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Asiana: No Mechanical Problem with Crashed Jet
2013-07-08
[An Nahar] The South Korean Boeing 777 which crashed in the Socialist paradise of San Francisco
...where God struck dead Anton LaVey, home of the Sydney Ducks, ruled by Vigilance Committee from 1859 through 1867, reliably and volubly Democrat since 1964...
after landing short of the runway was only seven years old and had no known mechanical problems, the Asiana Airlines CEO said Sunday.

"We purchased this airplane in March 2006... currently we understand that there are no engine or mechanical problems," Yoon Young-Doo told a presser, adding that the two people killed were Chinese nationals.

South Korea's transport ministry said separately both the dead were female, born in 1996 and 1997.

The ministry said the plane's tail hit the runway and the aircraft veered to the left off the runway. A total of 181 people were maimed.

Yoon said the crew had made an in-flight broadcast as usual, "asking passengers to buckle up for landing. There was no emergency alarm".

He said one pilot had more than 10,000 flying hours, and the other more than 9,000.

"Our pilots strictly comply with aviation rules," the CEO said.

He said the two people who died were passengers seated at the back of the plane.

"Please accept my deepest apology," the CEO said, bowing in front of TV cameras at the presser. "We'll make our utmost efforts to cope with the tragedy."

The plane, which originated in Shanghai and picked up passengers in South Korea before heading to San Francisco, had 291 passengers and 16 crew on board. Among them, 141 were Chinese nationals, followed by 77 South Koreans, 61 Americans, one Japanese, three Indians, three Canadians, one French, one Vietnamese, three others with unidentified nationality and 16 crew.

Anxious relatives swarmed around Asiana's headquarters in Seoul, seeking details of the crash and the whereabouts of the victims.

"I'm very worried about my daughter. She called me a while ago saying she received injuries to the shoulder and legs," a middle-aged woman told journalists. "But since then, I've heard no word from her. I wonder where she is now."
Posted by:Fred

#14  'Wheels' means 'controls', not landing gear....
Posted by: Glenmore   2013-07-08 20:42  

#13  I think in this case is was the loose nut in the cockpit, not the wheels.
Posted by: Barbara   2013-07-08 20:33  

#12  Wheel nuts can cause a wide variety of otherwise unexplainable problems. ;-)
Posted by: gorb   2013-07-08 20:08  

#11  "There are indications that there was a problem with the nuts holding the wheels."

Makes sense to me, gorb. Wheel nut problems always cause the tail section of the airplane to hit the seawall at the end of the runway, don't they?

/do I really need to?
Posted by: Barbara   2013-07-08 19:31  

#10  No, gorb, no....
Posted by: Glenmore   2013-07-08 15:45  

#9  Amateur video of Triple-777 crash. Tell me now, there is no God !
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-07-08 15:37  

#8  NO MECHANICAL PROBLEM WITH CRASHED JET

There are indications that there was a problem with the nuts holding the wheels.
Posted by: gorb   2013-07-08 15:24  

#7  Exactly Steve.

I remember my first time in Drivers Ed. Put the car in the ditch. Embarrassing to say the least.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2013-07-08 12:56  

#6  First time for everything. I had lots of personal firsts when I was training as a doc. Of course, the people supervising me made sure I was ready and kept a watchful eye on me.

So if this pilot was doing his first landing of a 777 at SFO, who was in the co-pilot seat? I'd hope it was the most experienced of the other 3 pilots on the plane. Who was it?
Posted by: Steve White   2013-07-08 12:48  

#5  According to what I've read the Pilot at the controls had little experience with that jet (777) and never landed it at SFO before and, since this was his first time, the other pilots were assisting / advising.

Earlier Sunday, Hersman [National Transportation Safety Board Chairman] said on CBS' "Face the Nation" that the glide slope system is a ground-based aid that helps pilots stay on course while landing and it has been shut down at the San Francisco airport since June. The pilots, however, were notified before the crash that the system wasn't available.

Obviously its the fault of those EVIL REPUBLICANS and the sequester. (/sarc)
Posted by: CrazyFool   2013-07-08 11:24  

#4  Isn't one of the aviation rules to touch down first on the runway, not the seawall?
Posted by: Glenmore   2013-07-08 11:21  

#3  "Our pilots strictly comply with aviation rules," the CEO said.

Right, Cover your ass.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2013-07-08 11:15  

#2  Not a jet problem, must be a pilot problem.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2013-07-08 11:12  

#1  Oh, jeez:

The San Francisco Fire Department said one of the girls killed may have been struck by an emergency vehicle, San Mateo County Coroner Robert Foucrault said.
Posted by: Angie Schultz   2013-07-08 06:39  

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