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Dec 12, 2013 · Photos; NBC Select; Decision 2024; ... The NTSB also reported that the pilot, Lee Kang Kuk, 46, was asked several times by the FBI whether the crash was a terrorist incident. ... Lee said there ...
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Dec 11, 2013 · The pilot flying the Asiana Airlines jet that crashed in San Francisco, killing three people, was worried about landing successfully because a system used to guide planes down to the runway had been turned off during a construction project. Testimony at a National Transportation Safety Board hearing Wednesday offered many new details about Lee Kang Kuk, an experienced 46-year-old pilot who was ...
Jul 10, 2013 · The pilot who was in charge of the flight that crashed at the San Francisco airport was making his first trip as an instructor, overseeing a pilot who was still in training on the Boeing 777 and ...
Jun 24, 2014 · Pictures; Inside the Guardian; Guardian Weekly ... Pilot mismanagement and confusion caused Asiana Flight 214 to crash in San Francisco ... Captain Lee Kang Kuk, 45, a veteran pilot who was new to ...
Dec 11, 2013 · Pilot Lee Kang Kuk's backstory emerged Wednesday in documents released at an NTSB hearing called to answer lingering questions about the crash of Asiana Flight 214.
Dec 11, 2013 · Lee Kang Kuk, a 46-year-old pilot who was landing the big jet for his first time at San Francisco, "stated it was very difficult to perform a visual approach with a heavy airplane." The jet crash ...
Dec 11, 2013 · Though Lee was an experienced pilot with the Korea-based airline, he was a trainee captain in the 777, with less than 45 hours in the jet. He had not piloted an airliner into San Francisco's notoriously tricky airport since 2004, according to NTSB investigator Bill English.
