https://www.scmp.com/rss/308227/feed On Saturday, July 6 2013, an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 carrying mostly Chinese passengers crashed and burst into flames as it landed short of the runway at San Francisco International Airport. Two teenage girls were killed and more than 180 people were injured. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com A startling video has surfaced showing the fiery 2013 crash of a commercial airliner on approach at San Francisco International Airport and a rescue response to the incident that killed three Chinese teenager girls and injured 200 other people. Investigators previously released a brief portion of the clip in 2013 showing the crash and its aftermath. The longer version, marked “don’t distribute”, was posted on YouTube by an unidentified person and verified Wednesday by airport officials. It shows... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2101463/watch-shocking-leaked-video-shows-entire-asiana?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2101463/watch-shocking-leaked-video-shows-entire-asiana?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 06 Jul 2017 02:21:15 +0000 The parents of Ye Mengyuan, a 16-year-old victim of last year’s Asiana crash in San Francisco, have launched a wrongful death lawsuit against San Francisco City and County. The civil lawsuit was filed under both state and federal law, and seeks damages over the death of Ye, a Chinese teen who survived the July 6 crash last year – only to die after being hit by an emergency vehicle rushing to the scene, according to the coroner’s report. The suit also names 16 individuals, including San... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1574299/parents-teenage-asiana-crash-victim-sue-san-francisco-officials-over?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1574299/parents-teenage-asiana-crash-victim-sue-san-francisco-officials-over?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 15 Aug 2014 10:00:00 +0000 A mismanaged approach for landing in a highly automated cockpit was the probable cause of last July’s crash of a South Korean airliner in San Francisco, US investigators said on Tuesday. Three young Chinese citizens died and 182 people suffered injuries when Asiana Flight 214 from Seoul clipped a sea wall with its landing gear, then crashed and burst into flames, in the first commercial airliner disaster in the United States since 2009. “In this investigation, we have learned that pilots must... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1540178/mismanaged-approach-and-complex-cockpit-cited-asiana-crash?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1540178/mismanaged-approach-and-complex-cockpit-cited-asiana-crash?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 25 Jun 2014 03:05:24 +0000 Asiana Airlines has acknowledged that its pilots failed to correct their fatally slow approach to a landing at San Francisco International Airport but blamed the maker of the jet, saying it did not automatically maintain a safe speed. US accident investigators on Monday made public a filing in which the South Korea-based airline said that the Boeing 777 had major design flaws that led the pilots to believe it would keep flying at the proper speed and that failed to warn the cockpit crew in time... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1462297/asiana-blames-pilots-and-boeing-design-flaws-crash-killed-3-chinese?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1462297/asiana-blames-pilots-and-boeing-design-flaws-crash-killed-3-chinese?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 01 Apr 2014 02:45:30 +0000 US transportation officials on Tuesday fined Asiana Airlines US$500,000 for failing to promptly contact passengers’ families and keep them informed about their loved ones after a deadly crash last year at San Francisco International airport, in the first penalty of its kind. The US Department of Transportation said it took the South Korean airline five days to contact the families of all 291 passengers, including relatives of three Chinese teenagers who died. In addition, a required crash... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1435498/us-penalises-asiana-airlines-over-san-francisco-crash-response?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1435498/us-penalises-asiana-airlines-over-san-francisco-crash-response?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 26 Feb 2014 03:00:45 +0000 The city of San Francisco is contradicting a coroner’s findings that a Chinese girl survived an airliner crash in July but was run over and killed by rescuers. The city says in a report obtained on Wednesday that 16-year-old Ye Meng Yuan died when she hit the ground after the force of the impact tossed her from the Asiana jet. The conclusion is contained in a report the city filed with the National Transportation Safety Board. City officials say it is based on NTSB reports and interviews by... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1417449/san-francisco-authorities-release-report-claiming-asiana-rescuers-didnt?