Reports are a Asiana plane crash just now at SFO on landing.
I see smoke and am stuck on a UA transpac waiting to take off
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NTSB ID: DCA13MA120
Event Type: Aviation Accident
Location: San Francisco
Date: July 6, 2013
NTSB / Daryl Bush, AP
SFO map to help visualize - threshold 28L was accident site
NTSB Press Release
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NTSB launching team to investigate Boeing 777 crash in San Francisco
July 6 (2013)
The National Transportation Safety Board is launching a full go-team to San Francisco, Calif., to investigate today's crash involving Asiana Airlines Flight 214, a Boeing 777. The crash occurred while the aircraft was landing at San Francisco International Airport...
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- Go-Team Launch (6 Jul 2013)
- On-Scene Investigation (current)
- Post On-Scene Investigation
- Technical Review
- Report Development
- Report Reviews
- Final Report
The entire process may involve extensive recovery of debris and aircraft reconstruction, "black (actually orange) box" and other recorder data recovery and analysis, witness and other interviews and depositions, public hearings etc. and by necessity and due diligence required of aircraft investigations, including laboratory and specialist use, take at least months.
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July 7 initial report listed here:
Originally Posted by
jbsay
NTSB Chair just discussed important revelations from the Cockpit Voice Recorder, which is apparently possesses a good quality recording of the last 120 minutes of cockpit conversation:
Vref approach: 137 knots
Flaps at 30 degrees, gear down/locked
No discussion of anomalies or concerns in cockpit until a crewmember calls out speed too low 7 seconds before impact
Stick shaker 4 seconds prior to impact
Call for go-around occurs 1.5 seconds before impact
Engines at idle thrust until go-around