Breaking news with an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777-200ER operating OZ214 crash landing at San Francisco International Airport.
The airplane was coming in from Seoul, South Korea and apparently crashed sometime after touching down on Runway 28. The Flightware map is at http://uk.flightaware.com/live/flight/AAR214/history/20130706/0730Z/RKSI/KSFO
Image: KTVU http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/local/boeing-777-crashes-while-landing-sfo/nYfcx/
A tweet from South California Fire Service indicates all passengers have been accounted for, with one critical injury. Latest numbers are 61 injuries, and two fatalities.
Reports also indicate that thee 777-200ER was nose of th pitched up as it crossed the threshold, possibly causing the tail to hit the tarmac, and with it shearing off the tail.
San Francisco Airport will be reopening two runways shortly, however with an incident as major as this – expect with incoming flights diverted, and outbound flights cancelled.
The picture CNN shows isn’t a good one, with major parts of the plane burnt on the top of the fuselage, the undercarriage collapsed and the tail completely shorn off.
Image KTVU via CNN: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/06/us/california-plane-incident/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
NYC Aviation indicates the plane was short of the runway at http://www.nycaviation.com/2013/07/breaking-plane-crash-at-sfo/#.Udh4j1N5iRj
Latest Update: SFO to reopen two runways
ABC is reporting numerous passengers are tweeting! I guess they’re saying there are some injuries, thankfully so far nobody has mentioned “fatalities”
A tragic reminder to always pay attention to the safety demonstration and know where the nearest exits are.
I always make a point to read the safety card as it does sometimes have humorous pictures and it only takes a minute or two. Handy to pass the time during taxi-ing and takeoff. In the past 6 months i do make a habit to check where my nearest four exits are, along with where the life jackets and also inflatable rafts are. You just never know when you would need to get off on one side or if a certain exit is unavailable like in this incident.
As you can tell from the pictures, smoke was covering most of the right side of the plane so the slides were mainly deployed on the left. I was scared to see that no slides had deployed on the right side as the news helicopter was on that side. Then in about a few minutes it went to the other side and i could start to make out the slides.
It also starts to make you think about what you want to have on your persons, like your passport and phone in case something like this happens. Its fairly obvious that you wouldn’t have the time to take any bag with you.