lisa amin gulezian is live in burlingame with some hotel guests had a very clear picture of what happened. reporter: that is very true. a lot of people watched the crash from their hotel rooms or while they walked along the trail, all because they're so close to sfo, it's right over there. and here are some photos taken by one witness who saw the flight come down. you can see a lot of thick dark smoke. witnesses told me they heard -- the plane. >> all of a sudden we saw the plane land and the tail end of it went down, and all of a sudden we saw smoke, and we thought the plane cracked in half. >> of the 291 passengers, two are confirm dead. among the injured, 49 have critical to serious. 123 people were not injured and actually able to self-evacuate ask then were taken to a safety zone at the airport. >> one person is missing. that's down from 60 some odd we heard a little while ago. one person is missing and authorities are trying to locate that person. >> the flight originated in shanghai, china, and had a stopover in seoul, south korea. >> and asiana airline officials say 149 chinese na