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2 died and 305 survive when an Asiana Airlines Flight 214 from Seoul crash-land in San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, July 7, 2013.
The plane which originated from Shanghai crash-land after a 10-plus hour flight from Incheon International Airport in Seoul to San Francisco after its tail broke of from the plane .
Both passengers who were killed were Chinese passport holders and their bodies were found outside of the aeroplane.
San Francisco fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White said:
“My understanding is that they were found on the runway.”
CNN reported that a fireball erupted after the Boeing 777 airliner hit the runway hard at around 11:30 a.m., rocked back and forth, spun around, sheered off the plane’s tail.
According to Asiana Airlines, 291 passengers and 16 crew members were on the flight.
All 307 have been accounted for.
The 291 passengers included 61 Americans, 77 South Koreans, 141 Chinese and one Japanese.
CNN reported that 182 passengers were taken to hospitals, including 49 passengers who were in ‘serious’ condition.
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- A helicopter flies above the wreckage of Asiana Flight 214 after it crashed at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Saturday, July 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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- A plane crashed on 11:30 PM Saturday (AP PHOTO)
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- A plane crashed on 11:30 PM Saturday (AP PHOTO)
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- The tail of Asiana Flight 214 is seen after it crashed at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Saturday, July 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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- A plane crashed on 11:30 PM Saturday (AP PHOTO)
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- A plane crashed on 11:30 PM Saturday (AP PHOTO)
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- SAN FRANCISCO, CA – JULY 06: A Boeing 777 airplane lies burned on the runway after it crash landed at San Francisco International Airport July 6, 2013 in San Francisco, California. An Asiana Airlines passenger aircraft coming from Seoul, South Korea crashed while landing. There has been at least two casualties reported. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
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- A plane crashed on 11:30 PM Saturday (AP PHOTO)
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- A plane crashed on 11:30 PM Saturday (AP PHOTO)
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- Asiana Airlines Flight 214 remains on the runway on July 6.
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- A plane sits on the runway on July 6 while emergency crews tend to the crash site.
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- A plane crashed on 11:30 PM Saturday (AP PHOTO)
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- The plane crashed on July 6 around 11:30 a.m. (2:30 p.m. ET).
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- A plane crashed on 11:30 PM Saturday (AP PHOTO)
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- A plane crashed on 11:30 PM Saturday (AP PHOTO)
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- SAN FRANCISCO, CA – JULY 06: A Boeing 777 airplane lies burned on the runway after it crash landed at San Francisco International Airport July 6, 2013 in San Francisco, California. An Asiana Airlines passenger aircraft coming from Seoul, South Korea crashed while landing. There has been no official confirmation of casualties. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
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- SAN FRANCISCO, CA – JULY 6: <> after a Boeing 777 airplane crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport July, 6, 2013 in San Francisco, California. A aircraft from Asiana Airlines coming from Seoul, South Korea crashed landed on the runway. No word so far on injuries or deaths. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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- Smoke rises from the crash site across the San Francisco Bay on July 6.
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