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LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON.
IT'S ALL DISTURBING.
>> IT IS, WOLF.
IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED,
YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THEY ARE
FOCUSING ON THIS IDEA THAT MAYBE
THIS HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH
HUMAN ERROR.
LOOK AT THIS TRAIN AS IT'S
COMING AROUND THE CORNER HERE
AND CRASHING HERE.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WHERE THE
INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING SO
MUCH AT JUST THIS HIGHLY
PRECISE, ELABORATE MACHINERY OF
THE TRAIN.
WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT IS NOT
THE TECHNOLOGY OF THE TRACKS.
THEY ARE LOOKING AT THE SHEER
SPEED OF IT.
IT MEANS THEY ARE LOOKING AT THE
HAND ON THE THROTTLE, THE MAN
RUNNING THIS THING, THE
CONDUCTOR.
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THAT?
ONE OF THE REASONS THEY ARE SO
CURIOUS IS BECAUSE HE BRAGGED
BEFORE ABOUT THE IDEA HE COULD
DRIVE VERY, VERY QUICKLY WITH
THE TRAINS.
THAT MAY BE AN ISSUE.
WE NEW SPANISH NEWS AGENCIES ARE
REPORTING THE TRAIN WAS SUPPOSED
TO BE DOING 50 MILES AN HOUR AS
IT CAME AROUND HERE.
UP STEAD, IT MAY HAVE BEEN GOING
TWICE THAT SPEED.
LOOK AT THIS.
WE SPLIT THIS IN HALF AND SLOWED
THIS DOWN BY HALFTIME.
LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE THAT
HAPPENED THERE.
THIS TRAIN IS THE ONE COMING
AROUND EXTRA FAST.
IT'S ALREADY CRASHING AT THIS
POINT.
IF IT HAD BEEN TRAVELING AT HALF
THAT SPEED, IT WOULD BE SHORT OF
REACHING THAT POINT.
THIS IS THE THING THEY ARE
LOOKING AT TO SEE IF IT WAS
FUNDAMENTALLY HUMAN ERROR IN
WHAT MADE THIS HAPPEN.
COULD IT BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH
THE MACHINERY, YES, WOLF, BUT
RIGHT NOW IT DOESN'T LOOK THAT
WAY TO THE INVESTIGATORS.
THAT'S WHY THEY ARE LOOKING AT
THE CONDUCTOR SO HARD.
>> HUMAN ERROR.
IT'S CONSIDERED THE POSSIBLE
CAUSE OF TWO MAJOR AIRPLANE
CRASHES HERE IN THE UNITED
STATES IN SAN FRANCISCO AND NEW
YORK IN RECENT DAYS AND WEEKS.
WHY IS THAT?
>> SAME REASON, WOLF.
IT'S THE NATURE OF THE CRASH.
THE ASIANA CRASH, THE NATIONAL
TRANSPORTATION BOARD SAID THE
PLANE LANDED WAY SHORT OF THE
RUNWAY.
THE TAIL AND UNDERCARRIAGE
STRUCK THE SEAWALL.
NO REPORTS THE PILOTS WERE
HAVING EQUIPMENT TROUBLE.
ONE WAS RELATIVITY INEXPER
INEXPERIENCED.
ALL OF THAT SAYS LOOK AT THE MAN
MORE THAN THE MACHINE.
IN THE SOUTHWEST FLIGHT, WHICH
WE HAVE HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT,
NTSB SAYS JUST ABOUT 30 FEET
ABOVE THE GROUND, THIS PLANE'S
NOSE WAS STILL POINTED UP AT
THAT POINT.
JUST A LITTLE BIT.
IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE A LOT.
POINTED UP ENOUGH.
IT WAS A COUPLE DEGREES UPWARD.
IT'S PROPER SO THE HEAVIER GEAR
DOWN HERE LANDS FIRST.
INSTEAD, RIGHT BEFORE IT LANDED,
ACCORDING TO THE NTSB, THE NOSE
SHIFTED FROM UP IN ABOUT FOUR
SECONDS TO A SLIGHT DOWNWARD
ANGLE.
THAT'S WHAT MADE THIS WEAKER UP
FRONT.
AGAIN, THERE IS A WAY TO EXPLAIN
ALL OF THIS THROUGH WEIRD AIR
DRAFTS OR EQUIPMENT FAILURE.
ITIS NOT CONCLUSIVE.
IT'S EARLY ON.
THEY ARE LOOKING HARD AT THE
HUMANS INVOLVED TO SEE IF IT
CAUSED THIS.