???What should have been a routine landing became a fatal catastrophe when the Asiana Boeing 777-200ER aircraft came in too low and too slow to safely land,? stated Mortensen, counsel for Ms. Ping. ???Given the alleged gross negligence of Asiana pilots on Flight 214, Ms. Ping in her complaint calls on the Court to mandate that all Asiana pilots receive comprehensive training and demonstrate minimum proficiency in landing procedures and basic safety protocols.?
In perfectly clear weather, the Asiana aircraft landed far short of the runway threshold, striking the seawall that projects into the bay and separating the tail section from the aircraft?۪s fuselage. At least 180 of the aircraft?۪s 291 passengers suffered physical injuries, and three teenage passengers died.
The complaint charges that the accident was the result of the failure of the pilot and flight crew to follow well-established cockpit and landing protocols, combined with deficient training. The pilot and flight crew had set the airspeed of the aircraft at 137 knots, the minimum speed necessary for a safe landing, and assumed the auto-throttle control system would maintain this speed. They became aware of the plane?۪s actual speed only seconds before the crash, and did not realize that the auto-throttle control system was not engaged.
The complaint further alleges that Boeing was negligent in the design of its low airspeed warning system as its 777 aircraft lacks a repeated aural warning of "Low Speed" found in other Boeing aircraft.
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