it had flown in from shanghai prior to than, when it slammed into the run way. >> two 16-year-old girls were killed, both from china. >> six people right now in critical condition. two of the four run ways at sfo remain closed this morning . if you're flying out, expect long delays today, up to nine hour. >> our breaking news coverage continues this morning. coming up, we are going to hear from san francisco police chief, joanne has-white-- hayes-white. >> we're beginning with lots of low clouds around the area. that will change. the forecast is after the break. ,,,, "...all of i sudden i looke dout. little wobbly. didn't look like planes do when landing. the asiana boeing 777 skidd onto the runway, clipping 's tail. >>> if you're looking for something to do this afternoon, how about the fillmore festival? ,,,,,,,, >>> all of a sudden, i looked out, and i see' plan coming in. it was wobbly. it didn't look like planes do. >> eyewitness news account there. the asiana boeing 777 skidded on to the run way, clipping its tail and blew up lately. the two young passengers that died for 16-year-

that is a boeing 777 left from shanghai. stopped in seoul, south korea, left seoul, south korea sometime around we are told 4:30 today. 4:30 local time in seoul. was set to land in san francisco around 11:15 or so. something happened. something happened very quickly, best we can gather according to eyewitness accounts and according to reports on the ground and reports from officials. 11:27 that plan crash landed. it did not land on runway 28. it landed best we can gather to the left of it. the tail at some point became detached from the plane. there have been eyewitness accounts that the tail itself dragged and clipped the seawall. sources are nelling nbc news that -- telling nbc news that the pilot of the plane did not make any sort of distress call shortly before approaching the runway. at this point according to officials from a news conference, about 30-45 minutes ago there were some 307 people aboard. 291 of them passengers. 16 crew members. two of them died. 130 have been taken to area hospitals. and some 60 people upw

. >> because this is shanghai hue seoul, to sfo, benjamin levy, a passenger/survivor, as people were rushing off the plane and being evacuated a lot of languages being spoken. the communication was difficult. now commune kaeication could be difficult at low cucal hospital. hospitals from sfo to stanford. and cheryl has been touching on the numbers. 4 1/2 hours since it happened. the numbers. hear the numbers. it will change. really the communication that stand out to us so far between the control tower and the pilot of this asiana airlines flight 214. and communication we have had with one of the surviving passengers. first play you audio clip from the moment this happened. control tower, communicating with the pilot of asiana airlines, there was no call of distress prior tour of the landing. 11:27 a.m., the crash. no call of distress. the first communication between the pilot and the sfo tower. let's listen in. >> everybody calling stand by. hold your position. >> 63, 280, maintain 3,000. >>> 214. emergency vehicles are responding. [ indiscernible ] >> emergency vehicles are respond

morning, at 4:42 a live picture of the wreckage of asiana flight 214 that came from seoul, before that, shanghai, with new details from the investigation including the focus on whether it was pilot error with a trainee pilot. more details ahead. >> of the 182 victims taken to a dozen bay area hospitals only a handful remain in critical condition. san francisco general reports six patients remain in critical condition including a child, sanford has two patients in critical condition. last night all minors have been released. abc7 news reporter reports on a survivor at sf general. >> crash survivor was supposed to be in san francisco on vacation. custody, she arrived at the hospital to visit her 8-year-old son who also is hurt, both jumped from the plane and not down the emergency chute. >> my son is so brave. he said, mom, we must go out and three ran out of the plane and jumped off first. i come out. >> the chief surgery at san francisco general says the passengers most seriously hurt were sitting in the free of the plane which slammed into the ground first. they had injuries to abdomen and spin

that is a boeing 777 left from shanghai. stopped in seoul, south korea, left seoul, south korea sometime around we are told 4:30 today. 4:30 local time in seoul. was set to land in san francisco around 11:15 or so. something happened. something happened very quickly, best we can gather according to eyewitness accounts and according to reports on the ground and reports from officials. 11:27 that plan crash landed. it did not land on runway 28. it landed best we can gather to the left of it. the tail at some point became detached from the plane. there have been eyewitness accounts that the tail itself dragged

