韩亚航空：出事飞机驾驶员正在接受波音777驾驶培训

Asiana Airlines says the pilot of a plane that crashed Saturday at San Francisco airport was still in training flying a Boeing 777, and was trying to land that type of aircraft at the site for the first time.

The South Korea-based airline said Monday the pilot had 43 hours of experience in the 777, and more than 9,000 hours of flight time overall.  A pilot more experienced with the aircraft was acting as a trainer and co-pilot on the flight.

U.S. investigators say it is too early to say what caused the crash, but that the plane was flying "significantly below" its target speed as it approached the runway and that the pilot tried to abort the landing.

National Transportation Safety Board chair Deborah Hersman said Sunday the verbal "abort" request came just 1.5 seconds before impact -- too late to avoid the crash that killed two people and injured dozens more.

这家韩国的航空公司星期一说，这名驾驶员有43个小时驾驶波音777客机的经验和总共超过9000小时的飞行经验。一名驾驶这种机型经验丰富的飞行员作为教官和客机的副驾驶。

美国调查人员说，现在就确定事故发生的原因还为时太早，不过，这驾出事客机在接近跑道时飞行速度“远远低于”标准速度，飞行员曾试图停止着陆。

美国国家交通安全委员会主席黛博拉•赫斯曼星期天说， “停止”的口头要求是在出事前1.5秒的时候发出的，但为时过晚，来不及避免导致两人死亡、数十人受伤的事故。