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Wednesday 10 July 2013

Asiana 214 pilot realised plane flying too low

Investigators are sifting through the wreckage to determine the factors
 that helped so many passengers escape serious injury

The senior pilot in the cockpit of Asiana flight 214 realised the plane was too low when it was flying at only 500ft (152m), an official has said. The Boeing 777 crash-landed at the San Francisco airport on Saturday, killing two passengers and injuring 180. The pilot at the South Korean plane's controls was about half-way through his Boeing 777 training, an official said. Investigators have indicated the plane was flying too slowly when it struck a sea wall before crashing on the runway.