Two teenage girls from China and another passenger were killed and more than 180 people injured when the Boeing 777 clipped a sea wall and slammed into a runway at San Francisco International. Her injuries were likely the result of having been struck by door 4L, which separated during the airplane's final impact. The chief asked if the victim had been crushed, to which the firefighter replied "like someone dropped a pumpkin. She was a hero. , updated 500 Ala Moana Blvd. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Archived from the original on July 13, 2013. The fire was traced to a ruptured oil tank above the right engine. The pilots, Lee Kang Kuk and Lee Jung Min, will return to work as early as this week, Lee Hyo Min, a spokeswoman for the Seoul-based airline, said today. The station reacted by quickly issuing an apology later on during the newscast as well as on its website and social media accounts, but that didnt prevent major media outlets including The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times and CNN from scooping up the story. In response, the captain selected an inappropriate autopilot mode (FLCH, or Flight Level Change) that, without the captain's awareness, resulted in the autothrottle no longer controlling airspeed. Did you encounter any technical issues? [23], Wang Linjia (Chinese: ) and Ye Mengyuan (), with Chinese passports, were found dead outside the aircraft soon after the crash after having been thrown out of the plane during the accident. First, we never read the names out loud, phonetically sounding them out, read the statement. Video showed it pivoting about the wing and the nose while sharply inclined to the ground. Passengers and others praised the flight attendants' conduct after the crash. Sound editor: Podcast Engineers. It was Asianas first fatal accident since a Boeing 747 cargo plane went down at sea in the southern part of South Korea in July 2011. Insufficient flight crew monitoring of airspeed indications during the approach likely resulted from expectancy, increased workload, fatigue, and automation reliance. The leaking oil fell onto the hot engine and ignited. 2013 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. San Jose news station KTVU aired a list of names they said belonged to the Asiana 214 flight crew, but the mock Asian stereotype names, including Captain Sum Ting Wong, were obviously fake. The firings were firstreported by Bay Area media bloggerRich Lieberman. 'We heard this person verify the information without questioning who they were and then rushed the names on our noon newscast.'. We made several mistakes when we received this information. ', 'But were mostly saddened that a tragedy that took the lives of three people and injured scores of other passengers could be taken as an opportunity for an apparent joke.'. Roland DeWolk, Cristina Gastelu and Brad Belstock were all fired, News producer Elvin Sledge told people he was leaving for health reasons. 08:43 EST 25 Jul 2013. "Preliminary Report Aviation DCA13MA120". But the more complex automation becomes, the more challenging it is to ensure that the pilots adequately understand it, Christopher Hart, the acting safety board chairman said in a statement. "We've taken the appropriate action," Kelly Nantel told the National Post. It is unclear whether Belstock - who cites ordering video and writing scripts among his responsibilities at the network - was in charge of the broadcast, but his two word response and entire Twitter profile was deleted moments later. Manual flying skills and cockpit teamwork are part of the U.S. probe into the crash of Asiana Flight 214, which struck a seawall short of the San Francisco airport on July 6, killing three people. Asiana has identified the two deceased as Ye Mengyuan and Wang Linjia of China. South Korean officials told the Associated Press that another pilot on the flight, Lee Jeong-min, had 12,390 . [12] The instructor pilot reported that he had called for an increase in speed, but that the pilot flying had already advanced the throttles by the time that he reached for the throttles. [40], Seventy students and teachers traveling to the United States for summer camp were among the Chinese passengers. A tower controller acknowledged the second call from the crew at 11:27a.m. when the plane was 1.5 miles (2.4km) away, and gave clearance to land. [4][5] It was delivered new to Asiana Airlines on March 7, 2006,[6][7] and at the time of the crash had accumulated 37,120 flight hours and 5,388 (takeoff-and-landing) cycles. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. DCA13MA120. Flights from Incheon to San Francisco and the return leg would thenceforth operate as OZ212 and OZ211, respectively. [12], Hersman said that the NTSB conducted a four-hour interview with each pilot, adding that the pilots were open and cooperative. Asiana Airlines has identified two of the four flying crew on board as the pilot and copilot Lee Kang-kook and Lee Jung-min. A further 180 people were injured, many serious. But the National Transportation Safety Board also found that crew training and the complexities of a key flight system on the Boeing 777 and how it was described in operating manuals contributed to the July 6 disaster. [62][60][1]:34 The vertical and both horizontal stabilizers fell on the runway before the threshold. [1]:108110 It is likely that these passengers would have remained in the cabin and survived had they been wearing their seatbelts. Colleagues said they were saddened, but not completely surprised by the dismissals given the international attention the gaffe got, including a threat - later dropped - by Asiana to sue to the station. Lee Kang Kuk, 46, logged 9,793 flight hours before the accident. A flight attendant seated at the second door on the left side (door 2L) observed fire outside the aircraft near row 10 and informed the cockpit crew, and the evacuation order was then given, approximately 90 seconds after the aircraft had come to rest. Presenter Tori Campbell announced that the station had just learned the names of the four pilots who were on board Asiana flight 214 when it crashed at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday. tap here to see other videos from our team, quickly issuing an apology later on during the newscast, Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account, Get exclusive access to the National Post ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on, Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists, Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists, Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword, Access articles from across Canada with one account, Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments, Get email updates from your favourite authors. Investigative producer Roland DeWolk, special projects producer Cristina Gastelu and producer Brad Belstock were all fired over the incident. [96] On June 24, 2014, the NTSB published to YouTube a narrated accident sequence animation. Katie Davies Sign up to receive the daily top stories from the National Post, a division of Postmedia Network Inc. A welcome email is on its way. 2610 was adopted by voice vote for the transfer of $500,000 from the Next Generation Air Transportation System account to the air safety account to study implementing a verbal warning system for low air speed. [85] The next phase of the investigation included additional interviews, examination of the evacuation slides and other airplane components, and a more detailed analysis of the airplane's performance. Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much A training captain who was sitting next to Kuk in the right seat didn't notice the error, and then compounded it by turning off only one of two other key systems for managing the flight [by turning-off the pilot flying's Primary Flight Display, while maintaining his own, thereby requiring the pilot flying to continuously scan his "six-pack" backup flight instruments to know how his airplane was performing, rather than by concentrating on his single Primary Flight Display]. The flight crew's mismanagement of the airplane's vertical profile during the initial approach led to a period of increased workload that reduced the monitoring pilot's awareness of the flying pilot's actions around the time of the unintended deactivation of automatic airspeed control. During a live newscast Friday, KTVU Channel 2 reported the names of the flight crew as: Sum Ting Wong, Wi Tu Lo, Ho Lee Fuk, and Bang Ding Ow.. According to the {:tag :b, :attrs nil, :content [{:tag :a, :attrs {:href "http://www.sfgate.com/technology/businessinsider/article/TV-Station-Makes-Excruciating-Error-Reads-4-4662895.php", :rel "nofollow"}, :content ["San Francisco Chronicle"]}]}, Belstock revealed his embarrassment on the social networking site yesterday, just moments after an anchor in all seriousness read four 'names' including Captain Sum Ting Wong. [21][1]:4142, According to NBC reports in September 2013, the U.S. government had been concerned about the reliability of evacuation slides for decades: "Federal safety reports and government databases reveal that the NTSB