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 on July 6, 2013, while landing at San Francisco (SFO), marking significant aviation accident firsts, including the first fatality aboard a 777.
• Preliminary NTSB findings, based on cockpit voice and flight data recorders, indicate the aircraft's throttles were at idle and speed dropped below VREF in the final seconds before impact, leading to a stick shaker activation and a belated go-around call.
• The author expresses concern over the NTSB's departure from traditional practice by publicly releasing preliminary accident findings via Twitter, hoping it isn't a new trend for accident information dissemination.

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