Asiana flight crash at San Francisco
 

Apparently a 777 belonging to Asiana arriving at SFO crashed
http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BOgsgo4CEAEblgh.jpg

HL7742 , a 777-200ER

Looks very serious.

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BOgvi-_CYAAu6ha.jpg

Boeing 777 crashes while landing at SFO | www.ktvu.com


A plane crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport Saturday morning after its tail came off while it was touching down on the runway.
According to a witness, around 11:20 a.m. the plane was just about to land -- its landing gear had come down -- when the tail of the plane came off.
After wobbling for a minute, the aircraft flipped upside down, coming to a stop on runway on it's back.

Tail plane missing, plane is upright

Weather at SFO..

METAR text: KSFO 061856Z 21007KT 170V240 10SM FEW016 18/10 A2982 RMK AO2 SLP098 T01830100
Conditions at: KSFO (SAN FRANCISCO , CA, US) observed 1856 UTC 06 July 2013
Temperature: 18.3°C (65°F)
Dewpoint: 10.0°C (50°F) [RH = 58%]
Pressure (altimeter): 29.82 inches Hg (1009.9 mb)
[Sea-level pressure: 1009.8 mb]
Winds: from the SSW (210 degrees) at 8 MPH (7 knots; 3.6 m/s)
Visibility: 10 or more miles (16+ km)
Ceiling: at least 12,000 feet AGL
Clouds: few clouds at 1600 feet AGL
Weather: no significant weather observed at this time

A good image


https://path.com/p/1lwrZb

I just crash landed at SFO. Tail ripped off. Most everyone seems fine. I'm ok. Surreal...
— David Eun at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) (Airport)

Picture taken from a passenger on that flight
https://path.com/p/1lwrZb

He tweets:
I just crash landed at SFO. Tail ripped off. Most everyone seems fine. I'm ok. Surreal...

One report of 290 onboard + an infant.

Aircraft is HL7742, in service with OZ since March 2006; LN 553.

Photo: HL7742 (CN: 29171) Asiana Airlines Boeing 777-28E(ER) by John Fitzpatrick - JetPhotos.Net

Only the second 777 hull loss; hopefully still non-fatal.

NBC LA reports
290 on board airplane that crash landed at #SFO, CalFire reports. No reports of injuries.

I wonder did a heavy landing turn into a crash landing. Serious impact for the tail to snap. Lets hope there are no fatalities.

Fire may have come after the evacuation.

CNN video
 

CNN video shows aft bulkhead present but breached.

some photos taken close to the aircraft by a TV heli

https://twitter.com/NewsBreaker/stat...067200/photo/1
https://twitter.com/izzy_the_drizzy/...830400/photo/1
https://twitter.com/NewsBreaker/stat...089792/photo/1
https://twitter.com/NewsBreaker/stat...190336/photo/1


EYEWITNESS TO @KTVU: The plane "started violently shaking" after it hit the runway at San Francisco airport, and then "rolled over"
tail broke off when it crashed

KSFO Ground: http://www.liveatc.net/flisten.php?m..._gnd&icao=ksfo
KSFO Tower: http://www.liveatc.net/flisten.php?m..._twr&icao=ksfo

Admiral, I was thinking the same, a MD-80 at Edwards AFB, CA. No flap landing by a FAA evaluator.

Showing the tail now, there's a debris field from the beginning of the tarmac, just at the sea, dragging onto the runway and the touchdown zone. Maybe undershoot.

This Photo: https://path.com/p/1lwrZb seems to show the fire started relatively slowly and does not seem to include the fuselage when passengers were escaping. Hopeful for a low casualty count.

Edit: Fire services suggesting no deaths, but some reports of burns.

just seen on abc, landed v short tail prob hit right on end of hard surface by the sea

Live images from heli flying above the crash scene here
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