SF General Heads Reflect On Response To Asiana Flight 214 Disaster

SF General Heads Reflect On Response To Asiana Flight 214 Disaster

Nearly a year after the deadly Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crash at San Francisco International Airport, heads of various medical teams at San Francisco General…

Asiana Flight 124 Crash Result of Mismanagement, NTSB Officials Conclude

Asiana Flight 124 Crash Result of Mismanagement, NTSB Officials Conclude

The crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 at San Francisco International Airport last July was a result of mismanagement of the airplane’s descent by the…

Matthew Roybal Named SF’s “911 Dispatcher of the Year” For Work During Crash Of Asiana Flight 214

Matthew Roybal Named SF’s “911 Dispatcher of the Year” For Work During Crash Of Asiana Flight 214

The city’s Board of Supervisors and fire chief honored a San Francisco 911 dispatcher this afternoon for his work coordinating the emergency response during the…

Asiana Airlines Admits Pilot Errors In Fatal SFO Crash, Also Blames Air Traffic Control And Plane’s Warning System

Asiana Airlines Admits Pilot Errors In Fatal SFO Crash, Also Blames Air Traffic Control And Plane’s Warning System

The pilots of an Asiana Airlines flight that crashed at San Francisco International Airport last July were aware that they were coming into the runway…

Asiana Airlines Fined For Communication Failures Following Fatal Crash

Asiana Airlines Fined For Communication Failures Following Fatal Crash

Asiana Airlines has been fined $500,000 for failing to properly communicate with passengers’ families after a fatal crash at San Francisco International Airport last year,…

Rotary Club Honors Batkid Organizer, Firefighters Who Responded To Asiana Airlines Crash

Rotary Club Honors Batkid Organizer, Firefighters Who Responded To Asiana Airlines Crash

San Francisco first responders, including firefighters who responded to last July’s Asiana Airlines plane crash and a police officer who helped organize the “Batkid” celebration,…

Firefigher: SFFD Falsely Implicated Me In Asiana Death Because I’m A Black Lesbian Woman

Firefigher: SFFD Falsely Implicated Me In Asiana Death Because I’m A Black Lesbian Woman

A San Francisco firefighter has filed a defamation claim against the fire department, which she says falsely accused her of being responsible for the death…

Asiana Pilots Point Fingers At Each Other Over Decision Not To Abort Fatal Landing

Asiana Pilots Point Fingers At Each Other Over Decision Not To Abort Fatal Landing

Two pilots who were at the controls of an Asiana Airlines flight that crashed at San Francisco International Airport in July each thought the other…

Postponed NTSB Hearings On Crash Of Asiana Flight 214 Compressed Into Single Day

Postponed NTSB Hearings On Crash Of Asiana Flight 214 Compressed Into Single Day

A postponed National Transportation Safety Board hearing on a fatal airline crash at San Francisco International Airport scheduled for today in Washington, D.C., was rescheduled…

Snowstorm Delays NTSB Hearing On Crash Of Asiana Flight 214

Snowstorm Delays NTSB Hearing On Crash Of Asiana Flight 214

A hearing before the National Transportation Safety Board on the crash of an Asiana Airlines flight at San Francisco International Airport last July that was…

SFO Fails To Mention Girl Killed By First Responders In Self-Review Of Asiana Crash

SFO Fails To Mention Girl Killed By First Responders In Self-Review Of Asiana Crash

San Francisco International Airport officials released today preliminary findings from a self-review of the airport’s performance in July’s Asiana Airlines crash, citing the need for…

Last Hospitalized Victim Of Asiana Crash Leaves Hospital

Last Hospitalized Victim Of Asiana Crash Leaves Hospital

The last patient who was still hospitalized following the Asiana Airlines plane crash at San Francisco International Airport in July has been released, San Francisco…

DA Won’t Pursue Charges Against SFFD Driver Who Struck And Killed Asiana Airlines Crash Victim

