Asiana Airlines pilots say auto-throttle didn't maintain landing speed

July 10, 2013 21:37

The pilots flying the Asiana Airlines jetliner that crashed in San Francisco told federal investigators that an automatic throttle '" a system akin to a car's cruise control '" had failed to keep the jetliner at the proper speed for landing.

The Asiana pilots said in interviews with the National Transportation Safety Board that they had set the auto-throttles to maintain an air speed of 137 knots. That's a significantly faster speed than the plane actually achieved as it came in for its landing at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday.

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