Ross M
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After I read so many things about a "challenging" (visual) approach for 28L at SFO I wanted to know when the last incident/accident was:
It was in 1968! with an JAL DC-8 on the ILS and hit the water 2,5 mls before the TH (quite similair to the Asiana) but without ILS.
Interesting. An uncanny similarity (Wiki excerpted):
(1) Captain Asoh was a veteran pilot with roughly 10,000 hours of flight time
(2) His first officer, Captain Joseph Hazen, had similar flight time, but little DC-8 experience.
(3) Captain Asoh attempted an automatic-coupled Instrument Landing System (ILS) approach
They were mighty lucky though (unlike our Asiana): "None of the 96 passengers or 11 crew were injured in the landing."
I only hope Asiana and the flight crew have the moral courage to use the "Asoh defence": Asoh, when asked by the NTSB about the landing, reportedly replied, "As you Americans say, I fu_ck_ed up."
And neither were listening to the American PFE who saved the day by pushing the power levers up, resulting in a slight pitch up prior to touchdown at low tide (as relayed to me by himself). I love a good PFE.