whose not let her go, so both parents relented. wang linjia was first in the second to last row but switched to the last row to be with ye mengyuan. >> two dozen of the 182 passengers hurt in the crash are still in the hospital this morning and san francisco general is treating

coming moments ago from the san francisco fire department as they describe running up an evacuation chute into the burning plane that crashed while landing at san francisco international airport on saturday trying to stop the fire while searching for trapped passengers. >> good morning, i am kristen sze. >> there was an incredible sight and the ntsb will interview the pilots possibly today. two teens were killed with 182 injurisdiction out of 307 open board. we have coverage from sfo and amy hollyfield will have more on the emergency responders. we first have abc7 news cover with the latest on the investigation. >> the ntsb hopes to interview the pilot and crew of asiana flight 214 as soon as today at sfo. the wreckage remains off the runway with new information today that the pilot was still in training to fly this type of aircraft and had never flown into sfo before. this video of the wreck an was shot by the ntsb, closeup shots of the planes tail and landing, with the jet possibly flying too low and slow as it slammed into the end of the runway. one pilot logged only 43 hours on a boei

come down the chutes and walking to their safety. >> there are people right adjacent to the numbers. we can see two or three people that are moving who survived. >> reporter: some passengers were even found near the water. firefighters confirmed two hours after the crash, two people did not survive. authorities found the bodies outside of the plane and still there were others that they couldn't find. >> not everyone has yet to be accounted for. >> reporter: initially the number of passengers unaccounted for was as high as 60. a number that later disappeared due to checkpoint confusion. all people are now accounted for and sfo continues to face it's op operation obstacles tonight. >> we have a total of four runway as spot and we re-opened two of the four runways. >> reporter: meaning that are still limit adrifles and limited arrivals and departures. live snide of sfo. you can see it's really busy and in just a few hours at midnight the national transportation safety board or ntsb chair will arrive at midnight . ntsb and fbi will investigate how to this cross happened. a preference is

passengers then safely escaped on emergency chutes although a few were injured.omerville brought us the story. >> we had an outstanding team on board yesterday. >> reporter: today's initial report from the uk air accidents investigation branch found that the engines quote did not respond to an increase in thrust. the flight data and voice recorders showed that the pilots tried to increeds the power manually but that failed as well and they were forced to land the plane. the flight crew was given a heros well today. the captain said he's proud of his flight team giving credit to his senior pilot. >> no one more so than my senior first officer john cowart who was the finalling pilot on the final approach and did the most remarkable job. >> reporter: he also commended the flight attendants. >> i want to pay tribute to the cabin crew and the cabin service director sharon s.mercer who carried out the evacuation of the passengers with speed, efficiency and care. it was typical of sharon's self- lessness that she took time to check that we on the flight deck were all ri

try to get out, down the chutes? >> that is what everyone was doing. the first announcement was stay calm. what? and everyone was leaving. so buckle down and just rushed out the door. there weren't any slides. we just jumped off. >> the slides weren't even -- you just jumped out of the emergency doors that opened up and you jumped out as quickly as you can. >> yeah. >> did you see a lot of people injured? >> like 50 to 75 people on stretchers and with neck braces and stuff. there are five that were just terrible, bad news. those were the flight attendants that got draopped out the back. the back got the worst of it. that opened up right where the flight attendants sit. and they got put out right on impact there. we kind of fishtailed for another 300 yards to slide and then it finally rolled over. fire started. there's nobody over there. no emergency for the longest time. >> it took a while i take it for the folks, emergency personnel to get to the plane. but it looks -- the pictures are terrible of this plane. it looks awful and we're showing our viewe

then they sprinted up the chute to get into the plane to rescue passengers. in the back they spotted those who were unable to get out. >> we had elderly. we had a woman with a gentleman who was standing over her. we had somebody that was partially trapped. as it turns out, there was a small person stuck between the seats. >> also on board, san francisco police officer jim cunningham who with entered without any protech have gear. >> i didn't think about it. i just knew those -- protective gear. >> i didn't think about it. >> reporter: keep in mind, of the 317 people on box 123 were able to walk away from this wreckage. 225 emergency first responders reacted to the call. some same on their days off. allen, they came from not only the airport but also san francisco and san mateo county. >> ann, we also heard officer cunningham went back into the plane when it was on fire? >> reporter: yes. remember, he is the officer who did not have any protective fear on him. he said he heard there were 50 people still missing. he said his heart dropped so he went back inside

. >> reporter: a third relief pilot said there was a problem with one of the emergency chutes. >> he described a chute that had deployed inside and trapped one of the flight attendants. >> reporter: and none of the crew was tested for drugs or alcohol which would have been required if this had been a u.s. airline. john alston, abc 7 news. >>> you can listen to the ntsb news conference on our website. >>> tonight we know from the ntsb crash investigators there were three pilots in the cockpit that day and a fourth in a seat elsewherep seat elsewhere on the plane. the two at the controls are under scrutiny for their experience, background and communication on saturday. lisa amin gulezian. >> reporter: the two pilots had never flown together. it was the instructor's first time teaching. >> the enters into an airport doesn't hold a lot of meaning to me. >> reporter: former american airlines pilot says both pilots were qualified to be in that cockpit and he said both should have been doing the same thing, looking at instruments, levels, speeds and most importantly, out the window. should

. >> reporter: a third relief pilot said there was a problem with one of the emergency chutes. >> he described a chute that had deployed inside and trapped one of the flight attendants. >> reporter: and none of the crew was tested for drugs or alcohol which would have been required if this had been a u.s. airline. john alston, abc 7 news. >>> you can listen to the ntsb news conference on our website. >>> tonight we know from the ntsb crash investigators there were three pilots in the cockpit that day and a fourth in a jump seat elsewhere on the plane. the two at the controls are under scrutiny for their experience, background and communication on saturday. lisa amin gulezian. >> reporter: the two pilots had never flown together. it was the instructor's first time teaching. >> the enters into an airport doesn't hold a lot of meaning to me. >> reporter: former american airlines pilot says both pilots were qualified to be in that cockpit and he said both should have been doing the same thing, looking at instruments, levels, speeds and most importantly, out the window. should it have bee

when the plane came down, chutes were deployed. our crews got there within about three minutes, applied our foam and water to the cabin itself while some of the patients and passengers were self-evacuating, and then we went in. >> could this have been worse? >> absolutely. i'm still amazed that with 307 people, there was 291 passengers, 16 crew, that we have two facilities. i don't want to discount that. obviously it's a tragedy. we also have critical patients. so have 123 people walk off that plane, go through customs, and reach their final destination, is phenomenal to me. >> you were visiting some of the crash victims at the hospitals last night? >> i did. i went by san francisco general. san francisco general is amazing amazing, one of the 11 hospitals. >> do we have ambulances in a way to get people to the hospital right out of the airport? >> we do. yesterday we need additional support. we have ambulances -- we have three fire stations at the airport. we brought units down. we had 225 first responders. >> when you first arriv