News which was released at the start of a daylong National Transportation Safety Board hearing into the accident.
"The Asiana Airlines captain who crashed a Boeing 777 at San Francisco International Airport in July told investigators he was stressed out and "very concerned" about attempting a visual approach because the runway's automatic warning systems were out of service due to construction, according to an investigative report released Wednesday.
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 landed after approaching low and slow in an accident that left three dead and more than 150 injured.
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NTSB says Asiana captain worried about visual landing | Fox News
A Tweet of John Croft which is Senior Editor - Avionics and Safety for Aviation Week says:
"Asiana 214 in FLCH mode on shrt final.Crew added pitch;autothrottles did not respond due to FLCH, speed dropped"
Live Tweets from @ABCaviation:
"automation is a tool to aid the pilot, not replace the pilot"
cockpit voice recorder transcript from @AsianaAirlines 214 crash reveals two calls for a go-around seconds before crash
pilots of @AsianaAirlines 214 received an audible alert of low speed 11 seconds before impacting sea wall at SFO
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a go-around was called for seconds before Asiana flt 214 crashed at SFO