among the survivors, a group of chinese tourists from shanghai, who pulled up right here in their bus. >> translator: the chair moving. the people out of the seat. reporter:ran ling says the oxygen masks dropped from the ceiling and everything went dark. there were screams and passengers waited for instructions. hi decided not to wait,. >> translator: he stand up to tell everybody, leave your -- >> his wife injured her ankle. 141 chinese nationals were onboard, including his tour group of 23 from shanghai. >> what kind of injuries did your tourists have? >> two people seriously in back. in the hospital, cannot move. >> tour guide says the 40-year-old man and 50-year-old woman will undergo back surgery, and the rest of the group suffered minor cuts and bruises. >> young and his wife will stay in san francisco with the injured tourists and one other, while the rest continue on. >> today we bo to the -- >> this was a once in a lifetime trip for them and they should try to make the best of it. reporter: it's a two-week tour starting on schedule today. the tour will not skip a beat. they'l

it was in shanghai. it was just two crew members on that flight that were killed at the time. and body count because cargo aircraft particularly have a small number of crew, usually only two. it was taking off from the inchon airport and it was crashed into the ocean in south korea. apparently it had reported a fire in the cargo compartment. a history of fire there was one of the boeing planes. as the investigation tend to find out appears to be different circumstances individual circumstances. i'm not trying to elude to the fire that could be the same sort of cause the fire today up in san francisco. the 777 itself has a good safety record. there has been 1105 put in service and low number of incidents. one of the reasons it's popular because of the range but also because of the safety record. it can take a large number of people and few incidents involved in that aircraft which is why boeing has been able to sell so many around the world. >> rick: as we take a look at the debris. you saw just a minute ago that colorful piece of debris right at the tip of the runway that we b

this flight did originate from shanghai and then continued on to seoul. korea where they picked up more passengers. the destination of course was here at san francisco international. this is all we know allen and we should be getting more briefings as the evening continues. >> well, and linda two runways are open and there's more activity this behind you. people are starting to come and go again. >> reporter: yes, pretty chaotic inside the terminal right now. there are thousands of people trying to rebook their flights but yeah, there are four runways at this airport. they reopened two of them a couple of hours ago. and so now the airport is open for limited flights. so the advice is if you have a flight here tonight, you may want to check with your airlines before coming out. >> good advice and we will check back with you later. linda yee. >>> thanks. >>> so 307 people were on board flight 214 when it crash-landed at sfo. 291 of those were passengers. 16 of those are crew members and most are chinese actually because as you heard linda say, this flight o

. >> being diverted into shanghai and other parts of china to get there. and it is a 2-1/2 day trip about for me. >> it sounds like a mess. >> it is a mess. but they are trying harp. >> some families -- hard. >> families are staying the night in the airport. nearby hotels were booked up. sfo canceled dozens of flights leaving the airport. quite a few more were delayed. we are live at sfo, back to you. >> all right, thank you. >>> san jose and oakland international airports are picking up the slack. >>> it looks like today was warmer than it was yesterday. but, not as warm as it will be tomorrow. san skwroes awe -- jose you are at 95 degrees. we will have more on kpix-5. ,,,,,,,,,, ♪ roundup ♪ i'm a loving husband and a real good dad ♪ ♪ but weeds just make me rattlesnake mad ♪ ♪ now roundup has a new sharp-shootin' wand ♪ ♪ i'm sendin' them weeds to the great beyond ♪ ♪ roundup yeha! [ whip cracks ] ♪ ♪ no need to pump, just point and shoot ♪ ♪ hit 'em in the leaves, and it kills to the root ♪ ♪ 'round fences, trees, even mu

. >> being diverted into shanghai and other parts of china and it turned into a 2-1/2 day trip for me. >> sounds like a mess. >> it is a mess. they are trying hard. >> reporter: sfo canceled dozens of flights today and many more delayed. back to you. >>> well, miraculous is how people are describing the crash. although two young girls lost their lives, 298 survived. >> oh my god. it is an accident. >> reporter: the crash happened so unexpectedly even the airlines trained crew was taken by surprise. despite the chaos, passengers were able to get out and a passenger said he thinks he knows why. >> what saved so many lives today is the fact that there aorp you had flame retardant in the seats and the cabin. it contributed to the fact that the cabin did not light off as quickly. >> the flight safety foundation says as chilling as it may look these seats also save lives. >> now, with the new seats and a new faster ins and the stronger floors in the aircraft, those seats now stay in place. >> now, take the time to check the safety cart in front of you. excellent. >> reporter: and believe it