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1417449/san-francisco-authorities-release-report-claiming-asiana-rescuers-didnt?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 30 Jan 2014 07:59:52 +0000 Some 80 Chinese survivors of the Asiana plane crash in San Francisco have filed a class-action suit with more than 50 others against Boeing, the maker of the 777 aircraft they were travelling in. Each is suing Boeing for about US$50,000 in compensation, the Beijing-based China Youth Daily reported on Wednesday. The legal action comes six months after Asiana Airlines Flight 214 hit a seawall at the end of a runway during final approach for landing at San Francisco International Airport on July 6,... https://www.scmp.com/news/china-insider/article/1416500/chinese-survivors-asiana-crash-file-claim-against-boeing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china-insider/article/1416500/chinese-survivors-asiana-crash-file-claim-against-boeing?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 29 Jan 2014 09:00:00 +0000 Firefighters responding to an Asiana Airlines plane crash in San Francisco last July were warned about the presence of a teenage passenger who was later fatally struck by an emergency vehicle, new video footage of the aftermath shows. Footage from the helmet of a rescuer appears to show emergency teams failing to assist Ye Mengyuan , a 16-year-old passenger from Zhejiang , who survived the initial impact of the July 6 crash only to be struck and killed by an emergency vehicle. One video, first... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1407155/video-shows-us-firefighters-were-warned-about-girl-air-crash-victim?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1407155/video-shows-us-firefighters-were-warned-about-girl-air-crash-victim?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 16 Jan 2014 15:04:33 +0000 Video from a firefighter’s helmet camera following the crash landing of an Asiana Airlines flight in San Francisco shows rescuers were aware that Chinese teen Ye Mengyuan was on the ground outside the airplane, before she was fatally run over by a fire truck. CBS News first aired parts of the footage showing the chaotic aftermath of the July 6 crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 at San Francisco International Airport on Tuesday night. CBS said it obtained it from a person close to the family of... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1406711/video-chaotic-asiana-air-crash-rescue-may-point-negligence-chinese-teens?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1406711/video-chaotic-asiana-air-crash-rescue-may-point-negligence-chinese-teens?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 16 Jan 2014 01:39:51 +0000 The parents of a Chinese teenage girl who was run over and killed by two emergency vehicles after an Asiana Airlines crash have filed a claim against the city of San Francisco, saying rescuers were reckless and poorly trained. In legal forms filed this week in San Francisco, attorneys for the parents of 16-year-old Ye Mengyuan say firefighters who first saw the girl after the July 6 crash last year should have examined her and moved her somewhere safe. Firefighters told investigators they... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1402040/parents-chinese-girl-run-over-asiana-crash-rescue-file-claim-against-san?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1402040/parents-chinese-girl-run-over-asiana-crash-rescue-file-claim-against-san?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 10 Jan 2014 01:15:45 +0000 Firefighters who work at San Francisco International Airport are receiving additional training on how to respond to air crashes after the Asiana Airlines accident in which a teenage girl from China was run over and killed by two emergency vehicles while lying injured on the runway. Commanding officers from the San Francisco Fire Department's airport division would receive 40 to 80 hours of advanced instruction next year at the Fire Training Research Centre at Dallas-Fort Worth International... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1381259/airport-firefighters-get-training-after-tarmac-death-chinas-ye-mengyuan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1381259/airport-firefighters-get-training-after-tarmac-death-chinas-ye-mengyuan?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 Dec 2013 14:08:13 +0000 The Asiana Airlines captain who crashed a Boeing 777 at San Francisco International Airport in July told investigators he was stressed out and "very concerned" about attempting a visual approach ahead of the incident, according to documents released by US aviation safety investigators. The pilot of the flight from Shanghai via Seoul had become unnerved as the runway's automatic warning systems were out of service due to construction, according to documents released by the National Transportation... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1378609/asiana-pilot-very-concerned-ahead-fatal-crash-landing-san-francisco?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1378609/asiana-pilot-very-concerned-ahead-fatal-crash-landing-san-francisco?