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Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 crash lands at San Francisco airport: 2 killed, several injured
* Asiana Airlines flight from Seoul had 291 passengers, 16 crew * Crashed after coming in over San Francisco Bay * 130 people take to hospitals
Updated : Nov 21, 2013, 01:44 PM IST
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An Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 with 307 people on board crashed and burst into flames as it landed at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday after a flight from Seoul, and initial reports said two people were killed and more than 130 sent to hospitals. After approaching the airport across San Francisco Bay, the plane appeared to strike the edge of the approach area of the runway.
The tail came off and the aircraft left a trail of debris before coming to rest beside the runway. One survivor said the pilot seemed to be trying to gain height just before the aircraft struck the runway. There was no immediate indication of the cause of the crash and federal officials were traveling from Washington to investigate. Pictures taken by survivors immediately after the crash showed passengers emerging from the wrecked plane and hurrying away.
TV footage later showed the fuselage of the Boeing 777 blackened by fire and the interior apparently gutted. Asiana Airlines said the flight, which had originated in Shanghai, had carried 291 passengers and 16 crew members. San Francisco Fire Department Chief Joanna Hayes-White said two people were killed and 130 were taken to hospitals.
A total of 69 people were still unaccounted for, as officials tracked down the passengers in the confusion after the crash. Rachael Kagan, a spokeswoman for San Francisco General Hospital, said 15 injured people were being treated there and 10 were in critical condition with burns, fractures and internal injuries. She said most of them spoke only Korean.
Flights in and out of SFO have been cancelled. It is unknown when the airport will reopen.
People being evacuated via the emergency slides at the plane #crash at #SFO pic.twitter.com/BK4qq1e3qN
— Krista Seiden (@kristaseiden) July 6, 2013
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