this asiana airlines flight 214 originated from shanghai and then flew to seoul, korea, then tried to make a landing but turn out to be hard and fatal landing at san francisco international airport about 11:30 this morning. completely shut down the airport because, as you can see, part of the airplane fell apart and then burn. >> the airport referred to it as a hard landing; for all intents and purposes it was a crash landing. when the plane burned but not before many, many people were able to get off the plane. so that's very encouraging news. and still remarkable, eric, of you're still here. eric thomas. when you look at the impact. that the fuselage really held up remarkably well. >> 777. is a very durable airplane. it's a favorite of passengers. a favorite of pilots. it's one of boeing's statute of the art aircraft and is very strong for the eight it carries. they work hard to minimize the weight. you can see the technology is coming together. the fire retardant, the fire resistance, the fact that the fuel doesn't burst into flames the wayed use -- the way it useo and all of that

the flight originated in shanghai and stopped over in seoul. their bodies were found outside the plane. 181 people were injured. six of them critically. aviation experts tell us it came in too low and too slow and it hit the seawall right before the runway. tonight two of the four runways at sfo remain closed until federal investigators give the okay to open them and that means expect delays on arrivals and departures for several days. >> a couple of live looks tonight. first from chopper 5. the charred fuselage there down at the very bottom of your screen. it is still sitting in the exact spot. here's a ground picture from across the waterment it's sitting in the exact spot where it ended up off runway 28 left as they call it. in the inside of the fuselage completely burned out. the tail section which should be on the right side of your screen on the end of the plane completely broken off. strewn into pieces on the runaway. we have team coverage covering all ans of the crash to be the -- angles of the crash tonight. >> linda? >> reporter: it's

remember, ridge naoriginated in shanghai. 61, americans. 1 japanese national. and we want to check back in, and monty francis has been there for the last several hours. all sorts of witnesses there sought plane crash down at 11:27 this morning. excuse me. going to get back to monty. not there right now. heard from asiana airlines, what we are doingen ter ein terms of nationalities. >> their manifest, not who is sitting where. where they're from. the international flit. you will have departure points. turn things over to monty fran sichl cis. -- francis. the vantage point. saw the plane coming down and saw something unfold likely you see unfold in a movie. >> jessica, absolutely right. >> reporter: we are here at a park, a popular spot for people who lack to come watch the planes and take off and land at sfo. tonight you can see people are here for a different reason. to see the wreckage of this crash. dozens of aftermath of the crash. here's what some had to say. >> i heard two booms. i thought it was maybe fireworks somebody was shooting or something. then i j

. >> the plane originated from shanghai and our crew applied foam and water to the fuselage. >> reporter: this picture taken by a cabdriver who heard several loud booms before the crash shows thick billowing smoke. >> we see people who said they are live and walking around. >> people are walking outside of the airport. >> yes. >> it's where the 28. >> chopper 2 shows the barely there top of plane and debris wreckage everywhere. >> when we arrived on scene, the ute chutes were deployed to and we observed multiple numbers of people come down the chutes and walking to their safety. >> there are people right adjacent to the numbers. we can see two or three people that are moving who survived. >> reporter: some passengers were even found near the water. firefighters confirmed two hours after the crash, two people did not survive. authorities found the bodies outside of the plane and still there were others that they couldn't find. >> not everyone has yet to be accounted for. >> reporter: initially the number of passengers unaccounted for was as high as 60. a number that later disappeared due

early this morning they boarded a bus in southeastern china headed to the shanghai airport from shanghai they had a layover in seoul, south korea, before getting on another plane to san francisco. chinese media reports that once they land they will go directly to the hospital to see the teens being treated. >>> meantime, some of those passengers from asiana airline flights 214 returning home to seoul, south korea. 11 of the 77 koreans on board the plane flew back this morning. some of them showing signs of injuries. you can see here one of those young woman wheeled to a waiting ambulance. also, a candlelight vigil being held in the hometown of the two chinese teenagers who died in that crash. mourners, mainly school-age children lighting candles and then placing them out there on the ground in the shape of a heart. >>> we'll have updates on this investigation throughout the day and online. that's our website at nbcbayarea.com. you'll find more information about the flight boxes and animation that shows what the moment of impact looked like. that's also at nbcbayarea.com. >>> we've just l

