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Air crash have said it could take years to determine the cause of why an Asiana Airlines flight crash-landed at San Francisco's airport on Saturday. Deborah Hersman, of the USA's National Transportation Safety Board, said it was too early to say whether or not the accident was the of pilot error. Many analysts have already that it was very unlikely that error was involved, the excellent safety record of the Boeing 777 aircraft. Kevin Hiatt, CEO of the Flight Safety Foundation, told reporters that any conclusions about what caused the crash are , if not years, away. What is known is that the plane was flying too as it approached the .

As firefighters extinguished the of the flames from the wreckage, survivors described the of escaping from the aircraft. They said it was a that 305 of the 307 people on board made it out alive. Two Chinese students died in the . Passengers were quick to praise the professionalism, quick and selflessness of the flight attendants, one of whom hauled an injured passenger to . Frequent Asiana flyer Eugene Rah recounted the of flight attendant Jiyeon Kim, saying: "She was a hero. This tiny, little girl was carrying people , running everywhere, with tears down her face. She was crying, but she was still so calm and helping people."

 


 
 
 

 

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