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                   US Blames Pilot Error in 2013 Asiana Crash

   by VOA News

   U.S. air safety investigators are blaming the pilots for the Asiana
   jetliner crash in San Francisco last year that killed three passengers
   and injured 187 others.
   The acting chairman of the government agency that investigates U.S.
   transportation accidents said Tuesday the crash occurred because the
   pilots relied on sophisticated systems in the jet's cockpit that they
   did not fully understand, flying too low and too slow as they attempted
   to land the Boeing 777 aircraft.
   "Automation has unquestionably made aviation safer and more efficient,
   but the more complex automation becomes, the more challenging it is to
   ensure that the pilots adequately understand it," said Christopher Hart
   of the National Transportation Safety Board. "In this instance, the
   flight crew over-relied on automated systems that they did not fully
   understand. As a result, they flew the aircraft too low and too slow
   and collided with the seawall at the end of the runway."
   After the jet hit the seawall, it spun out of control down a runway at
   San Francisco International Airport, bursting into flames and leaving
   it with a gaping hole in the roof of the fuselage.
   The accident occurred July 6, 2013, on a clear day after an otherwise
   uneventful, 10-and-a-half-hour flight from Seoul.
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