Wednesday marked the 10th anniversary of the fatal crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214, an accident that killed three people and left almost 50 passengers seriously injured on July 6, 2013.
What happened: Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 flight 214 was meant to arrive at San Francisco International Airport from Seoul when the plane hit a seawall while landing at the airport, causing it to crash, spin out of control and later catch on fire.
Of the plane’s 291 passengers, 49 were seriously injured. Meanwhile, three teenaged Chinese passengers died.
Meanwhile, the third teenager, identified as 16-year-old Ye Meng Yuan, was found dead on the ground after she was reportedly thrown from the back of the plane. Details about her death were up for contention between city officials and the San Mateo County Coroner’s Office.
City officials noted in their report that Ye was already dead when she landed on the ground, but an examination conducted by the San Mateo County Coroner’s Office suggested that she died after being run over twice by responding rescue trucks.
The first in history: Although the Boeing 777 had already been involved in a couple of accidents in the past, the July 2013 accident marked the plane’s first-ever recorded fatal incident since it was rolled out in 1994.
Defending the pilots: In 2014, Boeing’s chief engineer for air-safety investigations, Michelle Bernson, noted in a statement that the fatal crash occurred because of the “flight crew’s failure to monitor and control airspeed, thrust level and glide path on short final approach.” An investigator also claimed during a National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) hearing that it was pilot Lee Kang Kuk’s first time landing at San…
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