Firefighter Who Captured SFO Plane Crash Aftermath On Helmet Cam May Be Disciplined
Source: KCBS-AM San Francisco
The fire battalion chief who used a helmet video camera to record the events during the Asiana Airlines crash response at San Francisco International Airport may be disciplined for violating department policy. The head of the San Francisco firefighter’s union said, however, that any such action would be inappropriate.
Thomas O’Connor, president of San Francisco Fire Fighters Local 798, told KCBS that battalion chief Mark Johnson did nothing wrong after he used a GoPro camera while responding to July 6 incident in which three passengers died and 180 others were injured after the Boeing 777 clipped a seawall during its runway approach and caught fire.
“If he had released the tape to the media, I could see the department having a concern but by turning it over to the department and sharing with them what had happened and what we can learn from the incident, I think he did the right thing—absolutely,” he said.
The recording, however, did eventually reach the media. Johnson denied releasing it, saying that he turned it over to investigators to help determine how 16-year-old passenger Ye Meng Yuan, a Chinese student, was fatally run over by a fire truck while lying out on the airport tarmac.
Read more: http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/08/21/firefighter-who-captured-sfo-plane-crash-aftermath-on-helmet-cam-may-be-disciplined/
The SF Chronicle reported Tuesday: SF fire chief bans helmet cameras in wake of crash
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