Asiana Airlines Inc. was sued for negligence by two passengers on the plane that crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport on July 6, killing three people and injuring 181 others. Younga Jun Machorro, her son Benjamin Hyo-in Machorro, …
When the courts have to figure compensation for people aboard Flight 214, the potential payouts will probably be vastly different for Americans and passengers from other countries, even if they were seated side by side as the Asiana jetliner crash-landed. …
Asiana Airlines said Sunday its reputation was damaged by a report on a San Francisco TV station that used bogus and racially offensive names for four pilots on its plane that crashed earlier this month and is considering legal action. …
According to a number of media reports, American International Group Inc. was the lead insurer for the recent Asiana Flight 214 crash, which is not too surprising, given the insurer’s presence in Asia and focus on the aviation market. In …
Amid the marvel of nearly all aboard Asiana Flight 214 surviving a crash landing, authorities here are investigating a tragedy that may have unfolded during the frantic rescue – whether a teenage Chinese girl made it out of the plane …
Asiana Airlines Inc. could avoid hundreds of millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements by employing a tactic under international law to bar Chinese and South Korean passengers from suing in victim-friendly U.S. courts over the crash of Flight 214. …
Passengers in plane crashes today, such as the one in San Francisco involving Asiana Airlines Flight 214, are more likely to survive than in past disasters. Saturday’s crash was the latest where a big commercial airliner was destroyed but most …
Crash investigators are probing the final seconds before an Asiana Airlines Inc. Boeing Co. 777 crashed while landing in San Francisco, trying to establish whether a pilot with only 43 hours of experience flying that aircraft type was at the …
From mostly empty fuel tanks to a tail-first strike slowing the plane, the crash of Asiana Airlines Inc.’s Flight 214 became a story of survivability instead of disaster. The odds of living through the accident increased because of passengers belted …