[Doogle]

...wow looks like he came up short on approach...check this....stream:

http://video.foxnews.com/v/1155606219001/

[BenLurkin]

Short on approach at SFO...wouldn’t that plop you into the bay?

[Parley Baer]

Yes, it looks like the plane came in at an high angle of attack and the tail section hit the breakwater and the start of the “runway” if you will and it broke off the airplane. There is a debris field from just in the water to where the plane ended up. Amazing if everyone got off the plane with no one being killed.

There may have been a power loss and the pilot was trying to make landfall no matter what. Looks like he just did with no room to spare. A 100’ shorter and the whole plane would have been in the water and slammed into the breakwater.

[BenLurkin]

You are correct. Just saw the crash skeds on CNN. They do run right to the water's edge.

Wonder if that's where the tail section is. Wonder if they caught a nasty downdraft.

I''ve had two scary flights in SFO where the plane was bouncing and slewing right up to wheels on tarmac.