NTSB cites autothrottle & crew in Asiana 777 crash

[stranger706]

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/article...ana-214-400715/

 

[Kuato]

Failure to fly the airplane. You don't start messing with the autopilot and automation on short final.

 

[FetchFar]

Bottom line, if you're not stabilized and steady on the approach by about 5 miles out, you do a go-around and try again. Period. No debate, pilots are told this. Now, it embarasses some of them, so they get persistent with an unsteady approach, which increases risk dramatically.

 

[john_pifer]

Not the first time people have died because someone had to save face.