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San Francisco Airliner Crash Investigators walk around the crash site of Asiana Flight 214 at the San Francisco International Arport in San Francisco, Sunday, July 7, 2013. investigators are trying to determine what caused the crash of Flight 214 Saturday. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

San Francisco Airliner Crash Investigators walk around the tail of Asiana Flight 214 Sunday, July 7, 2013 after the passenger jet crashed at the San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco. Investigators are working to determine what caused the crash of Flight 214 on Saturday. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

San Francisco Airliner Crash People watch the wreckage of Asiana Flight 214 after the passenger jet crashed at the San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Sunday, July 7, 2013. Investigators are working to determine what caused the crash of Flight 214 on Saturday. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Ed Lee San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, behind the microphone, is flanked my medical staff as he talks about passengers of Asiana Flight 214 being treated at San Francisco General Hospital in the aftermath of the passenger jet crash in San Francisco, Sunday, July 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Deborah Hersman National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Deborah Hersman speaks during a press briefing on the investigation of the crash of Asiana Flight 214 at the San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Sunday, July 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

San Francisco Airliner Crash Police officers block the entrance of The Reflection Room where friends and relatives of Asiana Flight 214 passengers await news following the crash of the passenger jet at the San Francisco International in San Francisco, Saturday,July 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

San Francisco Airliner Crash People speak in The Reflection Room where friends and relatives of Asiana Flight 214 passengers await news following the crash of the passenger jet at the San Francisco International in San Francisco, Saturday,July 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

plane, airplane This aerial photo shows the crash site of Asiana Flight 214 at the San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Saturday, July 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

plane, airplane This aerial photo shows the crash site of Asiana Flight 214, right, at the San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Saturday, July 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

plane, airplane Fire crews work the crash site of Asiana Flight 214 at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Saturday, July 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Bay Area News Group, John Green)

plane, airplane Investigators comb the end of a San Francisco International Airport runway following the crash of Asiana Flight 214 on Saturday, July 6, 2013, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

plane, airplane Fire crews work the crash site of Asiana Flight 214 at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Saturday, July 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Bay Area News Group, John Green)

plane, airplane Investigators comb the end of a runway at San Francisco International Airport following the crash of Asiana Flight 214 on Saturday, July 6, 2013, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Scott Mosher, Stew Henderson, Michael Hudak, A boy takes photographs of the wreckage of Asiana Flight 214 in San Francisco, Sunday, July 7, 2013. Investigators are working to determine what caused the crash on Saturday. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

South Korea US San Francisco Airliner Crash Members of a crash investigation team from the South Korean Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs arrive at the Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, to fly to San Francisco International Airport, Sunday, July 7, 2013. An Asiana Airlines flight packed with more than 300 people slammed into the runway while landing at San Francisco airport Saturday and caught fire, forcing many to escape by sliding down the emergency inflatable slides as flames tore through the plane. At least two people died in the crash, while another 181 people were taken to hospitals, most with minor injuries, authorities said. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

San Francisco Airliner Crash In this image provided by the NTSB, investigators examine the wreckage at the scene of the Asiana Airline crash Sunday July 7, 2013. The Asiana flight crashed upon landing Saturday, July 6, at San Francisco International Airport, and two of the 307 passengers aboard were killed. (AP Photo/NTSB)

San Francisco Airliner Crash The wreckage of Asiana Flight 214 is seen after it crashed at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Saturday, July 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

San Francisco Airliner Crash The tail of Asiana Flight 214 is seen after it crashed at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Saturday, July 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

San Francisco Airliner Crash The tail of Asiana Flight 214 is seen, right, after it crashed at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Saturday, July 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

plane, airplane The wreckage of Asiana Flight 214 is seen after it crashed at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Saturday, July 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

San Francisco Airliner Crash The tail of Asiana Flight 214 is seen, backgroound, after it crashed at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Saturday, July 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

San Francisco Airliner Crash A helicopter flies above the wreckage of Asiana Flight 214 after it crashed at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Saturday, July 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

