OZ 777 Crash Landing at SFO

[SQGamespeed]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...9650E220130706

[Kyo]

Been on that flight in the opposite direction, RIP all those who didn't make it. Now to find out what happened...

[ozdude]

Quite shocking.

[jbflyer]

intensive coverage in Japanese TV now.

[HUGE AL]

As I'm in California, if anyone needs assistance for family or friends, please let me know.

According to officials, 49 passengers were seriously injured, 132 received moderate to minor injuries, 123 were not injured, two were killed, and one is missing.

Asiana Arlines said there was a total of 291 passengers and 16 cabin crew aboard. The majority of the passengers were comprised of 77 Korean citizens, 141 Chinese citizens, 61 US citizens, 1 Japanese citizen.

San Francisco General Hospital had received 34 patients from the crash as of 5 p.m., including 11 children and 23 adults.


Terminal 3 (UA Domestic) is completely packed and overflowing outside. When KCBS Reporter asked what the airline is doing to help people:

This is not a mechanical or weather related issue so United is not responsible for providing any assistance.

Boneheads!

[SQ380]

Special Advisory - United States: Residual delays expected to persist despite partial reopening of San Francisco airport following aircraft accident (Revised 7 Jul)

The authorities on 6 July reopened two runways at San Francisco International Airport (SFO, California state) following the facility's closure due to an aircraft accident earlier in the day. However, the runway on which the accident occurred and an adjacent landing strip remain closed. At least two people were killed and more than 50 others injured when Asiana Airlines flight 214 crashed while landing at around 11.30 (local time). The Shanghai (China)-Seoul (South Korea)-San Francisco flight, which was carrying 291 passengers – including 141 Chinese, 77 South Korean and 61 US nationals – and 16 crew members, caught fire in the accident; emergency chutes were deployed to evacuate trapped passengers. Meanwhile, United and Virgin America airlines announced that they would allow passengers scheduled to fly with them until 8 July to re-book tickets without any extra cost.

Travel Briefing

Investigations are under way to determine the cause of the accident, which resulted in the cancellation of more than 330 flights at San Francisco airport, while 70 inbound flights were diverted to Oakland (OAK, California), Sacramento (SMF, California), Los Angeles (LAX, California) and San Jose (SJC, California) international airports. It is unclear as to when normal operations will resume at San Francisco airport. Although two runways have reopened, residual delays are expected to persist in the coming hours, as the authorities attempt to clear the backlog of flights. Personnel scheduled to fly to or from the facility should contact the relevant airline for information on flight schedules before setting out.

[milehighj]

Apparently the glide slope for 28L and 28R has been out of service since 01 Jun.

!SFO 06/005 (KSFO A1056/13) SFO NAV ILS RWY 28L GP OTS WEF 1306011400-1308222359
!SFO 06/004 (KSFO A1053/13) SFO NAV ILS RWY 28R GP OTS WEF 1306011400-1308222359

[milehighj]

Clearly no emergency declared prior to landing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw1HXm_cGzw

[flyguy]

thankfully almost all pax and crew survived and as of now - its confirmed 2 fatalities and condolences to their families. From the news coming out of CNN exclusive reports, seems the weather during the early morning was good. The plane a Boeing 777 have no fatality in its almost 20 years of service until now by this Korean Asiana airline - and its a bad day too for Boeing for this blemish. The crash landing by the BA's 777 a couple of years ago was traced to RR engines - but in this case Asiana uses P&W engines - and supposedly an eyewitness reported the engines started to roar at the last minute indicating the engine's sudden power up - which would meant the engines were running. It will be very interesting to see what the NTSB investigation report on this crash and what causes it.

[9V-JKL]

Sadden by this. I flew that bird back in Nov last year...

[HUGE AL]

Apparently the glide slope for 28L and 28R has been out of service since 01 Jun.

!SFO 06/005 (KSFO A1056/13) SFO NAV ILS RWY 28L GP OTS WEF 1306011400-1308222359
!SFO 06/004 (KSFO A1053/13) SFO NAV ILS RWY 28R GP OTS WEF 1306011400-1308222359

Yeah, one thing that hasn't made the news at all (and that Sully Sullenberger brought attention to today) is that SFO made the bonehead decision to close THREE of the FOUR runways Saturday, Sunday, and Monday from late May until September! But I didn't know until today that many features of the runway systems were shut down as well.

[feb01mel]

SQ 15 take off from SFO has been delayed 5 hours as well.

And SQ 1, scheduled to take off shortly, is routing to ICN first, then to HKG, then to SIN.

[cscs1956]

thankfully almost all pax and crew survived and as of now - its confirmed 2 fatalities and condolences to their families. From the news coming out of CNN exclusive reports, seems the weather during the early morning was good. The plane a Boeing 777 have no fatality in its almost 20 years of service until now by this Korean Asiana airline - and its a bad day too for Boeing for this blemish. The crash landing by the BA's 777 a couple of years ago was traced to RR engines - but in this case Asiana uses P&W engines - and supposedly an eyewitness reported the engines started to roar at the last minute indicating the engine's sudden power up - which would meant the engines were running. It will be very interesting to see what the NTSB investigation report on this crash and what causes it.

News seem report the 2 fatalities was found out side the plane. Not using seatbelt?

[FSJZ]

News seem report the 2 fatalities was found out side the plane. Not using seatbelt?

The tail section after the aft pressure bulkhead broke off from the main fuselage, exposing the rear passenger cabin. Most likely the 2 fatalities were at the back

[FSJZ]

More details on OZ214

Aircraft: Boeing 777-200ER (HL7742)
Engines: PW4090
Routing: PVG-ICN-SFO
Pax: 307 (16 crew)
Fatalities: 2

Since ILS on Runway 28L was inoperational, crew was most likely doing a visual and following PAPI lights. The weather conditions were also relatively good, wind was 210 at 6-7 knots. My guess was that the aircraft deviated below the glidepath at the last moment, the pilot tried to correct by pitching up and increasing the engine thrust, but it was too late. The tail section of the plane hit the seawall and broke off, causing the aircraft to slam onto the ground, breaking the landing gear. The aircraft then skidded off the runway and the left engine broke off, scattering debris all across the runway.