sets of devastated parents are on the way to the united states taking a bus from their hometown to shanghai where they boarded a flight for california. they are accompanied by two teachers from the school and the government officials. they plan to visiting juried students and, of court, receive their darks' remains. a last information about the girls is coming if china and social media through thousands of posting painting a tragic picture of two brilliant young lives cut short. >> chinese new accounts say that 16-year-old ye mengyuan on the left and wang linjia are best of friends at their middle school. last night, their heartbroken classmates held a vigil using candles to form a large heart and they released sky lanterns with the girls' name writtens on them. the chinese version of twitter had him madges of the two teens, wang linjia class president, top student and ye mengyuan aerobics champion and latin dancer and accomplished piano player. they are smiling and on the left wearing red glasses. in a twist, the final post by ye mengyuan was a bad luck number series of 4's because it soun

with this flight starting in shanghai, thank you for that update there. and an important bit of news there, south korean officials saying, the ntsb investigators already continuing to stay on top of that. we will keep you updated and we will look at the other majorer stories in the world today including the ongoing crisis in egypt. the supporters of morsi want him returned to power. the great outdoors... ...and a great deal. thanks to dad. nope eeeeh... oh, guys let's leave the deals to hotels.com. ooh that one! nice. got it! oh my gosh this is so cool... awesome! perfect! yep, and no angry bears. the perfect place is on sale now. up to 40% off. only at hotels.com to sha-cool. get it? [ male announcer ] new gold bond powder spray. cool, dry, no mess. stay cool with gold bond. to the right of the screen, live pictures from san francisco international airport as we update you on the breaking news, the flight came in for the landing right there, something went wrong. witnesses reported the tail of the plane clipping the edge of the run way. it spun around an

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the boeing 777 from soeul, it originated in shanghai, china with a stop off in south korea and headed to san francisco, crash landing this afternoon, video showing the fusel age burned away and tail gone and engine missing. 291 passengers were on board. the san francisco fire chief confirmed two people were killed and others unaccounted for and the mayor saying that as well. we are hearing for more witnesses of the crash of the boeing 777 including one woman who was on board, on board of another plane quarter mile of the asiana flight 214 when it made a crash landing. she managed to snap pictures and she joins us now. margaret, what were you thinking when you saw the plane coming down in flames? >> the whole thing was pretty surreal. everyone on my plane was just in shock. 0 i am in the airport and it is loud. >> margaret, you are breaking up. if you could stand stillbe able connection a little better. what were you saying in reference to the first initial response. >> it was surreal and we were in shock when we first saw it. >> you were about a quarter of a mile on board another plan

dry and hot in chongqing, shanghai, taipei as well as in tokyo on tuesday. cooler and stormy towards the north. and then we have those mid to low 30s across the south and thunderstorms here scattered around as well. more thunderstorms -- more tropical storms to talk about here. one is heading in towards the eastern caribbean. it's called chantal. this is a tropical storm that at the moment is looking towards st. lucia as well as barbados. and we have tropical storm warnings there for these islands. it's not expected to become a hurricane. it's expected to maintain status as it heads across the caribbean. and then head over to erick, also a tropical storm. it's expected to move parallel with the baja, california, peninsula. not making landfall but coming quite close. rip currents as well as heavy rain are going to be concerns. and we have a tropical storm warning here already for the southern tip of the peninsula. hopefully this one will go on the predicted track and head away from mexico and just another one to keep an eye on right now. more severe storms fo

. >> diverted into shanghai and other parts of china and it's a two and a half day trip for me. >> sounds like a mess. >> it's a mess. you are trying hard. >> yesterday more san francisco bound flights were diverted to oakland international and minetta international. passengers at all three airports should check in for possible schedule changes. >> wall street starts less than an hour from now. >>> looks like the market could build on friday's gains. joya joins us now. >> good morning to you. good morning, everyone. the markets are pointing to a higher open after stocks finished on a positive note thanks in part to a strong june job's report. the nasdaq finished higher by 36 points. we do kick off the earning season turning in results after the bell. temporary workers are becoming a bigger part of the u.s. workforce. the number of freelancers, contract workers increased by more than 50% at major companies in the past four years to almost 3 million. driving the trend is employer's encertainty about the economy and flexibility. facebook users might like this change. the company are release

