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retired boeing pilot captain john cashman told investigators the plane is designed that way to always leave the pilot in charge. >> we apply automation as a tool to aid, not replace, the pilot. >> reporter: the captain told investigators he was very concerned fore making a landing in san francisco because the runway's automatic landing system was out of service because of airport construction. now, the report is due out next year but the ntsb says if valuable information is gleaned from today's testimony, they will release the results earlier. >> an issue they didn't directly address, but the documents they released before the hearing there was new information about the teenager who survived the crash but she was killed after getting run over? what did they say? >> reporter: well, allen, what we have is kind of a disturbing timeline. now, firefighters thought she was dead. she was 16. so rescue 10 according to the documents arrived on the scene and drove around her again because she thought that she was already dead. now, rescue 10, 14 minutes later, moved the plane to the left wing.