DA Won’t Pursue Charges Against SFFD Driver Who Struck And Killed Asiana Airlines Crash Victim

4:44 PM: San Francisco Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White said today that she remained “extremely proud” of her department’s response to a July crash of an…

Flight 214 Crash: Nine Passengers Accuse Asiana Airlines Of Negligence

Flight 214 Crash: Nine Passengers Accuse Asiana Airlines Of Negligence

Nine people who were passengers on the Asiana Airlines flight that crashed at San Francisco International Airport last month sued both the airline and the…

Victims Of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 Crash Complain Of Overly-Aggressive Lawyers

Victims Of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 Crash Complain Of Overly-Aggressive Lawyers

The National Transportation Safety Board has received several complaints of attorneys soliciting victims of the deadly Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crash last month, an agency…

In Wake Of Flight 214 Crash, Foreign Airlines Hit With New Rules At SFO

In Wake Of Flight 214 Crash, Foreign Airlines Hit With New Rules At SFO

Last week the Federal Aviation Administration implemented two new measures for foreign airlines flying into San Francisco International Airport, an agency spokesman said. The first…

United Airlines Employee Pleads Not Guilty To Charges That He Stole Luggage Left At SFO Following Crash Of Flight 214

United Airlines Employee Pleads Not Guilty To Charges That He Stole Luggage Left At SFO Following Crash Of Flight 214

An airline employee appeared in a Redwood City court Friday after he was accused of stealing luggage from travelers whose flight was diverted after the…

Flight 214 Crash: Chinese Consulate General Urges Full Investigation Into Death Of Teen Struck By Fire Truck

Flight 214 Crash: Chinese Consulate General Urges Full Investigation Into Death Of Teen Struck By Fire Truck

Officials with the Chinese Consulate General in San Francisco today urged U.S. officials to make a full investigation into the death of a Chinese teenager…

Flight 214 Crash: SFFD Chief "Heartbroken" At News That Crash Victim Was Killed By Fire Truck

Flight 214 Crash: SFFD Chief "Heartbroken" At News That Crash Victim Was Killed By Fire Truck

The San Mateo County coroner today confirmed that a 16-year-old girl was fatally struck by a fire truck at San Francisco International Airport during the…

Flight 214 Crash: Monterey-Area Passengers Sue Over Injuries

Flight 214 Crash: Monterey-Area Passengers Sue Over Injuries

A Monterey-area mother and son who were injured in the July 6 Asiana Airlines at San Francisco International Airport have sued the airline in federal…

Flight 214 Crash: Third Fatality Victim Identified

Flight 214 Crash: Third Fatality Victim Identified

A third victim of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 that crashed at San Francisco International Airport last week has been identified as 15-year-old Liu Yipeng, according…

Flight 214 Crash: Third Fatality Was Young Chinese National

Flight 214 Crash: Third Fatality Was Young Chinese National

A third victim in the Asiana Airlines plane crash at San Francisco International Airport last weekend died this morning, a San Francisco General Hospital spokeswoman…

Flight 214 Crash: NTSB Apologizes For Confirming “Inaccurate And Offensive” Pilot Names To KTVU

Flight 214 Crash: NTSB Apologizes For Confirming “Inaccurate And Offensive” Pilot Names To KTVU

The National Transportation Safety Board has issued an apology this evening for mistakenly confirming “inaccurate and offensive” names for the pilots of Asiana Airlines Flight…

Flight 214 Crash: Crash Site Runway Reopens

Flight 214 Crash: Crash Site Runway Reopens

A runway involved in Saturday’s fatal Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crash has reopened, San Francisco International Airport officials said today. Runway 28L reopened at 5:05…

Flight 214 Crash: Group Of Victims Returns To China

A group of students and teachers who survived Saturday’s plane crash at San Francisco International Airport departed San Francisco for China today, according to a…

Flight 214 Crash: A Third Victim Has Died

Flight 214 Crash: A Third Victim Has Died

A third victim in the Asiana Airlines plane crash at San Francisco International Airport last weekend died this morning, a San Francisco General Hospital spokeswoman…

Flight 214 Crash: Blood Drive To Be Held At SFO

Flight 214 Crash: Blood Drive To Be Held At SFO

A blood drive will be held at San Francisco International Airport on Monday to replenish blood supplies following the deadly Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crash….