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Dec 2013 17:29:43 +0000 US air accident investigators hold a hearing on Wednesday into the role that sophisticated cockpit automation might have played in the fiery crash of a South Korean airliner in San Francisco. Three passengers, all young Chinese women, died when Asiana Airlines Flight 214 clipped a seawall, skidded out of control and burst into flames upon landing after an otherwise routine flight from Seoul on July 6. One of the victims was fatally hit by a fire engine as she lay stricken near the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1378203/cockpit-automation-under-scrutiny-asiana-crash-probe?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1378203/cockpit-automation-under-scrutiny-asiana-crash-probe?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Dec 2013 06:16:09 +0000 The last patient injured in the crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 has been released, 109 days after the Boeing 777 slammed into the runway at San Francisco international airport. On July 6 the aircraft clipped a sea wall on approach to landing. The tail sheared off and 180 people were injured, about a half a dozen of them critically. Three teenage girls from China who were on their way to a Christian summer camp were killed, one when she was run over by a firefighting vehicle. At least one of... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1339005/san-francisco-hospital-releases-last-survivor-or-asiana-jet-crash?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1339005/san-francisco-hospital-releases-last-survivor-or-asiana-jet-crash?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Oct 2013 13:00:08 +0000 The firefighter who ran over and killed a Chinese survivor of July's Asiana airliner crash in San Francisco was unaware of the girl's death at the time and will not be charged with any crimes, a prosecutor announced. San Mateo County district attorney Steve Wagstaffe said firefighter Elyse Duckett was responding to the burning Boeing 777 when the truck she was driving rolled over Ye Mengyuan . Investigators believe Ye was lying prone on the tarmac and covered in firefighting foam. "This was a... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1335409/no-prosecution-death-chinese-teen-who-survived-asiana-air-crash?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1335409/no-prosecution-death-chinese-teen-who-survived-asiana-air-crash?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 19 Oct 2013 23:30:30 +0000 The firefighter who ran over and killed a Chinese survivor of a commercial air disaster in San Francisco was unaware of the girl’s death at the time and will not be charged with any crimes, a prosecutor announced on Friday. San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said firefighter Elyse Duckett was responding to the burning Boeing 777 when the truck she was driving rolled over Ye Mengyuan. Investigators believe Ye was laying prone on the tarmac and covered in firefighting foam. “This... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1335082/us-firefighter-not-charged-death-asiana-crash-survivor-ye-mengyuan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1335082/us-firefighter-not-charged-death-asiana-crash-survivor-ye-mengyuan?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 19 Oct 2013 01:32:27 +0000 The pilots of Asiana Flight 214 that crashed in San Francisco in July, as well as the airline, are raising the possibility that a device that controls the Boeing 777's speed may have malfunctioned. National Transportation Safety Board chairman Deborah Hersman said early in the investigation that her experts had found no mechanical problems, but were investigating further. One of the three pilots in the Asiana cockpit said he thought the plane's automatic throttle was maintaining speed as the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1328034/pilots-doubt-equipment-wake-asiana-plane-crash-san-francisco?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1328034/pilots-doubt-equipment-wake-asiana-plane-crash-san-francisco?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 09 Oct 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Asiana Airlines said on Sunday it was offering an initial compensation payment worth US$10,000 to all surviving passengers on board a plane that crashed in San Francisco last month killing three people. The South Korean airline recently started offering the cash to help the 288 surviving passengers meet urgent medical expenses and other needs before final compensation amounts are decided later, an Asiana spokeswoman said. “This is a minimum payment we are offering for all passengers, regardless... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1295932/asiana-offers-initial-us10000-all-crashed-plane-survivors?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1295932/asiana-offers-initial-us10000-all-crashed-plane-survivors?