rakman Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 (edited) 291 passengers on board, preliminary info is all survived. Plane landed low and short at SFO 28L, hitting the seawall, ripped off the tail, left engine and as it skidded down the runway losing pieces. Came to a halt off the left of the runway then caught fire. Cabin mostly destroyed by fire. Could have been a lot worse. 2nd 777 crash Edited July 6, 2013 by rakman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rakman Posted July 6, 2013 Author Share Posted July 6, 2013 update.. reports of 2 fatalities and 48 injuries. crashed about 11:30 am Pacific Daylight Time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyRa3l-e8X0 numerous news sources reporting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdnvic Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 BREAKING NEWS: An Asiana Airlines flight crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport, Fox News confirms. It was not immediately known whether there were any injuries. Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Laura Brown says Flight 214 was coming from Seoul, South Korea and was supposed to land on runway 28 left at San Francisco International Airport at 11:26 PDT. She said the sequence of events was still unclear, but it appeared the plane landed and then crashed. A video clip posted to Youtube shows smoke coming from the silver-colored Boeing 777 jet on the tarmac. Passengers could be seen jumping down the inflatable emergency slides. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/07/06/boeing-777-crashes-at-san-francisco-international-airport/#ixzz2YItBVZXI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khaosai Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 Hi, Thoughts with all involved in this nasty accident. Looks like it hit the ground 500 metres early judging by the runway markings. Could be numerous reasons for the accident, but possibly a misjudged visual approach. The instrument landing system has been off the air for that runway due to it being relocated so that may well be a contributory factor. Nothing to indicate that weather played a part with clear skies and light winds. Things happen quickly on approach when your travelling at approx 250ft per second ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigt3365 Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 Very sad news. We have this running here: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/651859-boeing-777-plane-crash-lands-at-san-francisco-airport/ So let's close this topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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