Author Topic: Asiana Airlines B777 Crashes At SFO (Read 9938 times)

ctse · « **on:** July 06, 2013, 07:56:17 PM »

Not many details at the moment but pictures being revealed on Twitter.
A video from YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dFtmSybpuw
Hope there are no fatalities. SFO currently closed.

Update 2026: Possibly a hard landing with tail fin missing. Passenger onboard tweeted a picture:
Update 2029: Reported that 290 onboard. Aircraft is a B777-200ER HL7742 delivered in 2006.

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Aldergrove · « **Reply #1 on:** July 06, 2013, 08:42:38 PM »

It's live on Sky news.... Tail is at the end of the runway and main fuselage is further down runway... Looks like it just made it onto runway 28L without ditching into San Francisco Bay. Thankfull it looks as if all passengers are accounted for.

Furryforest · « **Reply #2 on:** July 06, 2013, 09:07:25 PM »

ctse · « **Reply #3 on:** July 06, 2013, 09:17:25 PM »

What a miracle that all onboard survived! Reported 303 onboard: 290 with 1 infant and 12 crew. Early reports suggest that the ILS was put of service and the pilots did a visual with the PAPI blocked from view by construction equipment just speculation so far we'll just have to wait and see what caused the crash.

Chalkman · « **Reply #4 on:** July 06, 2013, 09:53:38 PM »

Fox news reporting 2 dead and 48 with injuries

Angry Turnip · « **Reply #5 on:** July 06, 2013, 10:07:19 PM »

Just been reading about this-more info here from BBC News site.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23214513

Seems weird that peoples 1st thought is to put a tweet on about it-says a great deal about modern society.

Merlin · « **Reply #6 on:** July 06, 2013, 10:17:58 PM »

Looking at this on the news.

They're showing footage of a debris trail stretching from the sea wall to the runway. That suggests the tail hit the sea wall, possibly the reason it was snapped off.

ctse · « **Reply #7 on:** July 07, 2013, 12:25:08 AM »

Reportedly 60+ missing, hopefully no more fatalities.

Jake Lewis · « **Reply #8 on:** July 07, 2013, 11:13:33 AM »

Am I seeing things?

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Furryforest · « **Reply #9 on:** July 07, 2013, 12:14:43 PM »

He's got a point! Brace yourself for conspiracy theories!

Is all the fuel in a T7 in the wings? I always wonder how the cabins take so much fire damage as opposed to the wings?

Angry Turnip · « **Reply #10 on:** July 07, 2013, 01:18:54 PM »

Quote from: Jake Lewis on July 07, 2013, 11:13:33 AM

Am I seeing things?

I belive that is something called pareidolia (seeing shapes/faces in ordinary things) woodgrain,carpet patterns,clouds etc are common.

casper · « **Reply #11 on:** July 07, 2013, 02:54:08 PM »

Freaky Jake.

TCX49 · « **Reply #12 on:** July 07, 2013, 03:19:32 PM »

WOW!

ctse · « **Reply #13 on:** July 07, 2013, 09:29:41 PM »

Footage of crash shown by CNN, kinda shocking.
http://edition.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2013/07/07/vo-plane-sf-plane-crash-on-cam.courtesy-fred-hayes.html
(Feel free to delete if you don't think it's suitable due to loss of lives, Casper)

Angry Turnip · « **Reply #14 on:** July 07, 2013, 09:57:14 PM »

Looking at that video,I am surprised more were not killed,as the main fuselage seemed to get flung into the air on impact,it`s lucky the aircraft did not land upside down other wise I fear there would have been many more killed.

It does look as if the approach was too low,which caused a severe tail strike.

More info and photos here,including an aerial shot of the scene.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23216587

Jake Lewis · « **Reply #15 on:** July 07, 2013, 11:43:43 PM »

Directly from the NTSB Twitter page:
(www.twitter.com/NTSB)

Quote

@NTSB: The flight was cleared for the visual approach to RWY 28L, which is confirmed by the crew. #Asiana 214
@NTSB: Target speed for the approach was 137 knots. #Asiana 214
@NTSB: Sound of stick shaker began approx. 4-sec prior to impact. #Asiana 214
@NTSB: Call to go around made approx. 1.5-sec prior to impact. #Asiana 214
@NTSB: The data indicate that the throttles were at idle and the airspeed slowed below target approach speed during the approach. #Asiana 214
@NTSB: The throttles were advanced a few seconds prior to impact and the engines appear to respond normally. #Asiana 214

And also of the same Twitter page:

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ctse · « **Reply #16 on:** July 07, 2013, 11:58:47 PM »

That image of the economy cabin looks awful, I imagine the most severely injured would've sat in the last few rows seeing the conditions of the seats all mangled like that, the forces must have been huge!

Merlin · « **Reply #17 on:** July 08, 2013, 07:05:29 AM »

I see Sky News is reporting that one of the two teenagers killed may have actually survived the crash only to be knocked down by an emergency vehicle

Angry Turnip · « **Reply #18 on:** July 08, 2013, 05:53:12 PM »

Quote from: Merlin on July 08, 2013, 07:05:29 AM

I see Sky News is reporting that one of the two teenagers killed may have actually survived the crash only to be knocked down by an emergency vehicle

I heard that on the BBC News as well-if it`s true then that is incredibly tragic-guess their number was really up.

ctse · « **Reply #19 on:** July 13, 2013, 12:00:16 AM »

A third reported fatality, a child, after being in a critical state in hospital.
http://news.sky.com/story/1115186/asiana-plane-crash-third-victim-is-a-child

Merlin · « **Reply #20 on:** July 18, 2013, 09:29:53 PM »

Photos from inside the plane and the clear-up operation

Asiana Crash Photos

Scary.

Angry Turnip · « **Reply #21 on:** July 18, 2013, 11:03:52 PM »

Fascinating pics,yet chilling at the same time;I still can`t believe the death toll was so low in this accident-very lucky indeed not to be much worse.

ctse · « **Reply #22 on:** January 16, 2014, 08:10:28 PM »

Footage of the fire engines running over one of the body's has been released now.
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/01/16/us/asiana-crash-new-video/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

AERTANK · « **Reply #23 on:** January 16, 2014, 09:21:56 PM »

Quote from: ctse on January 16, 2014, 08:10:28 PM

Footage of the fire engines running over one of the body's has been released now.
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/01/16/us/asiana-crash-new-video/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

I saw this yesterday, a bit of a cover-up going on there! It's par for the course to tell lies and obscure the truth than to own up to a mistake.

Angry Turnip · « **Reply #24 on:** January 16, 2014, 10:40:12 PM »

In fairness to the firefighters,I am sure they didn`t intend to leave an injured person unattended,but this incident shows a lack of basic training skills,and leadership.

It seems ridiculous that none of the 5 firefighters that were near the girl did not check if she was alive,either way her location should have been clearly marked,and cordened off.

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