Two days after a federal regulatory report concluded that pilot error and a confusing auto-flight system contributed to last year’s Asiana Airlines crash, a lawyer for The Boeing Co. was in court arguing that lawsuits brought by more than 100 of the victims should be removed from state court.
Flight 214 crashed on July 6, 2013, while landing at San Francisco International Airport, killing three people and injuring about 180. In its report, released on Tuesday, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board determined that the flight’s crew mismanaged the landing approach and failed to monitor airspeed. The report also found that the “complexities” of the auto-throttle and autopilot systems in the 777 aircraft, made by Boeing, contributed to the accident. Boeing has said it disagreed with the report’s findings.
