SAN FRANCISCO - Asiana Airlines Flight 214 Crash

From my 22yrs experience in U.S. Naval Air, as an Aviation Electronics Technician, I am familiar with aircraft landing systems used on the ground and on aircraft carriers.

There are two things about this incident that caught my attention off the bat:

• The fact that the ground Glide Slop system for the runway was not working.

• The pilot had no experience landing at this field.

There is also the question of what Flight Simulator training he had on landing a 777 at SFO.  Modern Flight Simulators can simulate landings at all major airports worldwide.

"Federal Investigators:  Asiana Airlines Plane Was Flying Below Necessary Speed" (Part-1) PBS Newshour 7/8/2013

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SUMMARY:  Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashed landed at San Francisco International Airport, killing two passengers and sending more than 180 to the hospital.  Federal investigators say the plane was flying significantly below the necessary landing speed and was too low to the ground.  NewsHour correspondent Spencer Michels reports.

"Will Pilot Experience, Crew Fatigue Factor in Explanation of SFO Plane Crash?" (Part-2) PBS Newshour 7/8/2013

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SUMMARY:  Judy Woodruff talks to Deborah Hersman, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, and former managing director of the NTSB, Peter Goelz, for more on the crash of the Asiana Airlines flight and the continuing probe into the accident, including the pilot's technical experience and whether fatigue could have played a role.