![]() ![]() ![]() When asked about the company's plans to halt operations of their other Boeing 777 planes until the end of investigation, Yoon declined to elaborate further.Īsiana Airlines also dispatched a group of personnel to San Francisco earlier in the day to join an investigation into the crash landing. "All pilots abided by the flight rules."Īsiana Airlines added that it is unlikely there was a problem in the engine, as it went through an extensive check-up a month earlier.Īmid concerns about possible mechanical problems, it was discovered that the same plane that crash landed on Saturday also had a leakage problem in its engine at San Francisco International Airport on June 2. "Three pilots on board held flight records hovering above 10,000 hours," Yoon said, apparently denying possibilities of negligence being the cause of the accident. The airline said it is working hard to handle with the accident, but stopped short of confirming any casualties, except saying that the two Chinese victims were born in 19.Īsiana Airlines added that it plans to launch a task force in Beijing to cope with the accident accordingly. "I sincerely apologize over the accident, and to the passengers on board and their families," Asiana Airlines president Yoon Yong-doo said in a press conference. ![]() Seventy-seven South Koreans, 141 Chinese, 61 Americans, three Indians, one Vietnamese were on board, with the nationalities of the remaining passengers not confirmed yet. The Boeing 777 plane, which departed from Incheon International Airport west of Seoul, was carrying 291 passengers and 16 crew members, according to the airline. 2 flag carrier, apologized Sunday over a crash landing of its passenger jet in the U.S., which killed at least two people and injured dozens of others.Īn Asiana Airlines flight from Seoul crashed and caught fire on the runway while landing at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday. ![]() SEOUL, July 7 (Yonhap) - Asiana Airlines Inc., South Korea's No. ![]()
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