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Investigators inspect the wreckage of an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 at San Francisco International Airport, July 7, 2013/AFP

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Pilot told passengers to stay in seats after US crash

Choi Jeong Ho, a senior transportation ministry official, said in Seoul: “Judging from what has been known so far, we believe the crew carried out their duties swiftly and faithfully.”

He said his ministry would not speculate until it has completed a full investigation of crew members

Pilot Lee Kang Kuk told authorities in Seoul and US investigators that he was blinded temporarily by a flash of light when the plane was at an altitude of about 500 feet as it approached the runway.

“We need to understand exactly what that is, identify if there are any sources of light,” Hersman said.

“He did talk to us about the approach and landing. He relayed that to us but it was a temporary issue,” Hersman said.

Emergency response vehicles arrived on the scene approximately two minutes after the crash and began extinguishing flames three minutes after impact.

Hersman said interviews with the plane’s crew had given investigators a vivid portrait of the scene on board the stricken aircraft moments after the crash.

Two emergency slides had inflated inwards inside the cabin, pinning two attendants who needed to be cut free as the evacuation began.

It was not immediately known why the slides had deployed inside the aircraft.

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Flight 214 crashed when it clipped a seawall short of the runway, skidding out of control, shredding the tail of the plane and catching fire.

The NTSB has already determined that the plane was traveling well below the target speed necessary for landing.

It has also emerged that the otherwise experienced pilot of the plane, 46-year-old Lee, was undergoing his first major training on the Boeing 777.

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