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 11 Aug 2013 11:49:06 +0000 Asiana Airlines, the South Korean carrier that suffered a fatal jet crash in San Francisco last month, reported a second-quarter loss bigger than analysts estimated as travel demand waned. The net loss was 80.4 billion won (HK$562.8 million) in the three months to June, compared with the 49.9 billion won estimated by analysts. A year earlier, the airline had a loss of 37.7 billion won. The crash in San Francisco will further dent Asiana's earnings in the third quarter as customers hesitate to... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1295718/asianas-losses-deepen-2nd-quarter?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1295718/asianas-losses-deepen-2nd-quarter?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 09 Aug 2013 16:00:00 +0000 The supervisor directing firefighting at San Francisco airport after July's Asiana crash site was not told a teenage Chinese girl was on the ground, a report says. The supervisor only learned she was there after she was mistakenly run over and killed by a fire truck, the San Francisco Chronicle said, citing a video it has obtained. That was despite other firefighters having spotted the girl, driven around her and checked on her condition. They told other supervisors about her, but the San... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1294776/video-shows-error-led-fire-truck-kill-asiana-plane-crash-victim?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1294776/video-shows-error-led-fire-truck-kill-asiana-plane-crash-victim?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Aug 2013 16:00:00 +0000 A video obtained by the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper shows that the supervisor directing the firefighting effort at an airport crash site was not told that a teenage girl was on the ground until after she was mistakenly run over and killed by a fire truck, the paper said on Monday. The video, which the Chronicle obtained from an undisclosed source, was taken from a camera mounted on the helmet of a San Francisco Fire Department battalion chief and turned over to investigators who are... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1294601/rescue-video-asiana-plane-crash-shows-girl-ye-mengyuan-overlooked?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1294601/rescue-video-asiana-plane-crash-shows-girl-ye-mengyuan-overlooked?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Aug 2013 01:37:56 +0000 The overwhelming feeling was one of numbed disbelief as hundreds gathered yesterday for a memorial service for three Chinese teenagers killed in the Asiana Airlines plane crash in San Francisco last month. Disbelief that the lives of such intelligent and popular girls were cut short in tragic circumstances. More than 500 packed a funeral parlour in Jiangshan , Zhejiang , for a memorial service for Wang Linjia and Ye Mengyuan , both 16, and Liu Yipeng , 17. The girls - who all attended Jiangshan... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1293731/disbelief-amid-tributes-jiangshan-service-plane-crash-victims?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1293731/disbelief-amid-tributes-jiangshan-service-plane-crash-victims?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Aug 2013 16:00:00 +0000 A Chinese professor who was seriously injured in the Asiana Airlines crash has filed a US$5 million lawsuit against the carrier in San Francisco federal court. Zhengheng Xie, whose lawsuit was filed on Monday, is filing under an exemption in an international treaty that limits legal actions by foreigners. The San Jose Mercury News reports the treaty would have limited Xie’s legal settlement to no more than US$135,000 in China, where he is from, or South Korea, where Asiana is based. But Xie’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1293579/chinese-professor-injured-crash-sues-asiana?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1293579/chinese-professor-injured-crash-sues-asiana?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Aug 2013 08:45:14 +0000 US aviation officials are no longer allowing foreign jets to land alongside another plane at San Francisco International Airport after the deadly Asiana Airlines crash. The Federal Aviation Administration said it implemented the change "to minimise distractions during a critical phase of flight". In the past, two planes could approach the main parallel runways at the same time in clear weather. Domestic carriers can still do that, but air traffic controllers are now staggering the arrivals of... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1293362/landing-protocols-changed-san-francisco-airport-after-fatal-asiana-crash?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1293362/landing-protocols-changed-san-francisco-airport-after-fatal-asiana-crash?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 31 Jul 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Families of the three passengers who died when an Asiana Airlines jet crashed in San Francisco three weeks ago have retained prominent New York law firm Kreindler & Kreindler to represent them as legal manoeuvring over liability and damages heats up. The law firm, which specialises in aviation law, made a name for itself representing victims in catastrophic air disasters, including the September 11, 2001, attacks. Partner Jim Kreindler said he would handle the cases of the three Chinese... