Ye Mengyuan and Wang Linjia identified as the two dead in San Francisco Boeing 777 crash landing

Asiana Airlines said the two dead in San Francisco Boeing 777 crash landing were Ye Mengyuan and Wang Linjia, both 16 years old from Jiangshan in eastern China.

They were both headed for a summer camp in the U.S. – part of a group of 70 Chinese students and teachers aboard the Boeing 777 that crash-landed.

A total of 141 Chinese nationals were aboard the flight that was bound for San Francisco from Seoul, South Korea.

Wang Linjia’s parents were both on the fight, as well, and could be seen sobbing as they learned their daughter died in the crash.

The black box aboard the Boeing 777 jetliner set out three crucial moments – beginning 7 seconds before impact – that show the plane was approaching the runway too slowly and that the pilots were trying to correct the problem.

National Transportation Safety Board officials said today that the jetliner, which was carrying 291 passengers, was flying “significantly” slower than the 137 knots that is ideal for jetliners preparing to land in San Francisco.

NTSB Chair Deborah Hersman said an initial examination of the plane’s in-flight data recorders show no indication that the plane was in trouble until 7 seconds before impact.

It was at that point that the pilots tried to increase the speed of the plane.

“We have to take another look at the raw data and corroborate it with radar and air traffic information to make sure we have a very precise speed,” Deborah Hersman said.

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