Two killed, 49 critically hurt in US jet crash Share | Sun, 07 Jul 2013 - 18:29:25Source: PTI, Posted by: Staff Correspondent | Washington: Three Indians were on board the ill-fated Asiana Airlines flight which crashed landed at the San Francisco airport, killing two people and injuring more than 180, officials said today. The tail ripped off the airplane as it was touching down on the San Francisco airport runway about 11:30 am local time yesterday after arriving from Seoul, Federal Aviation officials said. Ten passengers were said to be either in serious or critical condition, they added. The Asiana Airlines flight en route from Seoul had 291 passengers on board and had 16 crew members. The Indian Ambassador to South Korea, Vishnu Prakash, said there were three Indian passengers on board the Asiana Airlines from Seoul to San Francisco. One of them suffered collar bone fracture. "ASIANA mishap at SFO: 3 Indians on board too. 1 suffered collar bone fracture and other minor injuries. Wish ASIANA gives out complete info," Prakash said on Twitter, the micro blogging site. Majority of the passengers were comprised of 77 Korean citizens, 141 Chinese citizens, 61 US citizens, one Japanese citizen, etc., Asiana Airlines said in a statement. Evacuation slides were used for the passengers to escape the burning flight.
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