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Asiana plane crash

This July 6, 2013, image made from a leaked San Francisco International Airport video shows Asiana flight 214 after it crashed at the airport in San Francisco. Photo: AP / YouTube

Watch: shocking leaked video shows deadly Asiana airliner crash

Video lasting 47 minutes shows the entire 2013 disaster and its aftermath, with plane cartwheeling down runway

6 Jul 2017 - 9:27PMvideocam

New | Parents of teenage Asiana crash victim sue San Francisco officials over ‘wrongful death’

15 Aug 2014 - 6:32PMvideocam

Mismanaged approach and complex cockpit cited in Asiana crash

25 Jun 2014 - 11:23AM

Asiana admits error in fatal 2013 San Francisco crash landing, slams Boeing

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.

2 Apr 2014 - 4:16AM

An aerial view of the Asiana plane and the three Chinese girls who died in the crash. Photo: Agencies

Asiana Airlines fined for not helping San Francisco crash victims’ families

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.

26 Feb 2014 - 7:58PM

San Francisco authorities release report claiming Asiana rescuers didn’t kill Chinese teenager

30 Jan 2014 - 4:00PMvideocam

Video | Chinese survivors of Asiana crash file claim against Boeing

30 Jan 2014 - 2:40PM

Ye Mengyuan (inset), 16, was allegedly hit by emergency vehicles responding to the air crash. Photos: AP

Video shows US firefighters were warned about girl air crash victim

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.

16 Jan 2014 - 11:04PM

New | Video of 'chaotic' Asiana air crash rescue may point to negligence in Chinese teen's death

16 Jan 2014 - 9:39AMvideocam

New | Parents of Chinese girl run over in Asiana crash rescue file claim against San Francisco

10 Jan 2014 - 3:07PMvideocam

Ye Mengyuan (inset), 16, was hit by two vehicles responding to the air crash scene in July 2013. Photos: AP

Airport firefighters to get training after tarmac death of China's Ye Mengyuan

16 Dec 2013 - 10:08PM

Asiana pilot 'very concerned' ahead of fatal crash landing at San Francisco

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.

12 Dec 2013 - 1:29AM

Cockpit automation under scrutiny in Asiana crash probe

11 Dec 2013 - 2:16PM

San Francisco hospital releases last survivor or Asiana jet crash

24 Oct 2013 - 9:00PM

The wreckage of the Asiana Airlines Flight 214 is moved off the runway at San Francisco International Airport. Photo: EPA

No prosecution for death of Chinese teen who survived Asiana air crash

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.

20 Oct 2013 - 8:43AM

US firefighter not charged in death of Asiana crash survivor Ye Mengyuan

19 Oct 2013 - 9:32AM

Pilots doubt equipment in wake of Asiana plane crash

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.

10 Oct 2013 - 4:34AM

Asiana offers initial US$10,000 to San Francisco crash survivors

12 Aug 2013 - 5:20AM

Asiana Airlines started offering an initial payment to help the 288 surviving passengers meet urgent medical expenses and other needs. Photo: Reuters

Asiana losses deepen in second quarter after fatal crash

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.

10 Aug 2013 - 4:54AM

Video shows error that led fire truck to kill Asiana plane crash victim

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.

7 Aug 2013 - 2:56AMvideocam

Rescue video from Asiana plane crash shows girl Ye Mengyuan overlooked

29 Aug 2013 - 4:13AM

US authorities are investigating how a 16-year-old passenger who had survived the initial crash-landing died on the runway. Photo: AP

Disbelief amid tributes for Asiana plane crash victims

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.

2 Aug 2013 - 5:19PM

The fathers of pupils (from left) Liu Yipeng, Wang Linjia and Ye Mengyuan - victims of the Asiana plane crash in San Francisco - carry their daughters' urns at a service in Jiangshan yesterday. Photo: Xinhua

Chinese professor injured in crash sues Asiana

1 Aug 2013 - 4:45PM

Landing protocols changed after fatal Asiana 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 foreign carriers.

1 Aug 2013 - 1:52AMvideocam

Legal battle lines drawn in Asiana plane crash

27 Jul 2013 - 3:31AMvideocam

Asiana Flight 214 wreckage at San Francisco airport. Photo: EPA

Fire engine in Asiana crash lacked sensor

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.

23 Jul 2013 - 2:48AMvideocam

A tarpaulin covers the body of Ye Mengyuan. Photo: AP

Rescuer Dave Bennett sees grim echoes of 1999 Hong Kong jet crash in Asiana accident

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.

21 Jul 2013 - 10:01AMvideocam

One Chinese victim in Asiana crash 'killed by vehicle'

A Chinese teenager travelling 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.

20 Jul 2013 - 5:46AMvideocam

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Asiana plane crash

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.