Accidents
Authorities Cite Approach ‘Mismanagement’ in Asiana Crash
Asiana Flight 214's crew mismanaged their approach and failed to adequately monitor airspeed.
The Asiana Boeing 777-200ER lay in ruin at San Francisco International Airport after it crashed into a seawall on July 6, 2013. (Photo: NTSB)
The Asiana Boeing 777-200ER lay in ruin at San Francisco International Airport after it crashed into a seawall on July 6, 2013. (Photo: NTSB)

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has determined that Asiana Flight 214 crashed on July 6 last year at San Francisco International Airport because the pilots mismanaged the approach and inadequately monitored airspeed. Announcing the findings at a meeting on Tuesday in Washington, D.C., the Board also found that the complexities of the autothrottle and autopilot flight director systems and the crew’s misunderstanding of those systems contributed to the accident.