Asiana Airline to improve pilot training after San Francisco plane crash
The Asiana Airlines plans to improve training for its pilots, the carrier’s chief executive said Tuesday, as the investigation into the cause of Saturday’s crash in San Francisco continued, reports Ian Johnston of NBC News.
Asiana chief executive Yoon Young-doo has refused to blame pilot error for the crash, saying, "The two pilots on the plane have enough qualifications, having flown to San Francisco 33 times and 29 times respectively.''
Two passengers on Flight 214 were killed and 180 were injured after the Boeing 777 crash landed in San Francisco.
South Korea officials said 39 people remained hospitalized in seven different hospitals in San Francisco.
The flight originated in Shanghai, China, and stopped over in Seoul, South Korea, before making the nearly 11-hour trip to San Francisco.
The two teenagers who died, Wang Linjia and Ye Mengyuan, were Chinese girls on their way to a Christian summer camp in the United States. Authorities are investigating whether a fire truck ran over one of them as it raced to help.
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