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San Francisco plane crash: 2 dead, 130 taken to hospitals
Non-WoT at this point.Two people were killed and 130 were sent to hospitals after an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 with more than 300 people on board crashed on landing at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday.The crash occurred as the plane was landing at a runway that began at the edge of San Francisco Bay. TV news footage showed crash debris right at the start of the landing strip where it met the water. The plane may have been too low and descended too quickly on its approach to the runway, according to data from the last three minutes of the flight from flightaware.com, a leading flight tracking service. The plane's rate of descent dropped abruptly, then it increased its altitude to 200 feet from 100 feet, which possibly indicates the pilot tried to power up the engines and climb in the final seconds in an unsuccessful attempt to stay in the air and touch down in the landing zone of the runway. It appeared the plane landed short of the runway. A portion of the aircraft hit a non-landing area of the runway prior to the touchdown zone. The plane appeared to hit the seawall dividing the airport runway from San Francisco Bay, possibly causing the tail to come apart. Multiple sources told The Los Angeles Times there was no reported trouble or declared emergency on the plane. The passengers included 141 Chinese, 77 South Koreans and 61 U.S. citizens. All the 307 people on board have been accounted for, the city's mayor told reporters. Air traffic at the airport was halted immediately after the crash, but flights resumed on two runways several hours later. Boeing expressed concern for those on board the flight and added that it will provide technical assistance to the NTSB as it investigates the accident. Posted by: Pappy 2013-07-07 |
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