A person recorded with mobil the instant that Asiana Plane Crashed during an emergency landing. Two Chinese students killed in the crash, published Infobae.
This Sunday confirmed the identity of the two deceased victims of the accident.
Robert Foucrault, forensic San Mateo County, Calif., told the San Jose Mercury News that apparently one of them was thrown from the back of the plane when the line broke and the other was found near the wreckage .
The official Chinese news agency Xinhua, citing the Chinese consulate in San Francisco, said the two victims were from that country. Education authorities in China said at least 70 students and Chinese teachers were flown to summer camps.
Thus, seven dozen passengers, 141 Chinese aboard the plane are students and teachers of the eastern provinces of Shanxi and Zhejiang who went to San Francisco to participate in a summer camp.
The Chinese authorities quoted by the official Xinhua news agency confirmed Sunday that except for the two young men were killed, the rest are well and have been able to communicate with their families.
The thirty students and five teachers from Shanxi participating in an exchange of study at the School of Foreign Languages, Taiyuan, in that province, and all were unharmed from the accident.
A Boeing 777 operated by Asiana Airlines appears to be in flames in a video posted by Twitter.
I just crash landed at SFO. Tail ripped off. Most everyone seems fine. I'm ok. Surreal...
Twitter erupted on Saturday with reports that a plane crashed at the San Francisco International Airport (SFO).
Photos taken from other planes showed smoke billowing from the purported crash.
“Literally just witnessed a plane crash (SFO) start to finish..cannot stop crying,” said one witness.
“Huge crash on SFO. I hope and pray everyone on that plane and facility is ok,” wrote one user.
Another said that “plane on fire moments ago at SFO airport.”
ABC News tweeted that the “plane on fire at #SFO is a Boeing 777 operated by Asiana Airlines in from Taipei,” the capital of Taiwan.
The station also reported that “firefighters are on the scene of aircraft fire on the runway at San Francisco International Airport.”
A screenshot of Instagram user Dbstar's account shows another angle.
A screenshot of Twitter user Krista Seiden's account shows the purported plane crash.
Reports: 2 dead in San Francisco airport crash
Asiana Flight 214 from Seoul was attempting to land at San Francisco International Airport when it crashed.
SAN FRANCISCO -- An Asiana Airlines flight from Seoul crashed on landing at San Francisco's airport Saturday, forcing passengers to escape the aircraft using inflatable emergency exit slides. Two people were reported killed and 61 injured.
Ten people, eight adults and two children, were critically injured and being treated at San Francisco General Hospital, hospital spokeswoman Rachael Kagan said.
Images from the scene showed smoke billowing from the plane and emergency exits open from the plane's fuselage, with the tail separated from the aircraft. Gaping holes could be seen in the roof of the plane's body, blackened by fire.
San Francisco Fire Department officials said two passengers were killed and 61 injured, KTVU reported. The Associated Press said it was unable to confirm there were fatalities.
The plane was a Boeing 777, FAA spokesman Lynn Lunsford said. It crashed on runway 28L at San Francisco International Airport, he said.
Via:USAtoday
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