earlier this morning, they board add bus in southeastern china headed to shanghai, that airport in shanghai. they're expected to land any minute seoul, south korea and proceed on to sfo. chinese media reporting they will go directly to the hospital to see the teens still being treated. >>> we are getting an update on the number of victims still hospitalized. san francisco general received 53 patients after the crash. 36 have been released. 17 remain in the hospital, six in critical condition. at stanford, all seven children taken to lucile packard children's hospital have been released. they were some of the 55 people rushed to the two stanford hospitals on saturday. ten adults remain in the hospital in stanford this morning. st. francis says it has one remaining patient but he or she is not in critical condition. st. mary's has four patients remaining, none in critical condition. >>> a scott's valley man thankful to be back at work. he was one of the survivors from asiana flight 214, his name, elliot stone, owner of the elite martial arts academy. he was greeted by the welcome home sign fr

the parents of the two girls that died left shanghai, china, today for san francisco. they are among a group of relatives flying in the bay area and expected to arrive at 10:00 tonight. 141 of the 307 people on board that plane were chinese citizens. 34 of them were high school students. >>> and classmates in china are remembering the two young victims killed in saturday's crash. they held a candlelight vigil, writing 7/7, which was the date in china when the disaster struck. they wrote messages to the victims and sent them in the sky. >> reporter: we hope we can send the two who died our wishes and they will be in peace. >> reporter: officials at the school say this was the first time many students on this trip had been outside of china. >>> the two teen girls who were killed were headed to a summer camp in southern california. tonight, church officials say the camp is canceled. the girl were headed to west valley christian church in the san fernando valley to stay with host families, leaning english and american culture. members say they are devastated by what happen

it originated in shanghai and stopped in sshg and crash landed around 11:30. >> dan: top of plane's fuselage was burned away and entire hail was gone. one engine appeared to have broken away. >> cheryl: they are continuing investigation, f.b.i. says it does not believe terrorism was involved. >> dan: the coverage on the crash continues at 11:00 over on channel 7. be sure and join us with that. and online at abc7news.com. you can also follow us on twitter. i'm dan ashley. i'm dan ashley. - hello, nick. - hey, mr. peterson. - i wanted to talk to you about a... "you scratch my back, i scratch your back" situation. - okay, well, i'm listening. - i know. i can see that. can i finish? what would you do for two tickets to the mariners' home opener? - [laughs] anything, as long as you film it. - excellent. okay, great. expect toby palmer first thing in the morning. - wait wait wait-- expect who to do what? - nick, get with the program. toby palmer is the friend of a golfing buddy of the president of the network. - oh, you didn't say all that. - i just did say all that. look, the point is, toby palme

she's from shanghai and she talked about what it was like inside the plane. she also mentioned her 4-year-old son dissustain a broken left leg, but she was able to get out of the plane miraculously in a huge hole that she was able to carry her son and some of her bags out of the plane to get to safety. >> it sounds as though you were very calm throughout this. were you calm? >> sorry? >> were you scared at all? >> i had no time to scare. i had five family member in hospital. i needed time to take care of them. but yesterday night when i was in dream, yes, i was scared. i had no time to think. >> what kind of injuries did your son have? >> broke his left leg. >> how difficult was to get off the plane? >> not very difficult because we sit near the big hole in the plane tail. it's broken, yes. it's a big hole. and the passengers near the plane tail just walk out from this hole. >> you can describe the kind of passengers in the back of the plane in was it a group of high school students? >> yes, we had group passengers. i also see korean passengers because i sit

chongqing at 36 degrees, shanghai you have a heat advisory at 37 degrees. now to north america, a couple of storms to talk about. let me start with this one. this is moving towards the leeward islands. chantal has a tropical storm warning posted in puerto rico and tropical storm watch in the virgin islands. looks like it could make a few landfalls on its way as it maintains its intensity as a tropical storm status. this is just west of baja peninsula. eric will be decreasing its intensity. good news. it will become a remnant low, but still do watch out for the very heavy rain to move here. severe weather will be moving into the great lakes region today. chicago at 31 degrees with chances of thunderstorms. los angeles heating up to 35 degrees, well above your average. here's the extended forecast. >>> we wrap up this program with a look at how some hotel managers are helping their guests survive a heat wave. staff at a hotel in urayasu near tokyo strung about 300 wind chimes along the corridor. they say the tinkling sound has a cooling effect. some of the ch

