US Fines Asiana Airlines over Crash Response

The U.S. government is ordering South Korea's Asiana Airlines to pay a $500,000 fine for failing to adequately assist the families of passengers on a plane that crash landed last year at San Francisco International Airport. This is the first time the U.S. Department of Transportation has issued such a fine. Three people died and about 180 were injured when Asiana Flight 214 hit a seawall while landing on July 6 of last year. Announcing the fine Tuesday, transportation officials...

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