… to the runway, followed by complete silence when the jet came to a stop. "I was 99.9% sure I was going to die," Rah said. Two people were killed and 181 people were injured when the Boeing 777 hit the runway, tearing off its tail before bursting …
Levy, a 39-year-old San Francisco technology executive who'd traveled to Asia on a business trip, heard screams as the plane, carrying 291 passengers and 16 crew members, slammed into the ground. When emergency crews arrived, the white, wide-bodied …
A British Airways flight in January 2008 crashed short of the runway at London's Heathrow Airport. All 152 passengers and crew onboard the Boeing 777 – the same jet type as Saturday's Asiana flight – survived. This April, a Boeing 737 flown by …
Video footage showed the jet, Flight 214 from Seoul, on its belly surrounded by firefighters. (credit: Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images). SAN FRANCISCO (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – A federal aviation official says an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 crashed and burned at …
PARIS: Engine makers for next-generation Airbus and Boeing narrow-body jets stepped up their war of words yesterday, claiming their new power plants will burn less fuel, last longer without maintenance and create less noise than the rival. CFM …
The South Korean Boeing 777 which crashed in San Francisco after landing short of the runway was only seven years old and had no known mechanical problems, the Asiana Airlines CEO said Sunday. "We purchased this airplane in March 2006… currently …
At least two people were reported to have died and more than 60 injured after a Boeing 777 crash-landed at San Francisco airport on Saturday. The Asiana Airlines flight from Seoul, South Korea, came to rest at the side of the runway with a plume of …
Flight 214's tail hit the ground and broke off, sending the Boeing Co. 777 spinning out of control, witnesses said. South Korea's Transport Ministry said today that the jet carried 307 people from Seoul, and the San Francisco Fire Department said 181 …
The airline experienced a major accident in 1993, when a domestic jet that left Seoul for the southwestern coastal city of Mokpo collided into a hill while trying to land in stormy weather, killing 68 of 110 people on board. At the time, the Associated …