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Asiana crash hearing to examine deadly turn by automation

Published Tue, Dec 10, 2013 · 10:00 PM
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[WASHINGTON] US investigators were set to focus on how the pilots acted and whether they were misled by an automated speed-control system in a two-day hearing which started yesterday on the July 6 crash of an Asiana Airlines Inc plane in San Francisco.

The Boeing Co 777-200ER wide-body aircraft struck a seawall short of the runway, had its tail torn off and skidded down the runway, killing three teenage girls. It was the first US airline …

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