SAN FRANCISCO-AVION Un camión de bomberos rocía aguia sobre el fuselaje del vuelo 214 de Asiana Airlines después de accidentarse en el aeropuerto internacional de San Francisco el sábado 6 de julio de 2013. (Foto AP/Noah Berger)

APTOPIX Plane Crash SFO A fire truck sprays water on Asiana Flight 214 after it crashed at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, July 6, 2013, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

plane, airplane This photo provided by Wei Yeh shows what a federal aviation official says was an Asiana Airlines flight crashing while landing at San Francisco airport on Saturday, July 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Wei Yeh)

Superstorm Sandy Breezy Point A fire truck sprays water on Asiana Flight 214 after it crashed at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, July 6, 2013, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

plane, airplane Smokes rises from Asiana Flight 214 after it crashed at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Saturday, July 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Bay Area News Group, John Green)

plane, airplane Smokes rises from Asiana Flight 214 after it crashed at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Saturday, July 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Bay Area News Group, John Green)

plane, airplane Smokes rises from Asiana Flight 214 after it crashed at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Saturday, July 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Bay Area News Group, John Green)

plane, airplane Emergency responders work at the site of the crash of Asiana Flight 214 at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Saturday, July 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Bay Area News Group, John Green)

China US San Francisco Airliner Crash An unidentified family member of one of two Chinese students killed in an Asiana Airlines plane crash on Saturday, is escorted by airport security officers at the Pudong International Airport in Shanghai, China, Monday, July 8, 2013. The Asiana flight crashed upon landing Saturday, July 6, at San Francisco International Airport, and the two of the 307 passengers aboard were killed. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Deborah Hersman Deborah Hersman of the National Transportation Safety Board speaks at a news conference , Monday, July 8, 2013 in South San Francisco, Calif. An Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 crashed upon landing Saturday, July 6, at San Francisco International Airport, and two of the 307 passengers aboard were killed. (AP Photo/George Nikitin)

Deborah Hersman Deborah Hersman of the National Transportation Safety Board speaks at a news conference , Monday, July 8, 2013 in South San Francisco, Calif. An Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 crashed upon landing Saturday, July 6, at San Francisco International Airport, and two of the 307 passengers aboard were killed. (AP Photo/George Nikitin)

Deborah Hersman Deborah Hersman, chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board, speaks at a news conference, Monday, July 8, 2013 in San Francisco, Calif. An Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 crashed upon landing Saturday, July 6, at San Francisco International Airport, and two of the 307 passengers aboard were killed. Investigators said Asiana Airlines Flight 214 was traveling "significantly below" the target speed during its approach and that the crew tried to abort the landing just before it smashed onto the runway. (AP Photo/George Nikitin)

South Korea US San Francisco Airliner Crash Asiana Airlines President and CEO Yoon Young-doo, left, speaks with an unidentified family member of one of two Chinese students killed in an Asiana Airlines plane crash on Saturday at San Francisco International Airport, at the transit lounge of the Incheon International Airport in Incheon, west of Seoul, South Korea, Monday, July 8, 2013. KOREA OUT(AP Photo/Korea Pool via Yonhap)

China San Francisco Airline Crash Victims People gather to mourn for the two victims of the Asiana airline plane crash in San Francisco at a park in Jiangshan city in eastern China's Zhejiang province on Monday, July 8, 2013. Chinese state media and Asiana Airlines have identified the two victims of the Asiana Airlines crash at San Francisco International Airport girls as Ye Mengyuan and Wang Linjia, students in Zhejiang, an affluent coastal province in eastern China. CHINA OUT(AP Photo)

China San Francisco Airline Crash Victims Residents gather to mourn for the two victims of the Asiana airline plane crash in San Francisco at a park in Jiangshan city in eastern China's Zhejiang province on Monday, July 8 2013. Chinese state media and Asiana Airlines have identified the two victims of the Asiana Airlines crash at San Francisco International Airport girls as Ye Mengyuan and Wang Linjia, students in Zhejiang, an affluent coastal province in eastern China. CHINA OUT(AP Photo)

