An Asiana flight from Seoul to San Francisco crashed at 11:28a PDT(3:28amKST) during landing at San Francisco airport. The Boeing 777 reportedly had 291 passengers and 16 crew members on board ,Two deaths have been reported, along with more than 100 injured and hospitalized. The dead have been identified as two sixteen year old Chinese citizens whose bodies were found on the runway some distance from where the aircraft finally stopped.
According to a press release from Asiana, "the majority of the passengers were comprised of 77 Korean citizens, 141 Chinese citizens, 61 US citizens, 1 Japanese citizen, etc. for a total of 291 people".
Elliot Stone, a passenger on the plane told CNN that as soon as the plane landed "All of a sudden, boom, the back end just hit and flies up into the air and everyone's head goes up the ceiling". Apparently the tail of the plane broke off and fire broke out immediately after landing. Some passengers escaped by simply jumping out of the plane, while others used emergency slides. Stay tuned for more updates.
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