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Asiana 214 crashed (in broad daylight and perfect visibility) because Asiana pilots were overused to landing on the autopilot, which was off on this landing; also because they ignored the "sink rate" warning going off for a minute.

Not because landing at SFO is particularly dangerous.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiana_Airlines_Flight_214#Cra...



This is a bit simplified. See https://youtu.be/Toy92_qriZU?feature=shared




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