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EVENT: Asiana Flight 214 air crash

TIME: 11:28 am, July 6 (PST)

LOCATION: San Francisco International Airport

COMPANY: Asiana Airline

TYPE: Boeing 777-200

ROUTE: OZ362 Shanghai-Seoul
OZ214 Seoul- San Francisco


DEAD & SURVIVORS:
Two Chinese teenagers died in crash. More than 180 others injured, 49 seriously.

CAUSE: Witness says plane was coming in too low and clipped sea wall, causing the tail to fall off. Asiana offi cials say 'there were no problems caused by the 777-200 plane or (its) engines'.


FOCUS

RESCUE & AFTERMATH

Victim of plane crash might have been run over

A coroner said his office was conducting an autopsy to determine whether one of the two victims of the Asiana Airlines crash at San Francisco International Airport was run over and killed by an emergency vehicle.

70 Chinese students, teachers on crashed plane
Pilots faced challenges with landing

53 air crash victims treated at San Francisco General

San Francisco General Hospital had treated 53 patients from Saturday's crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214, the largest number of any local care facility, the hospital said late Sunday morning.

New York Journal: Exchanges to continue
Asiana shares affected after accident


INVESTIGATION

MOURN for VICTIMS

Plane: Pilot 'in training' for 777

Asiana Airlines said the pilot was still "in training" for the Boeing 777 when he attempted to land the aircraft under supervision.

NTSB: Plane flew dangerously slow before crash
US federal authorities investigate plane crash
Airport landing system off when jet crashed

Air crash victims' parents leave for US

Parents of the Chinese students who were killed or injured when an Asiana Airlines flight left for the United States from Shanghai on Monday.

Xi offers condolences over air crash victims
Air crash passengers prayed for lives
UN chief expresses sorrow at air crash victims


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ANATOMY OF THE CRASH
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AIR CRASH in RECENT YEARS
Time

Airline company

Airplane Type

Victims

2012 June 3

Dana Air, Nigeria

MD-83

193 dead, including 6 Chinese nationals

2012 May 9

Sukhoi Aviation, Russia

Sukhoi Superjet 100

40 dead

2012 April 20

Bhoja Air, Pakistan

Boeing 737

127 dead

2012 April 2

UTair Aviation, Russia

ATR-72

31 dead, 12 survivors

2011 Sept 7

Yak Service, Russia

Yak-42

36 dead, 1 survivor

2011 July 8

Ewa - Bora Airways, Congo

Boeing 727

127 dead, 51 survivors

2011 June 20

Aeroflot-Russian Airlines, Russia

Tu-134

44 dead, 8 survivors

2011 January 9

Iran Air

Boeing 727

72 dead, 33 injured

2010 May 22

Air India, India

Boeing 737

158 dead, 8 survivors

2010 May 12

Libyan Airlines

Airbus A330

103 dead, 1 survivor

2010 April 10

Plane of Polish President Lech Kaczynski

Tu-154

97 dead, including president, his wife and other about 80 officials

2010 January 25

Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-800

83 passengers and 7 crew dead

2009 July 15

Caspian Airlines

Tu-154

168 confirmed dead

2009 June 30

Yemen Airways

A310

152 dead, 1 survivor

2009 June 1

Air France

A330

228 dead

2009 May 20

United Airlines, US

C-130 Hercules

98 dead

2009 Feb 12

Continental Airlines

Bombardier Dash 8 Q400

50 dead, including a Chinese female

2008 Sept 14

Aeroflot Russian Airlines

Boeing 737

88 dead

2008 August 24

Itek-Air, Kyrgyzstan

Boeing 737

65 dead, 22 injured

2008 August 20

Iberia Airlines of Spain

MD-80

154 dead, 18 injured

2008 June 10

Sudan Airways

A310

30 dead

2008 April 15

Hewa Bora Airways, Congo

DC-9

83 dead

Air crash in San Francisco