Meanwhile, new details about what happened Thursday came out of a briefing by a National Transportation Safety Board. .official Friday afternoon.. .. .The investigator said the plane's number three engine -- the right, inboard engine -- had a power surge when the plane. .took off from Paine Field on its return to Boeing Field.. .. .She said the engine then "normalized" but when the captain put the gear down for landing, the left main landing gear. .didn't lock. The plane orbited Bainbridge Island and Vashon Island while the flight engineer hand-cranked the gear into. .position.. .. .The number three engine then lost power, followed by a loss of power in the other engines. The pilot then ditched the. .plane into Elliott Bay, off Alki Point.. .. .The investigator said all four people on the airplane were interviewed Friday morning and all are cooperating fully with. .investigators.. .. . * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *. .. . I'm not jumping to conclusions, but this scenario is eerily similar to the UAL DC-8 at Portland some years back............