WASHINGTON – 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.
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The jet crash landed after approaching low and slow in an accident that left three Chinese teenage girls dead and more than 150 injured.
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Lee Kang Kuk, a 46-year-old pilot for the Korean airline 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,” according to an investigative report released Wednesday.
The report was released at the start of a daylong National Transportation Safety Board hearing into the accident.
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