. >>> the ill fated asiana flight originated in shanghai. roughly half of the passengers are chinese and about half of those are students headed to a camp in the u.s. the chinese consulate is working to help them with things such as passports, jade. >> reporter: heather the chinese consul general met with chinese students aboard that 777 right here at this crowne plaza hotel a few hours ago. one person told us he had dinner with the group and then meet with each individual to discuss concerns. shortly after the crash, officials identified the two young victims. those same outlets posted photos of anxious parents waiting to hear from their students. even a letter to the airline where the girls lived. the consulate general held a news conference most of it in mandarin. >> yesterday was saturday, we received the very productive assistance from the u.s. >> reporter: the consulate described the chinese student groups bound for u.s. travel when the plane crashed. >> there are three, three groups. one of them the summer camp group, obviously three

a lot of these folks are from south korea or even from shanghai. >> all the major hospitals and all the traumatic centers certainly here in the bay area spring into action in a situation like this, and they responded with all hands on deck in order to treat those who were wounded. >> hotel rooms near san francisco international provided people with a clear view of the crash. >> lisa amin gulezian is live in burlingame with that part of the story. reporter: i'm off airport boulevard to my left is san francisco international airport and to me right the embassy suites and a lot of the rooms face the bay and the airport. anthony castro's room is on the eighth floor. he is an aviation enthusiast and likes to watch the pleaps come go. this morning he was on his balcony and saw the flight approach and then crash. he noticed it looked strange. the nose was too high and then it came down. >> the tail definitely partially intact as it came up to the top of the spin, but you could then see parts of the dispail the tail -- vertical fin fly off like it was slingshot. >> anthony took a lot of photos

scramble to the exit doors. 141 chinese nationals were on board, including his tour group of 23 from shanghai. >> what kind of injuries do your 23 tourists have? >> two people serious in back, still in the hospital, cannot move. >> the tour guide says the 40-year-old man and 50-year-old woman were undergo back surgery near san francisco. the rest of the group suffered minor cuts and bruises. >> yang and his wife will stay in san francisco with the injured tourists and one other while the rest continue on. >> today we go to the -- >> despite the tragedy the group felt this was a once the a lifetime trip and they should try to make the best of it. >> that group lost a lot of their belongings, in fact all of the passengers lost a lot of their belongings to today the tour group will stay on schedule. today from monterey, l.a., las vegas, bryce canyon, and zion national park. they will not miss a beat. reporting live in san francisco, abc7 news. >> meantime, relatives of victims of the flight are on their way to san francisco. many boarded a plane at south korea earlier today, fighting through a c

a flight that originated in shanghai, and continued on to seoul, on it way to san francisco. a boeing 777 aircraft. and manifest has number of individuals on board the aircraft. 291 passengers and 16 crew, for a total of 307 onboard the aircraft, and as i mentioned we have some updated information on the status of those passengers and crew, and for that i'm going to turn it over to assistant deputy chief dale kearn. >> of the 307 souls on board we had 181 total that were transported to local hospitals. of the 181, 49 were serious, and were in the initial victims transported from the scene. an additional 132 were transported later on into the incident after being tree -- triaged. we have also accounted for 123 people here in the terminals of the airport that were uninjured and have remained in place, and at this time we have two confirm doa passengers on the aircraft. >> so those numbers add up to 306. we're still working to confirm the last one. as dale mentioned we have 123 vivids -- individuals at the airport being processed. i'm going to turn itout over to fbi special agen

we have footage of the family members departing from shanghai. 18 of them. we are being told they are arriving at sfo at 11:10 p.m. tonight. in the meantime we are getting new details about the rescue that happened saturday. we are hearing stories from first responders, stories of heroism and bravery. passengers who escaped snapped these photos of the flight attendants the women kept returning to the wreckage to rescue survivors. one was giving a child a piggy back ride. >> later she was running around and helping out crew and also working with the fire men she was crying she was in fear but she did a great job. >> reporter: the flight attendant said overhead bins collapsed and luggage blocked the exit rows. the ceiling was coming down and it felt like something was dragging the plane. behind me i couldn't see because there was a wall. first responders said fuel was gushing out the wing like a fire hose and victims were moaning in pain. firefighters only had one way on. >> our only way up was the chute that is what we did. >> i said if he can do it i can do

