Eyewitnesses reported the Boeing 777 aircraft approaching the runway at an unusual nose-high, low-tail attitude. The debris field indicated touchdown occurred much earlier on the runway than is typical.
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A fiery crash of an Asiana Airlines jet in San Francisco yesterday 6th July has killed two people and injured 181 people.
Asiana Airlines Flight 214 was carrying more than 300 people when it crashed at San Francicso International Airport, tore off its tail and burst into flames.Two people were reported dead, said San Francisco Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White....She described it as a "fluid situation" and that "not everyone has yet to be accounted for." She initially said that "upwards of 60 people were unaccounted for," but San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee later said all the passengers had been accounted for....The injured were being care for at several hospitals and at least 22 were in critical condition.
Later on....The head of the South Korean airline Asiana, Yoon Young-doo, did not rule out human error but said the pilots were experienced veterans.,Most of the 307 people on board were injured, 49 of them seriously....The plane came down short of the runway, ripping off its tail, after apparently hitting a sea wall.
One survivor said the plane came in to land too fast and too low, but there was no warning of problems.
Passengers and crew escaped down emergency slides as it burst into flames.
So sad
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