Wednesday 10 July 2013

Asiana 214: Plane evacuated 90 seconds after crash

At first, pilots told flight attendants not to evacuate passengers, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chairman Deborah Hersman said.The evacuation of a plane that crashed on Saturday at the San Francisco airport did not begin until 90 seconds after the wreckage had skidded to a stop, an official has said.

The evacuation began when an attendant saw a fire outside the plane, she said.

The crash of Asiana flight 214 killed two and injured about 180 people.

At a press conference on Wednesday, Ms Hersman also confirmed some of the evacuation slides had inflated inside the aircraft as it bounced along the ground, injuring a flight attendant and possibly hindering passengers' escape.

She has said two of the pilots - the flying pilot and the training pilot - were both in their respective roles in the Boeing 777 for the first time on Saturday, despite being otherwise experienced fliers.


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