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Shiga. The giant DC eight Super 62 sat on her barge today like royalty waiting to be attended to. She had been pushed tail first from the crash site to the airport Monday now, all that remained was to roll her off the barge and onto dry land

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something the landing gear hadn't touched for three days. This was the first opportunity Newsman had to get close to the airplane close enough to make an initial assessment of the damage. Number one engine on the far left side, the rear half of the housing shorn off.

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Number two engine inboard half of its housing also shorn off on the left wing flaps. The inboard screws and hinges were torn off. The flap was hanging loosely from the outboard side, the left main landing gear door half gone, right, main completely gone in the wing

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area above it, torn off back to the fuselage. Number three engine was hanging by fragments of its structure, crews moving the plane, we're afraid it might fall off completely. And like Numbers one and two. Number threes housing was badly torn. The number four engine, The aft

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section was pulled back a good half foot, but of greatest interest to the engineers was electrolysis, a process in which salt water rapidly corrodes the plane's magnesium skin and while it appeared clean below the water line, there were indications that process had already begun, undoubtedly all

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four engines will have to be replaced or at least torn down and completely rebuilt. First plans called for it to be rolled off the barge early this morning, but in fact, it did not touch the ground until 1:45 this afternoon. This plane hit the water Friday,

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doing 137 knots, almost 160 mph, and for that much airplane to hit at that speed, it's remarkable more damage wasn't done. So Japan Airlines flight to finally made her destination and all in one piece, more or less now, she'll be taken to the United Airlines maintenance

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hangar where it will take weeks, some say, even months before Japan Airlines finds out whether they have an operable airplane again or $8.5 million worth of junk. Dave Montes, eyewitness News saN Francisco International Airport.