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>>WILL: JOINING ME ONCE
AGAIN IS THE CHAIR OF THE
NTSB. YOU HAVE BEEN DOING
INTERVIEWS WITH THE PILOTS
AND INVESTIGATING THE SCENE
YOURSELF. ONE THING THAT HAS
COME OUT MAMET IS THAT ONE
OF THE LANDING PILOTS SAID
HE SAW A FLASHING LIGHT AS
HE WAS DESCENDING. COULD YOU
TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT?
>> INVESTIGATORS ASKED HIM
TO EXPLAIN WHAT HE SAW. THEY
ASKED HIM IF HE SAID IT WAS
A LASER. HE SAID NO. HE SAID
HE COULD SEE HIS INSTRUMENT
SO I THINK IT WAS A
TEMPORARY THING. WE DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS A BUT
WE DON'T BELIEVE IT THAT IT
WAS ANYTHING THAT APPEARED
HIS ABILITY TO FLY THE
PLANE.
>>WILL: WAS THERE ENOUGH
TIME FOR HIM TO RECOVER AND
LAND SAFELY?
>> HE WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT
DESCRIBED A SCENE THE
FLASHING LIGHTS. THERE WERE
THREE PILOTS AND THE COCKPIT
AND HE THE ONLY ONE WHO
DESCRIBE THAT FLASHING
LIGHTS.
>>WILL: DID HE TURN AROUND
AND TELL THE PILOTS THAT HE
WAS TEMPORARY BLINDED OR DID
HE KEEP IT TO HIMSELF?
>> WE ARE LOOKING TO SEE IF
THERE WAS ANY INDICATION
THAT THERE WAS ANY
COMMUNICATION ABOUT THAT.
>>WILL: THERE WERE REPORTS
THAT THEY TRIED TO CONTACT
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL ABOUT
2,000 FT. OUT THREE THAT
THEY DID NOT GET A RESPONSE.
IS THAT OUT OF THE ORDINARY?
>> NO THEY ARE VERY BUSY.
THEY DID GET THAT. THERE
WERE ABOUT ONE-AND-A-HALF
MILES OUT WHEN THEY GOT THE
LANDING CLEARANCE. AND MAY
HAVE BEEN ON THE LATE SIDE
BUT IT WAS CERTAINLY IN THE
RANGE OF WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE.
>>WILL: ONCE IT CRASHED,
THEY DID NOT REALIZE HOW BAD
THE FIRE WAS BECAUSE THERE
WERE REPORTS THAT THEY TOLD
THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS TO
STAY IN THEIR SEATS. WAS
THAT AN ERROR OR IS THAT
PART OF PROTOCOL FOR
TRAINING?
>> WELL WE KNOW IS AFTER THE
CRASH, THERE WERE DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVES. PEOPLE HAVE
DIFFERENT INFORMATION. THE
PILOTS DID NOT ISSUE AN
IMMEDIATE EVACUATION BUT
INSTEAD TOLD PASSENGERS TO
STAY IN THEIR SEAT.
>>WILL: THE 92ND THE WAY OF
GETTING OFF THE PLANE
IMMEDIATELY, DID THAT
CONTRIBUTE TO THE EXTENT OF
ANY INJURIES?
>> AT THIS POINT WE HAVE
MANY PASSENGERS WHO DID GET
OFF THE PLANE AND WE ALSO
KNOW THERE WERE INJURIES
MANY OF THOSE INJURIES WERE
THE RESULT OF THE INITIAL
CRASH AND SO WE ARE LOOKING
AT THAT, EVALUATING ALL OF
THE INJURIES. CERTAINLY A
CHAOTIC SCENE WHEN YOU ARE
EVACUATED IN AIRCRAFT OF
OVER 300 PEOPLE.
>>WILL: WHY DID ISSUE IS IN
WORD. IS IT BECAUSE THIS
PLANE WAS TWISTED THAT IT
SHOT THE WRONG WAY?
>> WE KNOW THAT TWO OF THE
EIGHT FLAGS DEPLOY IT INSIDE
OF THE AIRCRAFT AND FLIGHT
ATTENDANTS SITTING NEAR
THEM. WE UNDERSTAND THAT-WE
WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW WHY
THAT HAPPENED. WE'RE
WORKING WITH THE
MANUFACTURER TO UNDERSTAND.
THE
>>DARYA: WHEN WILL THE
RUNWAY BE CLEARED.
>> THE NTSB RELEASED THE
RUNWAY LAST NIGHT. SALVAGE
HAS BEGUN AND THEY ARE
PICKING UP DEBRIS WITH
LARGER EQUIPMENT. YOU CAN
SEE CRANES' OUT THERE AND
SOME OF THE OTHER WORK WILL
BE DONE BY HAND. I HAVE TO
CLEAR THE DEBRIS, CLAIM THE
RUNWAY AND IN THE AIRPORT
HAVE TO TAKE OUT SOME
RESURFACING AND OTHER
EFFORTS TO GET BACK IN
SERVICE.
>>WILL: IS A BAD ENOUGH FOR
A COULD TAKE DAYS IF NOT A
WEEK TO MAKE COSMETIC
REPAIRS OR WILL IT BE A LOT
LONGER BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY
THAT RUNWAY IS CRUCIAL TO A
COMING AND GOING AT SFO.
>> WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT
THAT IS UP. --THAT RUNWAY
IS. IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET
28 LEFT BACK OPEN SO SAN
FRANCISCO CAN BE AT 100
PERCENT. IT IS REALLY GOING
TO BE UP TO THE SALVAGE
OPERATORS AND AIRPORT TO
DETERMINE HOW LONG IT IS
GOING TO TAKE TO CLEAR THE
RUNWAY AND MAKE SURE IT IS
SAFE.
>>WILL: ARE YOU ALL ABLE TO
LIFT THE AIRCRAFT UP AT ITS
IN ITS ENTIRETY OR IN
MULTIPLE PIECES.
>> IT WILL HAVE TO BE TAKEN
INTO PARTS. WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE TO REMOVE IT IN PIECES.
>>WILL: ANY THING ON THE
BLOCK BOX BACK IN D.C.? HAVE
YOU BEEN ABLE TO RECOVER
ANY INFORMATION.
>> WE HOPE TO HAVE SOME MORE
INFORMATION FOR YOU THIS
AFTERNOON. OUR VOICE
RECORDER GROUP AND ARE DATA
RECORDER GROUP ARE FINISHING
SOME OF THEIR WORK
YESTERDAY AND WE HOPE TO
HEAR BACK FROM THEM TODAY.
>>WILL: BANK IS A MUCH