179 people died and only two survived after a plane crashed shortly after landing on a South Korean airport runway. Jean Mackenzie with BBC News, a CBS News partner, has more on what's known about the crash.
the crew talked of significantice buildupon the windshield and the leading edge of the wing, despite the de-ice switch being on. Federal investigatorsdeterminedthat the pilot's response caused the plane to crash because of inflight errors. ...
South Korea’s worst aviation disaster in decades also was the year’s deadliest plane crash worldwide.
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Families of victims of the deadliest U.S. air disaster in a nearly in 25 years visited the crash site just outside Washington, D.C.
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Sadly, it's impossible to know EXACTLY what happened on the plane (as cockpit voice recorders weren't mandated to be included in every plane until 1965). However, scientists were able to come up with a possibility of what MIGHT have led to the crash. ...
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