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1291549/legal-manoeuvring-heats-over-asiana-plane-crash-san-francisco?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1291549/legal-manoeuvring-heats-over-asiana-plane-crash-san-francisco?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 26 Jul 2013 16:00:00 +0000 A fire engine that ran over and killed a 16-year-old Asiana Airlines crash survivor was not equipped with heat-sensing equipment that might have detected her in its path, a newspaper reported. Fire officials have acknowledged the older-model engine that ran over Chinese student Ye Mengyuan did not have the forward-looking infrared technology, the San Francisco Chronicle said. The technology measures heat given off by objects on the ground and is now required by the Federal Aviation... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1288797/fire-engine-asiana-crash-lacked-sensor?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1288797/fire-engine-asiana-crash-lacked-sensor?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 Jul 2013 16:00:00 +0000 The blackened wreckage of the recent Asiana Airlines crash-landing in the United States has brought back stark memories for people involved in an eerily similar tragedy at Chek Lap Kok airport in 1999. For Dave Bennett, 45, images of the San Francisco crash two weeks ago took him back 14 years to the evening of August 22, 1999, when his life - and decision to become a police officer - flashed before him. Bennett, senior inspector and head of the elite airport security unit at the time, was one... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1287215/rescuer-dave-bennett-sees-grim-echoes-1999-hong-kong-jet-crash-asiana?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1287215/rescuer-dave-bennett-sees-grim-echoes-1999-hong-kong-jet-crash-asiana?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 20 Jul 2013 16:00:00 +0000 A Chinese teenager on the Asiana Airlines jet that crashed in San Francisco died from injuries sustained after being run over by a motor vehicle, most likely a fire truck at the scene, local officials said on Saturday. Ye Mengyuan, a 16-year old girl who sat toward the rear of Flight 214, survived the Boeing 777’s crash-landing on July 6 but died from blunt force injuries consistent with being run over by an emergency response vehicle, San Mateo County Coroner Robert Foucrault and San Francisco... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1286661/asiana-crash-fatality-consistent-motor-vehicle-accident?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1286661/asiana-crash-fatality-consistent-motor-vehicle-accident?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Jul 2013 17:42:53 +0000 Beijing's municipal education authorities have ordered the city's primary and secondary schools to suspend all overseas study tours organised through for-profit tour groups following the deaths of three mainland pupils in an air crash in the United States nearly two weeks ago, the Beijing Daily reported yesterday. The three high school students from Jiangshan, Zhejiang province were the only fatalities when a Boeing 777 of Korea's Asiana Airlines crash landed and broke apart at San Francisco... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1285807/beijing-suspends-profit-study-tours?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1285807/beijing-suspends-profit-study-tours?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Jul 2013 16:00:00 +0000 A group of 83 passengers aboard an Asiana Airlines flight which crash-landed in San Francisco has filed a lawsuit seeking millions from the aircraft's manufacturer Boeing, their lawyers said. While a final determination of what caused the deadly crash of the Boeing 777 is years away, Chicago-based Ribbeck Law said initial reports indicated it could have been caused by a mechanical malfunction of the auto-throttle. Boeing could also have been at fault for the design of sliding ramps which... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1284844/asiana-crash-survivors-press-lawsuit-against-boeing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1284844/asiana-crash-survivors-press-lawsuit-against-boeing?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 17 Jul 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Asiana Airlines on Wednesday said it grounded one of its Boeing 777 jets in Los Angeles when an engine started leaking oil, less than two weeks after one of the South Korean carrier’s 777s crash landed in San Francisco. The leak was found on Monday as the plane prepared for takeoff from Los Angeles International Airport bound for South Korea’s Incheon airport, the airline said. The passenger jet underwent maintenance and passengers had to wait about 17 hours before they could fly on another... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1284665/asiana-grounds-boeing-777-us-due-engine-oil-leak?