US Fines Asiana Airlines Over Crash Response

U.S. regulators are fining South Korea's Asiana Airlines $500,000 for failing to adequately help the families of passengers involved in a fatal crash in San Francisco last year.Three passengers died and more than 180 were injured when the jet hit a seawall while landing at the airport on July 6.The U.S. Department of Transportation says the airline took two days to successfully contact the families of most of the 291 passengers. It says some families were not contacted until five days...

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