Officials said 60 passengers were still unaccounted for but said they were not presumed dead. Rather, officials said they were still trying to assess where all 307 passengers and crew members were taken.
The Asiana Airlines jetliner caught fire when it hit the tarmac, causing black smoke to billow into the sky.
Many passengers were able to get out of the plane before it was consumed by flames.
In a brief phone interview, a passenger who didn’t want to give his name told The Times that many passengers were able to get out unharmed. “Most of the people seem OK and we’re just letting the paramedics do their job,” he said.
Federal investigators were trying to determine what went wrong. But a source involved in the investigation said the plane appeared to have clipped a sea wall while landing. Mechanical difficulties have not been ruled out, but investigators are focused on whether Asiana flight 214 from Seoul, South Korea, came in too low, according to sources familiar with the investigation who spoke on condition of anonymity.
A passenger on the Asiana airlines Boeing 777 jet that crashed while landing has released a photo he took with his mobile phone shortly after surviving the crash-landing at the San Francisco international Airport today.
The passenger, David Eun wrote, "I just crash landed at SFO. Tail ripped off. Most everyone seems fine. I'm ok. Surreal…"
The Boeing 777 jet carrying 246 passengers from Seoul, South Korean crashed while landing at the SFO airport today.
The plane caught fire shortly after all passengers exited the crashed plane.
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