Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 Crashes While Landing at San Francisco Airport

hope everyone is ok.

 

Hope nobody was seriously hurt or killed.

 

Is that the new Boeing plane that's been plagued with issues?

 

no -- you're thinking of the 787's battery problems, which have been resolved.

This is an ultra-reliable 777

prayers for those affected

 

Just saw the breaking news about it on NBC and they are reporting that this is not a mass casualty situation so it sounds like a lot of the passengers may have survived.

 

Wow, and the weather here is perfect -- barely any wind. I'm just a few miles from the airport.

 

scary...glad that the prelim reports show people are ok....couldve been much worse...someone was watching out for these folks...

 

Photos if interested. EDIT: Sounds like *some* people walked away, but they are reporting injuries including at least one life-flight situation.

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/South-Korean-passenger-jet-crashes-at-SFO-4650259.php#photo-4885045

Pretty lucky the tail fell off when they were just a few feet off the ground, right?

 

Doesn't look like the tail fell off. Looks like the plane came in too low and that the pilot was trying to pitch up to avoid the water and bottomed the tail out at the threshold of the runway.

 

so it was pilot error? I know they can't use autopilot to land, and the weather looked quite nice.

 

They expert they have on CNN seemed to think so. You can see parts of the tail immediately after the water. The plane isn't supposed to touchdown in that area, but rather, farther down the runway. The expert seemed to think the pilot came in too low and that he probably pitched up at the last moment to abort the takeoff but it was too late.

They use autopilot and ILS (instrument landing system) on approach (look up "glide slope) and I believe they will do a manual landing once they are under 300 feet or so (I may not be correct on the exact height).

 

Crap, this is more serious than it originally seemed. I live in the area, local news is reporting 290 on board, 61 injured, 2 fatalities, and at least 40 in critical condition... prayers to all involved...

 

SFO is shut down and all flights are being diverted to SJC.

 

Can somebody pls tranlate korean to english?

 

Local news reporting 60 people 'unaccounted for'... they are not sure what this means exactly, but said it's strange in this situation...

 

What a tragedy.

 

Royce White faints.














Hope everyone is okay.