Asiana Airlines fined for failing to help families after San Francisco plane crash
Source: Associated Press
Associated Press in Los Angeles
theguardian.com, Tuesday 25 February 2014 20.50 GMT
Asiana Airlines has been penalized $500,000 for failing to assist family members of passengers on a flight that crashed last year at San Francisco airport, federal transportation officials said Tuesday.
The fine announced by the US department of transportation was a first: No airline has broken US laws that require prompt and generous assistance to the loved ones of crash victims.
Three people died and dozens were injured on 6 July, 2013 when Asiana Flight 214 clipped a seawall while landing.
An investigation by the department of transportation concluded that some family members had not been contacted two days after the crash, and it took five days to reach the families of all 291 passengers.
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