SAN FRANCISCO — An Asiana Airlines flight from Seoul crashed on landing at San Francisco’s airport Saturday, forcing passengers to escape the aircraft using inflatable emergency exit slides.
Two people were reported killed and 61 injured.
Images from the scene showed smoke billowing from the plane and emergency exits open from the plane’s fuselage, with the tail separated from the aircraft.
Gaping holes could be seen in the roof of the plane’s body, blackened by fire.
San Francisco Fire Department officials said two passengers were killed and 61 injured, KTVU reported.
The plane was a Boeing 777, FAA spokesman Lynn Lunsford said.
It crashed on runway 28L at San Francisco International Airport, he said.
There were 291 people aboard, KCBS radio reported.
Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said in an e-mail that she was on another flight from Korea landing at San Francisco at the time.
“I was on another flight from Korea at the exact same time.
We are OK. My friend on that flight is OK, too,” Sandberg told USA TODAY.
The wreckage was sprayed with white fire retardant.
Parts of the plane were scattered over a broad area, though the bulk of the plane remained in one piece.
Laura Brown, spokeswoman for the FAA in Washington, said Asiana Flight 214 from Seoul was attempting to land at San Francisco International Airport when it crashed.
“All we know is that a foreign airline, Asiana Airlines Flight 214 arriving from Seoul, South Korea, crashed while landing,” she said.
“That’s all I’ve got right now.”
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