Why That Crashed Asiana Plane Is Still on the Runway

Federal investigators plan to move the mangled remains of an Asiana jumbo jet in the next day or two, clearing an unwelcome reminder of the perils of air travel that has greeted passengers flying in and out of the San Francisco International Airport for the past five days.

National Transportation Safety Board investigators are determining which parts of the Boeing 777 need to be transferred to the agency’s laboratory in Washington and will then release the rest of the airplane for removal, NTSB spokesman Keith Holloway said today. He said the plane would likely to be moved by the weekend. The crash of Asiana Flight 214 on July 6 killed two Chinese women and left more than four dozen with serious injuries, although scores of passengers escaped the crash unscathed.