NTSB: No sign of mechanical trouble
NTSB: No sign of mechanical trouble
SAN FRANCISCO
Investigators have found no evidence of mechanical problems with Asiana Flight 214, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday, putting the focus of the safety probe into the crash landing at the San Francisco airport squarely on the pilots.
In her final briefing before the agency concludes its on-site detective work, NTSB Chairman Deborah Hersman said the airplane itself showed no signs of a breakdown, and on voice recorders, the pilots of the Boeing 777 fail to notice that their approach is dangerously low and slow until it’s too late.
Mayor apologizes for his behavior
SAN DIEGO
The mayor of San Diego apologized for his behavior Thursday after a prominent former supporter accused him of sexually harassing women and urged him to resign as leader of the nation’s eighth-largest city.
Mayor Bob Filner said he failed to respect women who work for him and he intimidated them at times.
Without detailing his actions, Filner, 70, called his behavior inappropriate and wrong and said he “diminished” the office. He said he needed help and pleaded with voters for patience.
Attorney: Terror suspect is autistic
BAY SHORE, N.Y.
A young New York man caught boarding a plane on his way to Yemen to fight with an al-Qaida affiliate is a mixed-up teenager who was diagnosed with autism and didn’t understand the gravity of what he was doing, his attorney told The Associated Press.
Justin Kaliebe, 18, pleaded guilty in a secret federal court proceeding in February to a charge of attempting to provide material support to a terrorist organization. He was ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation before he is sentenced Sept. 27. His condition could be considered in determining his sentence; he faces up to 30 years in prison.
Man certified as dead elected mayor
MEXICO CITY
Prosecutors are investigating how a man certified as dead got elected mayor of a village in southern Mexico.
Authorities say relatives of Lenin Carballido used a death certificate showing that he died of a diabetic coma in 2010 to persuade police to drop an arrest warrant against him for purportedly participating in a 2004 gang rape.
A living Carballido later ran in, and narrowly won, Sunday’s election in San Agustin Amatengo in Oaxaca state. In his campaign, he posted photos of himself all around the village of 1,400 residents, with slogans such as “Now is the Time” and “United for Development.”
But shortly after his victory, the death certificate surfaced with his full name of Leninguer Carballido.
Officials in Oaxaca said Thursday that the certificate had been drawn up and signed by a public registry official but that the information had been faked.
Army relieves general of command
COLUMBIA, S.C.
The Army has removed from the command of its largest training post the one-star general suspended in May over charges of adultery and involvement in a physical altercation.
Brig. Gen. Bryan Roberts was relieved of his command at Fort Jackson, S.C., on Thursday due to misconduct, said Army spokesman Harvey Perritt.
“This misconduct included adultery and a physical altercation,” he said.
Associated Press