10 things you need to know today: July 8, 2013

Investigators reveal hints of what caused the Asiana crash landing, dozens of Islamists are killed in Egypt, and more

Oxygen masks hang from the ceiling in the cabin interior of Asiana Airlines flight 214.
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1. INVESTIGATORS SAY ASIANA PILOTS TRIED TO ABORT LANDING

Asiana Airlines Flight 214 was traveling far slower than it should have been when it crash-landed at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, killing two people and injuring scores more. The pilot at the controls was in training and making his first flight into the airport, and the crew tried to abort the landing seconds before the crash. One of the two people killed — both were teenage students from China — might have been struck by an emergency vehicle. [USA Today, CNN]

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