Flight 214 Crash: Crash Site, Runway Could Reopen Saturday

Flight 214 Crash: Crash Site, Runway Could Reopen Saturday

San Francisco International Airport officials are aiming to reopen the runway where Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashed as soon as Saturday, an airport spokesman said….

Flight 214 Crash: Concerns Raised About Lag In Emergency Response Time

Flight 214 Crash: Concerns Raised About Lag In Emergency Response Time

Recordings of 911 calls after Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashed at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday were released earlier this week and allude to…

Flight 214 Crash: Police Confirm That Fire Truck Ran Over Victim

Flight 214 Crash: Police Confirm That Fire Truck Ran Over Victim

San Francisco police said this morning that that one of two 16-year-old girls killed in the Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crash on Saturday was struck…

Flight 214 Crash: Nearly A Week Later, Smoke Seen Rising From Wreckage

1:24 PM: Smoke coming from the wreckage of Asiana Flight 214 at San Francisco International Airport early this morning came from crews cutting through the…

Flight 214 Crash: Pilots Didn’t Notice Anything Was Wrong Until Nine Seconds Before Impact

Flight 214 Crash: Pilots Didn’t Notice Anything Was Wrong Until Nine Seconds Before Impact

It was only seconds before Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashed at San Francisco International Airport that pilots made any indication that something was going wrong…

Flight 214 Crash: SoCal School Holding Vigil For Victims

The Southern California school and church where dozens of Chinese students were headed when their plane crashed at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday is…

Flight 214 Crash: Conditions Of Victims Continue To Improve

Flight 214 Crash: Conditions Of Victims Continue To Improve

Three patients injured in the Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crash remain in critical condition at San Francisco General Hospital today. Those patients include one juvenile,…

Flight 214 Crash: 50 Flights Canceled Thursday, Delays Of Up To 90 Minutes

Flight 214 Crash: 50 Flights Canceled Thursday, Delays Of Up To 90 Minutes

About 50 flights into and out of San Francisco International Airport have been canceled today as a result of the continued closure of a runway…

Flight 214 Crash: Pilots Initially Ordered Flight Attendants Not To Evacuate

Flight 214 Crash: Pilots Initially Ordered Flight Attendants Not To Evacuate

As the investigation into the deadly Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crash continues, details today emerged about the evacuation and the orders pilots gave the flight…

Flight 214 Crash: Travelers Spooked By Sight Of Wreckage

Flight 214 Crash: Travelers Spooked By Sight Of Wreckage

Days after Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashed at San Francisco International Airport, the wreckage remains strewn along Runway 28L, plainly visible to those landing on…

Flight 214 Crash: SFO Custodians Begin To Clear Debris

Flight 214 Crash: SFO Custodians Begin To Clear Debris

A clean-up crew at San Francisco International Airport has begun clearing debris from the deadly Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crash, an airport spokesman said. The…

Flight 214 Crash: Four Victims Still In Critical Condition

Flight 214 Crash: Four Victims Still In Critical Condition

Four Asiana Airlines Flight 214 passengers remain in critical condition today at the two Bay Area hospitals that took in the majority of patients after…

Flight 214 Crash: Families Of Victims Stream Into SF, Others Returning Home

Flight 214 Crash: Families Of Victims Stream Into SF, Others Returning Home

Family members of the passengers on Asiana Airlines Flight 214 are continuing to arrive in San Francisco following Saturday’s plane crash. Airline officials said four…