The cause of the deadly crash landing of Asiana Flight 214 on July 6 may not be clear, but it's easy to see why the plane hit the ground well short of the runway at San Francisco International Airport. The target speed for the Boeing 777 -- the speed at which it should have been flying moments before landing -- was 137 knots (158 mph). In a press conference, NTSB Chairman Debbie Hersman said that at the moment of impact, the jet's speed was just 106 knots (122 mph). "We're not talking about a fe...
The cause of the deadly crash landing of Asiana Flight 214 on July 6 may not be clear, but it's easy to see why the plane hit the ground well short of the runway at San Francisco International Airport. The target speed for the Boeing 777 -- the speed at which it should have been flying moments before landing -- was 137 knots (158 mph). In a press conference, NTSB Chairman Debbie Hersman said that at the moment of impact, the jet's speed was just 106 knots (122 mph). "We're not talking about a fe...
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