Asiana head to leave for U.S. over deadly crash of his jet

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SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- The head of South Korea's second-largest full-service carrier Asiana Airlines Inc. plans to leave for the United States late Tuesday to look at the site of the deadly crash-landing of an Asiana Airlines flight, his company said.

Yoon Young-doo, the president and CEO of Asiana Airlines, also plans to check an ongoing investigation into the accident that killed two Chinese teenagers and injured more than 180 on Saturday, according to the carrier.

He plans to return home on Friday, the carrier said.

On Monday, Yoon offered his apologies to the parents of the two Chinese teenagers during their brief stopover in South Korea's Incheon International Airport on their way to San Francisco.

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Asiana probe focusing on what pilots were doing at time plane crashed

SAN FRANCISCO – Investigators trying to understand why Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashed on landing focused Monday on the actions of an experienced pilot transitioning to the Boeing 777, fellow pilots who were supposed to be instructing him on its handling and why no one noticed the jetliner was coming in too slow.

Authorities also reviewed the initial rescue efforts after fire officials acknowledged that one of their trucks may have run over one of the two Chinese teenagers killed in the crash at San Francisco International Airport. The students were the accident’s only fatalities.

National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Deborah Hersman said investigators watched airport surveillance video to determine whether an emergency vehicle hit one of the students. But they have not reached any firm conclusions. A coroner said he will need at least two weeks to rule on the matter.

The students had been in the rear of the aircraft, where many of the most seriously injured passengers were seated, Hersman said.

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1. Lead Pilot New As Instructor, just splashed on the radio...

The NTSB said it had also learned that the commanding pilot of crashed jet was on his first trip as a flight instructor, overseeing the pilot who was actually flying the aircraft.

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