Asiana 214

As this is written, the wreckage of Asiana Airlines Flight 214, a Boeing 777 that crashed while attempting to land at the San Francisco (Calif.) International Airport (SFO) on July 6, 2013, is still being examined. The accident was the first on U.S. soil involving a large jet transport since November 2001, and the first accident involving passenger fatalities aboard a U.S. scheduled carrier since 2009. It also was the first involving a fatality aboard a 777.

Key Takeaways:

• Asiana Airlines Flight 214, a Boeing 777, crashed while landing at SFO in July 2013, marking the first large jet transport accident on U.S. soil since 2001 and the first fatality involving a 777.
• Preliminary NTSB findings indicate the aircraft's throttles were at idle and its speed dropped below VREF in the final seconds of approach, leading to stick shaker activation and impact with a seawall before reaching the runway.
• The author expresses concern over the NTSB's new practice of releasing preliminary accident findings via Twitter, considering it a departure from their traditional, controlled information disclosure.

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