China San Francisco Airliner Crash Students In this undated photo made available Monday, July 8, 2013, Ye Mengyuan, left, and Wang Linjia, right, pose for photos with other classmates in the classroom in Jiangshan city in eastern China's Zhejiang province. Chinese state media and Asiana Airlines have identified the two victims of the Asiana Airlines crash at San Francisco International Airport girls as Ye Mengyuan and Wang Linjia, students in Zhejiang, an affluent coastal province in eastern China. CHINA OUT(AP Photo)

China San Francisco Airline Crash Victims Residents gather to mourn near a photo of the two victims of the Asiana airline plane crash in San Francisco at a park in Jiangshan city in eastern China's Zhejiang province on Monday, July 8 2013 . Chinese state media and Asiana Airlines have identified the two victims of the Asiana Airlines crash at San Francisco International Airport girls as Ye Mengyuan and Wang Linjia, students in Zhejiang, an affluent coastal province in eastern China. CHINA OUT(AP Photo)

China San Francisco Airliner Crash Students In this undated photo made available Monday, July 8, 2013, a supporter of Wang Linjia, holds up a photo of her with her name during a talent show at a school in Jiangshan city in eastern China's Zhejiang province. Chinese state media and Asiana Airlines have identified the two victims of the Asiana Airlines crash at San Francisco International Airport girls as Ye Mengyuan and Wang Linjia, students in Zhejiang, an affluent coastal province in eastern China. CHINA OUT(AP Photo)

China US San Francisco Airliner Crash An unidentified family member of on of two Chinese students killed in an Asiana Airlines plane crash on Saturday, checks in at the Asiana Airlines counter at the Pudong International Airport in Shanghai, China, Monday, July 8, 2013. The Asiana flight crashed upon landing Saturday, July 6, at San Francisco International Airport, and the two girls of the 307 passengers aboard were killed. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

China US San Francisco Airliner Crash Unidentified family members of two Chinese students killed in an Asiana Airlines plane crash on Saturday, pass the immigration counter to catch their flight to San Francisco at the Pudong International Airport in Shanghai, China, Monday, July 8, 2013. The Asiana flight crashed upon landing Saturday, July 6, at San Francisco International Airport, and the two girls of the 307 passengers aboard were killed. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

China US San Francisco Airliner Crash An unidentified family member of one of two Chinese students killed in a crash of Asiana Airlines' plane on Saturday, is escorted by airport security officers at Pudong International Airport in Shanghai, China, Monday, July 8, 2013. The Asiana flight crashed upon landing Saturday, July 6, at San Francisco International Airport, and the two of the 307 passengers aboard were killed. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

China US San Francisco Airliner Crash An unidentified family member of one of two Chinese students killed in a crash of Asiana Airlines' plane on Saturday, cries at the Airlines' counter as she and other family members check in a flight to San Francisco at Pudong International Airport in Shanghai, China, Monday, July 8, 2013. The Asiana flight crashed upon landing Saturday, July 6, at San Francisco International Airport, and the two of the 307 passengers aboard were killed. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

China US San Francisco Airliner Crash An unidentified family member of one of two Chinese students killed in an Asiana Airlines plane crash, reacts upon arriving at the Pudong International Airport in Shanghai, China, Monday, July 8, 2013, en route to San Fransisco. The Asiana flight crashed upon landing Saturday, July 6, at San Francisco International Airport, and the two of the 307 passengers aboard were killed. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

San Francisco Airliner Crash Investigators walk around the crash site of Asiana Flight 214 at the San Francisco International Arport in San Francisco, Sunday, July 7, 2013. investigators are trying to determine what caused the crash of Flight 214 Saturday. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

South Korea US San Francisco Airliner Crash A passenger of Asiana flight 214 is wheeled to an ambulance on a stretcher upon her arrival at the Incheon Airport in Incheon, west of Seoul Monday, July 8, 2013. The Asiana flight crashed upon landing Saturday, July 6, at San Francisco International Airport, and two of the 307 passengers aboard were killed. (AP Photo/Kim Hong-Ji Pool)