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1284665/asiana-grounds-boeing-777-us-due-engine-oil-leak?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 17 Jul 2013 06:49:51 +0000 The potential compensation for people aboard Asiana Airlines flight 214 will probably be very different for Americans and passengers from other countries, even if they were seated side by side as the South Korean jet crash-landed. An international treaty governs compensation to passengers harmed by international air travel. The pact is likely to close US courts to many foreigners and force them to pursue their claims in Asia and elsewhere, where lawsuits are rarer, harder to win and offer... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1283377/payouts-over-asiana-disaster-will-be-bigger-if-dealt-courts-us?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1283377/payouts-over-asiana-disaster-will-be-bigger-if-dealt-courts-us?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Jul 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Asiana Airlines said it was planning lawsuits against US transport authorities and a TV station for mistakenly confirming and airing false and offensive names for the pilots behind its fatal crash in San Francisco. Fox network affiliate KTVU news Channel 2 in Oakland identified the pilots of the Asiana Boeing 777 that crashed last weekend as Sum Ting Wong, Wi Tu Lo, Ho Lee Fuk, and Bang Ding Ow - bogus names that sounded suspiciously like broad Asian language stereotypes. KTVU cited the National... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1282443/asiana-airlines-sue-over-fake-names-gaffe?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1282443/asiana-airlines-sue-over-fake-names-gaffe?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 14 Jul 2013 05:58:28 +0000 As a congressional aide in her 20s, Deborah Hersman stared down railroad executives after a series of West Virginia coal-train derailments, warning them to improve safety - or else. She got what she wanted. The companies agreed to inspect every centimetre of track for 48 kilometres and run trains slower. "It was a highly charged situation," said Bob Wise, the former US representative from West Virginia, her boss at the time. "She resolved it so there was a lot more safety." Hersman has shown... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1281958/us-national-transportation-safety-board-chairwoman-deborah-hersman?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1281958/us-national-transportation-safety-board-chairwoman-deborah-hersman?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 13 Jul 2013 16:00:00 +0000 1. The Korea Herald The crash of Asiana Airlines' Boeing 777 jet at San Francisco International Airport is a wake-up call for the Korean aviation industry. In the mid-1990s, Korea's two flag carriers - Asiana and its bigger rival Korean Air - suffered a string of fatal incidents, which led to a downgrading of the nation's aviation safety rating in 1999. The humiliation prompted the Seoul government to undertake a comprehensive reform of its aviation regulatory system … Thanks to these efforts,... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1282118/how-they-see-it?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1282118/how-they-see-it?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 13 Jul 2013 16:00:00 +0000 The crash of Asiana Flight 214 in San Francisco triggered a competitive frenzy among the mainland media last week, as outlets scrambled to uncover compelling details about the victims and examine the overseas study tours had brought many passengers on board. Of the Boeing 777's 290 passengers, 141 were Chinese, including the only fatalities. Three Chinese girls lost their lives, as a third succumbed to her injuries on Friday. As has become the norm in such disasters, social media provided the... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1282018/chinese-media-scramble-cover-us-air-crash?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1282018/chinese-media-scramble-cover-us-air-crash?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 13 Jul 2013 16:00:00 +0000 A San Francisco Bay Area television station and the US National Transportation Safety Board apologised after the station reported bogus names for the pilots on board the Asiana Airlines flight that crashed last week based on information from a summer intern at the board. "The NTSB has confirmed these are the names of the pilots on board Flight 214 when it crashed," Tori Campbell, an anchor for Fox affiliate KTVU, said on its noon bulletin, citing the safety board, which is investigating the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1281773/us-ntsb-apologises-gaffe-over-derogatory-asiana-pilot-names?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1281773/us-ntsb-apologises-gaffe-over-derogatory-asiana-pilot-names?