has recommended multiple improvements to escape slides and that the Federal Aviation Administration has collected thousands of complaints about them." [21], The crew also helped several passengers who were unable to escape on their own, and a pilot carried out one passenger with an injured leg. Photo of the interior of Asiana Airlines Flight 214. She said both pilots at the controls had ample rest before they left South Korea and during the flight when they were relieved by the backup crew. All Rights Reserved. We encountered an issue signing you up. [62][53] The autothrottle control was found to be in the "armed" position during documentation of cockpit levers and switches,[21][18][86] differing from both the "on" and "off" positions. Top Brass is not happy about the situation. 'The National Transportation Safety Board apologizes for inaccurate and offensive names that were mistakenly confirmed as those of the pilots of Asiana flight 214, which crashed at San Francisco International Airport on July 6,' the NTSB said in a statement. Matier can be seen on the KPIX-TV morning and evening news. Paul Cheung, president of the Asian American Journalists Association, said in a statement: 'Those names were not only wrong, but so grossly offensive that its hard for us at the Asian American Journalists Association to fathom how those names made it on the broadcast. Of the 307 passengers and crew, there were three fatalities and 49 seriously injured. It was scheduled to land at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) at 11:04a.m. PDT (18:04 UTC). Offering our sincerest apology after falling for a hoax on @KTVU News at noon http://t.co/TCPyauAn0f, 'Right now, the community sees us as not being up to the job, just dragging our feet. The next issue of NP Posted will soon be in your inbox. KTVU-TV co . Sources told KCBS and KPIX 5 political reporter Phil Matier that the fake names - which had been floating around the Internet days prior to the TV report - were emailed to KTVU by an expert source who had provided information to the station in thepast. OAKLAND (CBS SF) - A Bay Area TV news report which listed racially-offensive, fake Asiana Airline pilot names has cost three veteran staff members . Asiana Airlines to Sue KTVU-TV Over Racist Fake Pilot . [18] The sound of the stick shaker (warning of imminent stall) could be heard four seconds before impact on the cockpit voice recorder. However, with the camera's rolling and in the middle of a live broadcast, Ms. Campbell continued to read without so much as flinching: 'Wi Tu Lo, Ho Lee Fuk, Bang Ding Ow.'. In July 2013, Asiana Airlines operated between Incheon (Seoul) and 21 cities in mainland China. Clive Irving Updated Jul. [18] (This may prove to be significant, as deactivating neither or both Flight Directors enables and forces an autothrottle "wake-up" whereas deactivating only one Flight Director inhibits an autothrottle "wake-up". The names were fake and realized as a prank after a KTVU news anchor in California read them out loud on the station's midday newscast. The San Mateo County prosecutors did not file criminal charges against San Francisco firefighters for what they described as a "tragic accident". The flight was cleared for a visual approach to Runway 28L at 11:21a.m. PDT, and told to maintain a speed of 180 knots (330km/h; 210mph) until the aircraft was 5 nautical miles (9.3km; 5.8mi) from the runway. Asiana Flight 214 Report Takes Pilots To Task. Read More From Heavy. Retrieved July 30, 2013. CNN Sans & 2016 Cable News Network. [103] The lack of alcohol testing received much public attention and was critically discussed by various media and politicians after the accident. Both [Primary Flight Display] systems are supposed to be on or off, but not one on and one off [and should one be on and the other off, then the autothrottle "wake-up" function is disabled]. KTVU was forced to make an immediate apology moments after the on-air gaffe at Midday yesterday. Lee Kang Kuk was in control of the Boeing Co. 777 plane and was being trained by Lee Jung Min on the flight. Deficiencies in Boeing's documentation of complex flight control systems and in Asiana Airlines' pilot training were also cited as contributory factors. By A preliminary review of FAA radar return data did not show an abnormally steep descent curve,[12][50][51] although the crew did recognize that they began high on the final approach. [9], The aircrew consisted of three captains and one first officer. [23][58][59][60] The left engine and the tail section separated from the aircraft. 