An airline has paid an undisclosed amount to more than 70 injured survivors of plane crash in San Francisco two years ago , court papers have revealed . The beneficiaries are all survivors of Asiana Flight 214 , which slammed into a seawall at the city 's airport in March 2013 , leaving three dead and nearly 200 injured . The settlement with 72 passengers who filed personal injury claims also includes Boeing , which made the airplane , and Air Cruisers Co. , the New Jersey company that made its evacuation slides . Liabilities : The wreckage of Asiana Flight 214 after it crashed at the San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco . More than 70 passengers have reached a settlement in their lawsuits against the airline . Disaster : An aerial view of the destroyed aircraft , which was consumed by fire after crash landing . The court filing published yesterday did not include the settlement 's financial terms , details which plaintiffs ' attorney Frank Pitre said are confidential . 'This is the first positive step for these passengers to be able to get closure on a tragic , catastrophic crash and hopefully try to get their lives back together , ' Mr Pitre said . 'We 're pleased we 've been able to get this first phase resolved . ' Dozens more cases involving other passengers are still pending in federal court in Northern California . Boeing spokesman Miles Kotay said the aerospace firm does not comment on pending litigation . Calls to attorneys for Asiana and Air Cruisers Co. were not immediately returned , the Associated Press reported . On July 6 2013 three Chinese teenagers were killed and nearly 200 others hurt when the Boeing 777 from South Korea slammed into a seawall at the end of a runway during final approach to to San Francisco International Airport . The impact ripped off the back of the plane , tossed out three flight attendants and their seats , and scattered pieces of the jet across the runway as it spun and skidded to a stop . Victims : Ye Mengyuan , left , and Wang Linjia , right , pose for photos with other classmates in the classroom in Jiangshan city in eastern China 's Zhejiang province . Both died in the Asiana jet crash in 2013 . Grief : An unidentified relative of one of the crash victims cries at the Asiana Airlines ' counter as she and other family members check in for a flight to San Francisco at Pudong International Airport in Shanghai . U.S. safety investigators blamed the pilots , saying they bungled the landing approach by inadvertently deactivating the plane 's key control for airspeed , among other errors . But the National Transportation Safety Board also said the complexity of the Boeing 777 's auto-throttle and auto flight director — two of the plane 's key systems for controlling flight — contributed to the accident . The NTSB also faulted materials provided to airlines by Chicago-based Boeing , saying they fail to make clear the conditions in which the auto-throttle does n't automatically maintain speed . Investigators said captain Lee Kang-Kuk , a seasoned Airbus A320 pilot transitioning to the bigger Boeing 777 , cut the autopilot on final approach into San Francisco , where the instrument landing system was out of service . Doing so put the auto-throttle on hold , meaning it would no longer automatically control airspeed , explained investigator-in-chief Bill English . When the jet dipped below the correct glide path , Captain Lee reacted by pulling the nose up - but the auto-throttle , still on hold , failed to deliver an expected burst of engine power that would have enabled the airliner to make the runway . Mr Pitre said the passengers who settled had injuries that were less serious and have stabilized . At least 14 of the people with whom settlements were reached are minors , requiring the court to approve the agreements , according to Tuesday 's filing .
Financial details of the settlements remain confidential , says lawyer . The lawsuit included those passengers with the least serious injuries . At least 14 more cases are still pending in Northern California federal courts .