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Pilots in Asiana crash relied on automatic equipment for airspeed
The pilots aboard the Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 that crashed in San Francisco relied on automatic equipment - an auto-throttle system - to maintain airspeed and did not realize the plane was flying too slowly until it was just 200 feet (60 meters) above the ground, the head of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Tuesday.
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US probes pilot texting in fatal helicopter crash
The US government is investigating pilot texting in the 2011 crash of an emergency medical helicopter that killed all four people onboard.
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Pilots in Asiana crash relied on automatic equipment for airspeed
The pilots aboard the Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 that crashed in San Francisco relied on automatic equipment - an auto-throttle system - to maintain airspeed and did not realize the plane was flying too slowly until it was just 200 feet (60 meters) above the ground, the head of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Tuesday.
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US probes pilot texting in fatal helicopter crash
The US government is investigating pilot texting in the 2011 crash of an emergency medical helicopter that killed all four people onboard.
