Two dead, 168 hurt in San Francisco air crash

The pilot of the plane that crash-landed on the runway in San Francisco was still training on the Boeing 777 and had never landed one at that airport, the airline said Monday. Asiana Airlines said that the pilot, Lee Kang-kuk, Update, July 7, 7:30 p.m.: The National Transportation Safety Board chairwoman said Sunday the pilots of the crashed Asiana Airlines flight tried to abort their landing seconds before the crash. The plane's cockpit recorder as well as data collected byIt's not news when someone isn't somewhere, but Facebook's top celebrity author sure convinced the internet otherwise: Sheryl Sandberg has thousands buzzing about the fact that she was not aboard a crashed plane today, The Asiana Airlines jet that crashed at San Francisco airport was travelling much slower than recommended, US investigators said on July 8, as the carrier confirmed that the pilot

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