June 29, 2015
South Korea’s Asiana Airlines Inc is facing a new class action suit from passengers on a plane that crashed in San Francisco in 2013 that seeks a combined $30 million in damages, a lawyer for the passengers said. Three teenagers …
March 5, 2015
The first set of lawsuits stemming from the crash of an Asiana Airlines flight in San Francisco two years ago have been settled, but dozens of additional cases remain after the accident that killed three Chinese teenagers and injured nearly …
March 4, 2015
Asiana Airlines Inc. settled 72 personal injury claims in lawsuits filed over a July 2013 crash landing at San Francisco International Airport and is continuing to negotiate with other passengers. The airline announced the settlement Tuesday in a federal court …
June 26, 2014
Pilot mismanagement and confusion caused Asiana Flight 214 to crash in San Francisco last year, federal accident investigators concluded Tuesday. The National Transportation Safety Board said there was confusion over whether one of the airliner’s key controls was maintaining speed. …
June 24, 2014
U.S. investigators are debating whether to blame a Boeing Co. jetliner’s design for helping cause a cascade of pilot mistakes in last year’s Asiana Airlines Inc. crash that killed three Chinese teenagers. The sticking point within the U.S. National Transportation …
May 12, 2014
A San Francisco, Calif., firefighter accused of accidentally running over a passenger thrown from the wreckage of an Asiana Airlines flight that crashed at San Francisco International Airport is suing the San Francisco Fire Department. Elyse Duckett alleges that she …
May 9, 2014
U.S. investigators plan next month to decide on the probable cause of last year’s Asiana Airlines Inc. crash in California that killed three people and injured 180. The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said it scheduled a meeting for June …
January 30, 2014
A San Francisco firefighter has filed a legal claim alleging fire officials falsely identified her to the media as the person responsible for killing a 16-year-old survivor of the Asiana Airlines crash, a newspaper reported. Fire officials wanted to protect …
January 13, 2014
The parents of a teenage girl who was run over and killed by two emergency vehicles after an Asiana Airlines crash have filed a claim against the city of San Francisco, saying rescuers were reckless and poorly trained. In legal …
December 16, 2013
New details about the crash of an Asiana Airlines jet have renewed questions about whether a culture of strict deference to more-senior pilots can compromise air safety. Documents and testimony from the National Transportation Safety Board this week showed there …