05:23 EST 25 Jul 2013 The prank was described as racist and offensive, and led to the firing of three veteran KTVU producers. A summer intern acting outside the scope of his authority is responsible for erroneously confirming the names of the pilots aboard the Asiana Airlines flight that crashed Saturday to an Oakland news station, the National Transportation Safety Board said. [65][66], This was the third fatal crash in Asiana's 25-year history. KTVUs false report comes after a week of speculating whether last week's disastrous Asiana Airlines crash could be attributed to Korean 'culture' and whether South Koreas tradition of deference to hierarchy could have played a role in the crash. It trapped a second flight attendant until a co-pilot deflated it with a dinner knife. The NTSB intern who confirmed the fake, racist names of the Asiana Flight 214 pilots to a Bay Area television station has been fired. In addition to alleging product defects, the suits focus on the training provided to the Asiana crew. WATCH: Local News Station Falls For Racist Joke About SF Plane Crash. [1]:xii,110 On July 19, 2013, the San Mateo County Coroner's office determined that Mengyuan was still alive before being run over by a rescue vehicle, and was killed by blunt force trauma. [1]:111[21][22], Twelve flight attendants were on board, ten South Korean and two Thai. Well, there's that. Discovery Company. The tail cone and empennage of the 777 impacted the bulkhead seawall and departed the airplane and the main landing gear sheared off instantly. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. The two main pilots on Asiana Airlines Flight 214, the jetliner that crash-landed at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, had each gotten eight hours of . In a statement the NTSB admitted a summer intern had 'erroneously' confirmed the names of the flight crew and was 'acting outside the scope of his authority' in doing so. Isabel Oakeshott receives 'menacing' message from Matt Hancock, Mark Gordon arrives at Crawley Police Station after remains found, Pavement where disabled woman gestured at cyclist before fatal crash, Incredible footage of Ukrainian soldiers fighting Russians in Bakhmut, Pro-Ukrainian drone lands on Russian spy planes exposing location, 'Buster is next!' [129] On the same day, 83 passengers filed a petition for discovery in Chicago, alleging a possible failure of the autothrottle system and malfunctioning evacuation slides and seat belts. [42] Thirty-five of the students were to attend a West Valley Christian School summer camp. [21][83] This "sink rate" warning was repeated several times during the last minute of the descent. Asiana Flight 214 collided with a rocky seawall at San Francisco Airport, just short of its intended runway last Saturday. [61] The NTSB noted that the main landing gear, the first part of the aircraft to hit the seawall, "separated cleanly from [the] aircraft as designed" to protect the wing fuel tank structure. Cabin manager Lee Yoon-hye was the last to leave the burning plane. The names poked fun at the crash and have been further criticized for their racist undertones. On the morning of July 6, 2013, the Boeing 777-200ER operating the flight stalled and crashed on final approach into San Francisco International Airport in the United States. New Footage Of Asiana Flight 214 Crash Shows Long Delayed Evacuation. The July 12th KTVU report turned into a Internet sensation with clips of the broadcast quickly spreading across YouTube and social media. They also tried to justify the move saying they confirmed the names with the National Transportation Safety Board before airing them. 2. Raponi added, "Most people have seen it," and that "continuing to show the video is also insensitive and offensive, especially to the many in our Asian community.". Asiana Isn't Ready to Forgive KTVU for Racist Pilot Name 'Joke', A Flash of Light Didn't Blind the Asiana 214 Pilot. Both were 16. James Daniel [138] A season 15 episode focused solely on the Flight 214 accident, titled "Terror in San Francisco," aired on January 13, 2016. [107], The crash damaged Asiana's reputation[67][108][109][110] and that of South Korea's aviation industry following years of apparent improvements after a series of aircraft disasters in the 1980s and early 1990s. The other six returned to South Korea. On his evening newscast, anchor Frank Somerville apologized further. Thirty of the students and teachers were from Shanxi, and the others were from Zhejiang. 