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| Asiana 214: Plane evacuated 90 seconds after crash | Asiana 214: Plane evacuated 90 seconds after crash |
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| The evacuation of a plane that crash-landed on Saturday at the San Francisco airport did not begin until 90 seconds after the wreckage had skidded to a stop, an official has said. | |
| At first, pilots told flight attendants not to evacuate passengers, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chairman Deborah Hersman said. | At first, pilots told flight attendants not to evacuate passengers, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chairman Deborah Hersman said. |
| The evacuation began when an attendant saw a fire outside the plane, she said. | The evacuation began when an attendant saw a fire outside the plane, she said. |
| The crash of Asiana flight 214 killed two and injured about 180 people. | The crash of Asiana flight 214 killed two and injured about 180 people. |
| At a press conference on Wednesday, Ms Hersman also confirmed some of the evacuation slides had inflated inside the aircraft as it bounced along the ground, injuring a flight attendant and possibly hindering passengers' escape. | At a press conference on Wednesday, Ms Hersman also confirmed some of the evacuation slides had inflated inside the aircraft as it bounced along the ground, injuring a flight attendant and possibly hindering passengers' escape. |
| She has said two of the pilots - the flying pilot and the training pilot - were both in their respective roles in the Boeing 777 for the first time on Saturday, despite being otherwise experienced fliers. | She has said two of the pilots - the flying pilot and the training pilot - were both in their respective roles in the Boeing 777 for the first time on Saturday, despite being otherwise experienced fliers. |
| US investigators have begun reviewing flight data and video footage, and have interviewed all four pilots and half of the flight attendants. The additional attendants remain in hospital, among them two who were ejected from the rear of the aircraft when the tail ripped off on impact. |