Breaking: Official: Asiana Flight Tried to Abort Landing [View all]

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Source: Associated Press

@AP: BREAKING: Official: Asiana flight tried to abort landing, make another try seconds before it crashed -RJJ

@AP: MORE: Cockpit recorder from Asiana jetliner shows pilot tried to abort landing, NTSB official says: http://t.co/bwhPnwXCyy -RJJ

Jul 7, 5:15 PM EDT

Official: Asiana flight tried to abort landing

By JASON DEAREN and JOAN LOWY
Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A federal safety official said the cockpit voice recorder from Asiana Airlines Flight 214 showed the jetliner tried to abort its landing and come around for another try 1.5 seconds before it crashed at San Francisco airport.

National Transportation Safety Board chief Deborah Hersman said at a news conference Sunday the recorder also showed there was a call to increase airspeed roughly two seconds before impact.

Before that, she said, there was no indication in the recordings that the aircraft was having any problems before it crashed Saturday, killing two passengers and injuring scores of others.

Investigators took the flight data recorder to Washington, D.C., overnight to begin examining its contents for clues to the last moments of the flight, officials said. They also plan to interview the pilots, the crew and passengers.


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