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 13 Jul 2013 04:25:45 +0000 A third girl– reportedly another Chinese student – died on Friday, of injuries sustained in the Asiana jet crash in San Francisco last weekend, as authorities confirmed one of the two other victims was run over by a firetruck. Two teenage Chinese girls died on Saturday when Asiana Airlines flight 214 crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport, with the accident leaving more than 180 others injured. The third girl, who had been in critical condition, died on Friday morning, San... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1281736/asiana-crash-victim-was-run-over-firetruck?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1281736/asiana-crash-victim-was-run-over-firetruck?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 13 Jul 2013 02:51:09 +0000 The death toll from the Asiana Airlines plane crash in San Francisco last weekend rose to three as a girl in critical condition since the accident died. Chinese state media identified her as Liu Yipeng. China News said she went to school in the city of Jiangshan, in Zhejiang province with the other two victims killed. No one yet knows whether the two teenagers who died at the scene lived through the initial impact. But police and fire officials confirmed that Ye Mengyuan, 16, was hit by a fire... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1281694/third-asiana-jet-crash-victim-dies-injuries?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1281694/third-asiana-jet-crash-victim-dies-injuries?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 13 Jul 2013 00:30:37 +0000 About 400 mourners filled a Los Angeles church auditorium, praying and paying tribute to two Chinese teenagers they had never met. Two white wreaths adorned a platform at West Valley Christian Church, carrying the names of the girls, Ye Mengyuan and Wang Linjia , who died in the Asiana Airlines plane crash in San Francisco last Saturday. Pictures of the two, close friends who attended the same high school, were shown on big screens. A red wreath, symbolising China, read: "Our Love." The sweet,... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1281246/los-angeles-hosts-mourn-chinese-students-who-never-arrived?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1281246/los-angeles-hosts-mourn-chinese-students-who-never-arrived?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Jul 2013 16:00:00 +0000 South Korean aviation officials on Friday dismissed any suggestion that a deferential culture in which junior pilots were afraid to challenge their seniors played a part in the crash of an Asiana jet in San Francisco. Two people died and more than 180 were injured when a Boeing 777 crashed last Saturday after clipping a seawall short of the runway, skidding out of control, shredding the tail of the plane and catching fire. An investigation by the US National Transportation Safety Board is... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1281313/south-koreans-dismiss-cockpit-culture-cause-crash?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1281313/south-koreans-dismiss-cockpit-culture-cause-crash?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Jul 2013 13:42:19 +0000 Before Asiana Airlines Flight 214 struck a sea wall at the edge of San Francisco International Airport last weekend, the Seoul-based carrier was planning a huge expansion of its fleet in the hope of capitalising on the surge in air traffic from Asia. The devastating crash on Saturday, which killed two Chinese teenagers and sent 182 passengers to hospitals, has now thrown the future of South Korea's second-largest airline into question. The airline needs to show customers that it is still in... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1280547/asiana-expansion-thrown-track?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1280547/asiana-expansion-thrown-track?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 11 Jul 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Passengers aboard the Asiana Airlines plane that crashed in San Francisco were initially told not to evacuate the aircraft after it skidded to a halt on the runway, a federal safety official said on Wednesday. But a flight attendant saw fire outside the plane, and the call to exit was made, 90 seconds after the crash, said National Transportation Safety Board chairwoman Deborah Hersman at a San Francisco press conference. The first emergency response vehicles arrived 30 seconds later. The... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1280163/evacuation-order-given-90-seconds-after-asiana-plane-skidded-halt?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1280163/evacuation-order-given-90-seconds-after-asiana-plane-skidded-halt?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 11 Jul 2013 03:31:23 +0000 Beijing businesswoman Ge Yue does not know whether her daughter will one day study abroad. But she believes the three weeks the 13-year-old spent on a study tour of Britain last summer was valuable to her development in today's globalised world. During that short trip, Shen Ruirui was treated to tours of the country's most prestigious universities, she practiced her English and even learned how to cook Western food, staying with a family in the historic city of Canterbury. "I don't think too far... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1279825/asiana-airlines-crash-fails-deter-summer-camp-hopefuls?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1279825/asiana-airlines-crash-fails-deter-summer-camp-hopefuls?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Jul 2013 16:00:00 +0000 An accident has occurred involving a type of aircraft some of us will be travelling on this very day and operated by an airline popular with Hong Kong people flying to South Korea and North America. Two lives have been lost - young Chinese girls with bright futures - and scores more people have been injured, several seriously. Understandably, we want to know what happened to avoid a repeat. But we should not be impatient for answers or carelessly speculate; nor is there a need to delay, cancel... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1279758/despite-tragedy-air-travel-still-safe?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1279758/despite-tragedy-air-travel-still-safe?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Jul 2013 16:00:00 +0000 The Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 that crashed at San Francisco airport was not only too low but was so far off course that its pilots couldn't even see the runway just seconds before impact, US investigators said. With attention focused on whether human error caused the accident, it was also confirmed on Tuesday that the training pilot on board was undertaking his inaugural flight as an instructor. The crash killed two Chinese students and left more than 180 injured, but given the heavy impact... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1279651/asiana-pilots-describe-last-ditch-attempts-avert-crash?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1279651/asiana-pilots-describe-last-ditch-attempts-avert-crash?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Jul 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Two flight attendants in the back of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 survived despite being thrown onto the runway when the plane slammed into a seawall and lost its tail during a crash landing at San Francisco’s airport, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board said on Tuesday. Chairwoman Deborah Hersman also revealed that the pilots told investigators they were relying on automated cockpit equipment to control their speed during final approach, which prompts questions about whether a... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1279374/asiana-flight-attendants-ejected-during-crash-says-us-investigators?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1279374/asiana-flight-attendants-ejected-during-crash-says-us-investigators?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Jul 2013 01:41:57 +0000 On July 6, an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport. This accident injured more than 180 people and killed two. This was the Boeing 777's first crash involving fatalities since it began commercial service in 1995. Here we look at the history of aviation accidents and what causes them.   [Correction: An earlier version of this graphic published the wrong date of the Ueno, Japan, crash. It happened in 1985, not 1885.] https://www.scmp.com/infographics/article/1279319/historical-look-aviation-accidents?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/infographics/article/1279319/historical-look-aviation-accidents?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Jul 2013 23:36:17 +0000 A coroner won't report for "at least two or three weeks" on whether one of the two Chinese girls who died in the Asiana Airlines plane crash in San Francisco was struck and killed by an emergency vehicle. San Mateo County Coroner Robert Foucrault said while autopsies of the two teenagers - Zhejiang students Ye Mengyuan and Wang Linjia - have been completed, he wants to review written information from safety agencies and audio dispatch files. "This is a very high-profile case and has obviously... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1278959/delay-release-autopsies-chinese-girls-killed-asiana-crash?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1278959/delay-release-autopsies-chinese-girls-killed-asiana-crash?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Jul 2013 16:00:00 +0000 New questions emerged yesterday over the legality of the summer study tour programme that the two Chinese students who died in Saturday's airliner crash in San Francisco were attending. The victims, Ye Mengyuan, 16, and Wang Linjia, 17, were among pupils from Jiangshan High School travelling to the United States aboard Asiana Flight 214 when it crash-landed. The girls and many of the 141 Chinese passengers on board where participants in study tour groups. Yesterday, officials at the school in... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1279120/legality-tragic-study-tour-questioned-after-two-students-die-san?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1279120/legality-tragic-study-tour-questioned-after-two-students-die-san?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Jul 2013 16:00:00 +0000