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Candlelight vigil to mourn shooting victims in California

UC Santa Barbara students attend a candlelight vigil following Friday's series of drive-by shootings that left 7 people dead in the Isla Vista section of Santa Barbara May 24, 2014.

NTSB: Plane flew dangerously slow before crash

2013-07-08 06:06

Federal aviation investigators have reviewed two hours of cockpit voice recordings from the Asiana Airlines-operated plane that crashed at San Francisco International Airport, and preliminarily analysis suggests the aircraft was traveling at dangerously slow speed seconds before impact.

US federal authorities investigate plane crash

2013-07-08 05:52

US federal transportation authorities are still in the initial stages of their investigation into the cause for Saturday's deadly crash landing of an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 at San Francisco International Airport.

Boeing offers condolences over Asiana plane crash

2013-07-08 05:44

Boeing offered condolences in a statement issued after the Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashed in San Francisco.

53 air crash victims treated at San Francisco General

2013-07-08 05:09

San Francisco General Hospital had treated 53 patients from Saturday's crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214, the largest number of any local care facility, the hospital said late Sunday morning.

Air crash passengers prayed for lives

2013-07-08 01:30

The Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 crash-landed and burst into flames with more than 300 onboard. Two Chinese died and more than 180 were injured.

UN chief expresses sorrow at air crash victims

2013-07-08 00:03

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday sent his condolences and sympathy to the Chinese families who lost their loved ones, of those injured and affected by the air crash in San Francisco.

3 Latin American leaders offer Snowden asylum

2013-07-07 17:13

Bolivia offered asylum on Saturday to former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden, joining leftist allies Venezuela and Nicaragua in defiance of Washington.

Asiana crash causes confusion, frayed nerves

2013-07-07 15:54

Bystanders watching an Asiana Boeing 777 flight make a seemingly routine approach to a San Francisco runway were stunned to see it come in fast and hit the ground hard on Saturday, while on board, passengers' survival instincts took over.

Solar plane lands in NY, completing journey

2013-07-07 15:14

An airplane entirely powered by the sun touched down in New York City late on Saturday, completing the final leg of an epic journey across the United States that began over two months ago.

Airport landing system off when jet crashed

2013-07-07 14:42

A navigation system that helps pilots make safe descents was turned off at San Francisco airport on Saturday when a South Korean airliner crashed and burned after undershooting the runway, officials said.

Most Chinese students in plane crash accounted for

2013-07-07 13:56

A preliminary report said two students from east China's Zhejiang province died in a plane crash in San Francisco on Saturday local time.

Boeing issues condolence message over crash

2013-07-07 12:13

Boeing has made a statement after the Asiana Airlines Flight 214 accident in San Francisco.

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