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Asiana Air Crash Adds Pressure on Korea Safety Regulations
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Korean Air Lines Co.’s crash history in the 1990s prompted the government to order its carriers to get new planes and pilots more training. Asiana Airlines Inc.’s accident last week may prompt a new round of similar measures.
Two people died and more than 300 escaped, some sliding down emergency exits, before a fire swept through Asiana’s Boeing Co. 777 plane while landing in San Francisco July 6. It was South Korea’s first fatal passenger jet crash since 1997.