Posted on 07/06/2013 1:05:41 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
PIC didnt manage his final approach if you ask me.
yes I am a VFR SEC pilot who has never flown a heavy.
just GUESSING.
Heh!
2 dead per SF FD.
parts...
Sad news.
Dittos. I’ve flown into SFO a lot of times and every time I do I imagine coming in short just like this. Maybe it is just the lack of visual cues that throws off my sense of distance and speed.
No..The plane came in too low. Hit a jetty..knocking tail off.
radio 740 kcbs just had 12 injured, no fatalities reported so far.
I kind of doubt the accuracy of that report. No way a loud pop would be heard before actually seeing the fireball. Plus I see no evidence of cartwheeling or a wing coming off. He just saw something and imagined the rest.
..hardest landing I’ve ever had...MEXICO CITY late 80’s..probably a 12 foot drop, thought the gear was going to come up through the fuselage...a real hard thump!
Aliens?
12 injuries,, no fatalities.. mostly broken bones.. no word if any burn victims
The debris field looks as if the plane clipped the upper front edge of the breakwater at the start of the runway.
That’s the top of the aircraft burned away in the fire after the crash.
I see Drudge is reporting 2 dead. Sorry to say.
Per another post, back when Mexico use to be a nice place to visit, we flew Aeromexico and Mexicana. Good airlines actually, the pilots would let small children come up into the cockpit I’m pretty sure.
Seems like it took a long time for this to be reported. It supposedly happened at about 11:30 am Pacific time.
Looks like many survived, so that’s great to hear.
Also looks like pilot error - landed too short for the runway. Could have been a lot worse.
UPDATE: Mercury News
SFO: Flight from Seoul crashes at SFO, passengers and crew safe
Staff and Wire reports
Posted: 07/06/2013 12:15:00 PM PDT
Updated: 07/06/2013 01:32:59 PM PDT
SFO — All passengers and crew members made it safely off a Boeing 777 that crash landed at San Francisco International Airport Saturday morning, according to early reports from media on the ground there.
A federal aviation official said an Asiana Airlines flight crashed while landing at about 11:30 a.m. after arriving from Seoul, South Korea.
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