South Korea US San Francisco Airliner Crash A passenger of Asiana flight 214 is wheeled into an ambulance on a stretcher upon her arrival at the Incheon Airport in Incheon, west of Seoul Monday, July 8, 2013. The Asiana flight crashed upon landing Saturday, July 6, at San Francisco International Airport, and two of the 307 passengers aboard were killed. (AP Photo/Kim Hong-Ji, Pool)

South Korea US San Francisco Airliner Crash A passenger of Asiana flight 214 arrives at the Incheon Airport in Incheon, west of Seoul Monday, July 8, 2013. Officials investigating a jetliner crash in San Francisco have determined that Asiana Airlines Flight 214 was traveling "significantly below" its target speed as it approached the airport and that the crew tried to abort the landing just before it smashed onto the runway. (AP Photo/Kim Hong-Ji, Pool)

South Korea US San Francisco Airliner Crash A South Korean passenger aboard Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashed on Saturday, is covered by a red blanket upon arrival at the Incheon International Airport in Incheon, west of Seoul, South Korea, Monday, July 8, 2013. The Asiana flight crashed upon landing Saturday, July 6, at San Francisco International Airport, and two of the 307 passengers aboard were killed. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

South Korea US San Francisco Airliner Crash Passengers check in at the Asiana Airlines ticket counter at the Incheon International Airport in Incheon, west of Seoul, South Korea, Monday, July 8, 2013. Officials investigating a jetliner crash in San Francisco have determined that Asiana Airlines Flight 214 was traveling "significantly below" its target speed as it approached the airport and that the crew tried to abort the landing just before it smashed onto the runway. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

South Korea US San Francisco Airliner Crash Passengers gather at the Asiana Airlines information center at the Incheon International Airport in Incheon, west of Seoul, South Korea, Monday, July 8, 2013. Officials investigating a jetliner crash in San Francisco have determined that Asiana Airlines Flight 214 was traveling "significantly below" its target speed as it approached the airport and that the crew tried to abort the landing just before it smashed onto the runway. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

South Korea US San Francisco Airliner Crash A South Korean passenger aboard the crashed Asiana Airlines Flight 214, center, is escorted by airport security officers upon her arrival at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, west of Seoul, South Korea, Monday, July 8, 2013. The Asiana flight crashed upon landing Saturday, July 6, at San Francisco International Airport, and two of the 307 passengers aboard were killed. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

South Korea US San Francisco Airliner Crash Asiana Airlines President and CEO Yoon Young-doo speaks during a press conference at its head office in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, July 8, 2013. Asiana Airlines said the pilot in control of a Boeing 777 that crashed in San Francisco had little experience flying that type of plane and was landing one for the first time at that airport. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korea US San Francisco Airliner Crash Newspapers reporting on Asiana Airlines Flight 214, which took off from Seoul and crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, are displayed at a subway station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, July 8, 2013. The headline reads "The 30 seconds that decided life and death." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korea US San Francisco Airliner Crash A passenger reads a newspaper reporting about Asiana Airlines flight 214 which took off from Seoul and crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, on a subway train in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, July 8, 2013. The headline reads "Asiana did not notice anything wrong until the accident happened." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Dave Estrada Dave Estrada, bottom right, photographs the wreckage of Asiana Flight 214 as a United Airlines plane arrives at the San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Sunday, July 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

San Francisco Airliner Crash A passenger of Asiana Flight 214, who declined being identified, leaves San Francisco General Hospital after being treated from injuries suffered during the airliner crash in San Francisco, Sunday, July 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

SAN FRANCISCO-AVION Foto proporcionada del domingo 7 de julio de 2013 de la Junta Nacional de Seguridad en el Transporte muestra fotos del avión Boeing 777 de Asiana Airlines que se accidentó el 6 de julio en el Aeropuerto Internacional de San Francisco. (Foto AP/NTSB)

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