Posts Tagged ‘Crash’

TransAsia Plane Crashes In Taiwan 47 People Dead

A TransAsia ATR72-500. A domestic TransAsia Airways plane crashed on landing on an island off the west coast of typhoon-hit Taiwan on Wednesday, killing 47 people, the Civil Aeronautics Administration said. The plane, a 70-seat...


Malaysian Boeing 777-200 MH370 Passengers Likely Suffocated, Australia Says

  The passengers and crew of missing Malaysia Airlines boeing 777-200 flight MH370 most likely died from suffocation and coasted lifelessly into the ocean on autopilot, according to a new report released by Australian offi...



Slow Speed, Faulty Warning System Blamed In Asiana Crash

  The Asiana Airlines flight that crashed at San Francisco Airport in July, killing three passengers, was likely because the pilots were flying dangerously slow and a warning system that should have alerted them was inadeq...


Asiana Fined For Slow Aid To Crash Families

  US regulators fined Asiana Airlines USD$500,000 for failing to assist the families of passengers on a flight that crashed in San Francisco in July in which three people were killed and more than 180 injured. The Boeing 7...



Firefighter Says Not To Blame For Asiana Passenger Death

  A San Francisco firefighter who responded to the crash of an Asiana Airlines plane last year has accused her department of falsely blaming her for the accidental death of a teenage girl who was lying on the runway near t...


Family Of Asiana Crash Victim Sues San Francisco

  The family of a teenage girl who was struck and killed by emergency vehicles in the aftermath of an Asiana Airlines plane crash filed a civil claim against the city of San Francisco, alleging gross negligence. Chinese te...