2 killed, 182 injured in Asiana plane crash in San Francisco

At least two people were killed and 182 injured when an Asiana Airlines plane with three Indians among 307 on board hit the runway, smashed into pieces and engulfed by flames while landing at San Francisco airport.
Over 300 people on flight OZ214, however, miraculously escaped from the burned-out wreckage of the South Korean airlines' long-range Boeing 777-200, using evacuation slides.
Asiana, second in size to national carrier Korean Air, has confirmed two female Chinese teenagers have died.
Yoon Young-doo, the president of Asiana Airlines, said the two passengers were in their teens and were believed to have been seated toward the back of the plane.

San Francisco fire chief Joanne Hayes-White said 182 people were injured and 123 were unhurt.
"When we had arrived on scene the chutes had already been deployed, and we observed multiple numbers of people coming down the chutes and walking to their safety, which was a good thing," she said.

At least five people were listed in critical condition at hospitals, including at San Francisco General Hospital, the region's main trauma centre.
Three Indians were also on board the ill-fated flight of Asiana Airlines from Seoul to San Francisco.
Indian Ambassador to South Korea Vishnu Prakash said that there were three Indian passengers on board the plane and one of them suffered collar bone fracture.

"ASIANA mishap at SFO: 3 Indians on board too. 1 suffered collar bone fracture & other minor injuries. Wish ASIANA gives out complete info," he wrote on micro blogging site Twitter.
Vedpal Singh, who was sitting in the middle of the aircraft and survived the crash with his family, said there was no forewarning from the pilot or any crew members before the plane touched down hard and he heard a loud sound.
"It's miraculous we survived," Singh, who suffered a fractured collarbone and had his arm was in a sling, was quoted as saying by the US media.
The flight originated in Shanghai, China and stopped in Seoul before crashing at San Francisco International Airport yesterday morning.

There were 16 crew members on the flight, in addition to 291 passengers, according to Asiana Airlines. The manifest included 141 Chinese passengers, 77 South Koreans and 61 Americans etc, Asiana Airlines said in a statement.
It was not immediately clear what caused this plane to lose control on a clear summer day.