Update 7:49 p.m.: After the latest news brief there is now only one person unaccounted for, according to CNN.
Asiana Flight 214 was arriving at San Francisco International Airport from Seoul, Korea Saturday when it crashed on landing. The San Francisco Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White has confirmed two are dead, 130 are being treated at area hospitals, but at least 60 remain unaccounted for, however she indicated they are not presumed dead.
#SFO officials are reporting 307 people were on the plane, 291 passengers and 16 crew members. The nationalities of the individuals include 61 Americans, 77 South Koreans and 141 Chinese citizens. The remaining nationalities of the remaining passengers are currently not confirmed.
From the images shown on television, the top of the plane in the fuselage area was burned away with the tail of the plane and one engine broken off.
Aviation experts speaking with CNN have indicated the debris field from the crash in conjunction with the early eyewitness accounts would lend itself to some form of pilot error.
The debris begins shortly after the plane clears the water surrounding the runway. The area where the debris first appears suggests the nose of the plane was higher than usual, when the tail of plane came in contact with the ground and begin to break off. The section where the debris field begins is not actually a part of the runway – it contains visual direction to the entrance of the runway where the plane should begin landing process.
Officials from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB ) are reportedly leaving Washington, D.C. and flying to #SFO to help in the full investigation.
