San Francisco plane crash At least two people were killed and more than 60 people injured, some with serious burns, in a plane crash in America. The Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 crashed and burst into flames while landing at San Francisco International Airport today. The tail broke off as the plane crash landed on the runway and burst into flames sending plumes of black smoke into the air. Firefighters and emergency crews from San Francisco, Redwood City, San Mateo raced to the airport and dosed the burning plane with foam to extinguished the fully engulfed aircraft. There were 292 passengers on board including one infant and 16 crew who used the emergency inflatable evacuation slides to escape from the burning wreakage. Meanwhile, officials closed all access to the airport and arriving flights were being diverted to nearby Oakland International . Flight 214 from Seoul, South Korea was on a direct ten-hour flight and was landing onto runway 28 at around 11:30 a.m.
Posted on: Sat, 06 Jul 2013 22:12:30 +0000
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