News has spread about the crash of “Asiana Airlines Flight 214” in 2013, claiming that a 16-year-old girl named Ye Mengyuan survived the plane crash at San Francisco Airport and was then fatally run over by a responding fire truck.
Verified accounts on twitter, iSncluding Morbid Knowledge (“@Morbidful“) tweeted “In 2013, a 16-year-old girl called Ye Mengyuan survived the Asiana Flight 214 plane crash at San Francisco Airport. However, moments after the crash, she was fatally ran over by a responding fire truck arriving at the scene.” on Dec 22, 2023. The tweet has received an about 30.8M views on X.
In 2013, a 16-year-old girl called Ye Mengyuan survived the Asiana Flight 214 plane crash at San Francisco Airport. However, moments after the crash, she was fatally ran over by a responding fire truck arriving at the scene. pic.twitter.com/xkSptXacGn
— Morbid Knowledge (@Morbidful) December 22, 2023
What is the Actual Truth About this Incident? : Fact
The reports state that two passengers were ejected without using their seatbelts; if they had, they probably would have stayed in the cabin and survived (one of whom was subsequently rolled over by two firefighting vehicles).
The accident reports were attached in detail in the document “Descent Below Visual Glidepath and Impact With Seawall Asiana Airlines Flight 214 Boeing 777-200ER, HL7742 San Francisco, California July 6, 2013”.
The teenage crash victim was already dead from the crash and the fifirefighters did not run over, according to a report filed by San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera with the National Transportation Safety Board. An article was published on Jan 29, 2014 with the headline “SF City Attorney: Asiana Plane Crash Victim Already Dead When Run Over”, which gave the clarification.
Although Ye Meng Yuan was ejected from the plane and firefighters ran over her, the report clarified that she was already dead prior to the rollover, according to the city attorney. We found the details in “NTSB Accident File: DCA13MA120″.
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ANALYSIS: Unsubstantiated
FACT: News has been shared about the crash of "Asiana Airlines Flight 214" in 2013, claiming that a 16yr old girl called Ye Mengyuan survived the plane crash at San Francisco Airport and was then fatally run over by a responding fire truck.(1/4) pic.twitter.com/YjodOqvHDJ
Intent:
User circulating unsubstantiated claims that have already been clarified for impression. Many users have claimed on the social media that Ye Mengyuan, a 16-year-old girl, survived the 2013 crash of “Asiana Airlines Flight 214” at San Francisco Airport before being tragically run over by a responding fire truck. But after proper research, analysis and fact-checking, we have discovered that two ejected passengers were not wearing seatbelts, and if they had, they probably would have stayed in the cabin and survived (one of whom was subsequently rolled over by two firefighting vehicles). Dennis Herrera, the city attorney for San Francisco, filed a report with the National Transportation Safety Board stating that there is proof that the teenage crash victim was already dead when the firefighters did not run her over. The report stated that Ye Meng Yuan was run over by firefighters after being ejected from the aircraft, but the city attorney clarified that she had already passed away prior to the rollover.
Conclusion:
Claim : According to reports, Ye Mengyuan, a 16-year-old girl, survived the 2013 crash of “Asiana Airlines Flight 214” at San Francisco Airport before being fatally run over by a responding fire truck.
Fact : According to the reports, two ejected passengers (one of whom was later rolled over by two firefighting vehicles) were not wearing seatbelts and would have most likely survived if they had worn them. San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera filed a report with the National Transportation Safety Board, claiming there is evidence that firefighters did not run over and kill a teenage crash victim, who was already dead from the crash. The report acknowledged that firefighters ran over Ye Meng Yuan after she was ejected from the plane, but the city attorney clarified that she had died prior to the rollover.
