A pilot inexperienced with the plane, an airport’s glidescope out of service, problems with the automatic throttle, possible lack of proper supervision; take away any one of those suspected contributing factors and Asiana Flight 214 may not have crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport in July. While still under investigation, the crash illustrates how accidents often have several causes, some possibly minor, that line up in just the right way to result in disaster.The pilot in control of Flight 214 was a skilled veteran, but undergoing his “initial operating experience” training on the Boeing 777. It was the