'Sum Ting Wong': Intern blamed for leaking fake names of pilots aboard plane that crashed in San Francisco, Shania Twain still doesn't speak to ex and former best friend after affair, NP View: Chinese interference shows Trudeau can't run a functioning government, Chris Selley: Calgary mayor's would-be crackdown on free speech should alarm everyone, 'My mind is completely shot': Why this transgender woman is seeking assisted suicide, John Ivison: Even Liberals sense the China scandal could spell the end of Trudeau, Rex Murphy: China's interference is an outrage. By Clare Kim. 'The National Transportation Safety Board apologizes for inaccurate and offensive names that were mistakenly confirmed as those of the pilots of Asiana flight 214, which crashed at San Francisco . KTVU also broadcasts in two heavily Asian-populated communities: San Francisco, where Asians make up 33.3 per cent of the total population and San Jose, where 32 per cent of the population is Asian. He can also be heard on KCBS radio Monday through Friday at 7:50 a.m. and 5:50 p.m. Got a tip? At 11:26a.m., Northern California TRACON ("NorCal Approach") handed the flight off to San Francisco tower. A representative for the transportation agency would not say whether the intern was fired for blunder. [128], On July 15, 2013, two Korean passengers filed a lawsuit against Asiana Airlines in a California federal court for "an extensive litany of errors and omissions" and improper crew training and supervision. The Flight Data Recorder and Cockpit Voice Recorder groups completed their work in Washington. Music by: Mike Dunn. [1]:20, The Boeing 777 has a good reputation for safety. 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During its noon newscast on July 12, anchor Tori Campbell announced that "KTVU has just learned the names of the four pilots who were on board" the ill-fated plane - then proceeded to read from a teleprompter while the phony names were displayed on a graphic. [100] By 3:30p.m. PDT, runway 1L/19R and runway 1R/19L (both of which run perpendicular across the runway of the accident) were reopened; runway 10L/28R (parallel to the runway of the accident) remained closed[23][24] for more than 24 hours. [20], Two evacuation slides were deployed on the left side of the airliner and used for evacuation. "The carrier may pay more after the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board completes its investigation into the accident. She then proceeded to read out four fake names from a teleprompter as they appeared on screen over footage of the wreckage. 11, 2017 9:24PM ET / Published Jul. Three passengers, all girls, died as a result of the first notable U.S. air crash in four years. Well, there's that. During the evening newscast, anchor Frank Somerville also apologized to viewers, and the station vowed to review its own policies. The pilots, Lee Kang Kuk and Lee Jung Min, will return to work as early as this week, Lee Hyo Min, a spokeswoman for the Seoul-based airline, said today. 'First, we never read the names out loud, phonetically sounding them out,' he said. [17], At the time of the crash, 40-year-old relief first officer Bong Dong-won (Korean:; Hanja:) was observing from the cockpit jump seat. It is unclear whether the expert source might have forwarded the e-mail as a joke, he said. / CBS San Francisco. [1]:110, Ten people in critical condition were admitted to San Francisco General Hospital and a few to Stanford Medical Center. [38], Of the passengers, 141 (almost half) were Chinese citizens. RELATED: Asiana Isn't Ready to Forgive KTVU for Racist Pilot Name 'Joke'. Honolulu, HI 96813 The National Transportation Safety Board released its final report on the 2013 accident, Investigators said actions by the cockpit crew caused the crash in San Francisco, The Boeing 777 crashed short of the runway; three people were killed, 187 hurt. [69], During the evacuation, a pilot used an extinguisher on a fire that had penetrated from the exterior to the inside of the cabin. Two days ago, blogs began posting that Cox Communications, KTVU's parent company, had sent copyright infringement notices to YouTube - demanding that the offensive video of Campbell's newscast be removed. [93] The NTSB found that the "Mismanagement of Approach and Inadequate Monitoring of Airspeed led to the Crash of Asiana flight 214". It is not yet clear where the names, which mock the tragedy which killed three, originated. [21][69], During the crash, two of the inflatable chutes deployed into the cabin. [30][31], A third passenger, Liu Yipeng (), died of her Injuries at San Francisco General Hospital six days after the accident.
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