there are still questions about calling back to shanghai and getting a connection for them. they lost everything from clothes to their telephones. the staff here is helping them make that connection as we speak because it was too early a fewer hours ago to call back to shanghai. now is the appropriate time to make that call to get hold of their family back in shanghai. someone can answer the phone there in the wee hours of the morning and they are awakening hopefully to a call from a family connection they have wanted to hear from all these hours. these are the stories that will come out the next few days as we get all of the patients a little more stabilized. as rachel said earlier, she will give you updates as they occur. i am just so happy to see so much of our life-saving expertise at work on an hourly basis here at the hospital. i'm sure this story repeats itself with all the other hospitals whether they are at st. francis or down at stanford. this incredible reaction of volunteers and doctors and surgeons coming to save these people's lives and to prolong and make sure

it's not clear at this hour if their plane had left shanghai. chinese state media reports once they land they'll go direct tloi the hospital to see the teens being treated. the students and teachers who are out of the hospital and not hurt are currently staying at a local hotel. >>> some of the victims of that crash was still being treated at san francisco general hospital. that hospital says it's received 53 patients immediately following that crash. half of them adults and half of them children. of those patients, 36 have already been released. 17 still remain hospitalized including six in critical condition. we're learning this morning all seven children taken to lucile packard's children's hospital have been released. they were some of the 55 people rushed to two stanford hospitals saturday. ten adults remain in that hospital at stanford this morning. as for the other local hospitals, st. francis says it has one remaining patient, but he or she is not in critical condition. st. mary's has four patients remaining, none in critical condition.

that is until asiana airlines flight 214 originated from shanghai, china, with a layover in seoul, south korea. the plane took off from korea at 4:35 p.m. local time. after traveling for more than ten hours and more than 5600 miles, it failed to reach its destination safely here at sfo. according to witnesses in the airplane and on the ground, the boeing 777 came in on final approach a bit high. according to flight tracker.com, this line shows the normal approach for commercial aircraft landing at sfo from the south. it shows a gradual dissent from about 3,000 feet over san francisco bay and a dpliglide t touchdown on the pavement of the runway. this, however, is the flight of 214. a bit higher approach, and steeper dissent. the pilot then appears to have reduced power and the plane came in too low. witnesses say the pilot struggled to gain more altitude, he boosted the plane's power and raised its nose to get more lift to make it to solid ground. but as he did so, apparently, the plane's tail hit the end of the rock wall separating the extended runway from san francisco bay. that impact

flight 214 originated in shanghai. there were 141 chinese citizens on board. many were students traveling to california for a summer camp. >> they are here for the sumper camp -- summer camp. we're very sorry and sad for their tragedy. >> yesterday, the chinese consulate general met with students to address their concerns. >>> 7:48. as the ntsb continues its investigation into the deadly plane crash. veteran pilots around the bay area are weighing in. so far, the ntsb has confirmed that flight 214 came in too slow and too low. then stalled and tried too late to a -- to abort the landing and try again. >>> we're learning the pilot of the controls had only flown this type of plane for 43 hours and had never landed a boeing at an airport before. >> in the asian community, they respect the elders. they respect that chain of command. it's possible that the guy in the right seat, he didn't want to say, captain, you are screwing up. >> other bay area pilots say human error is to blame, saying such an error is inexcusable. >> our coverage continues online at ktvu.com.

worst were, well, july, 2011 cargo flight bound for shanghai that had taken off from south korea crashed in south korea apparently had a fire in the cargo department. at two crew there died now in july shortly after the airline lost it was a boeing 767 and that had taken multiple landing attempts due to the particularly bad weather at the time. airline there lost 66 passengers and a few crew as well. the industry surprised this airline considers it's record and boeing wanted to get involved being given the reputation being trusted in the sky it will want to be looking into what went wrong here. the investigation is ongoing. back to you. >> all right, thank you so much, dominic. >> joint statement being released by department of transportation and faa saying both agencies are working to help the ntsb with the investigation now ongoing. going on to say our thanks go to first responders and thoughts and prayers go tout passengers and crew of the crew and families. a team from the national transportation safety board on its way to washington from washington rather to san francisco right now.

scramble to the exit doors. 141 chinese nationals were on board, including his tour group of 23 from shanghai. >> what kind of injuries do your 23 tourists have? >> two people serious in back, still in the hospital, cannot move. >> the tour guide says the 40-year-old man and 50-year-old woman were undergo back surgery near san francisco. the rest of the group suffered minor cuts and bruises. >> yang and his wife will stay in san francisco with the injured tourists and one other while the rest continue on. >> today we go to the -- >> despite the tragedy the group felt this was a once the a lifetime trip and they should try to make the best of it. >> that group lost a lot of their belongings, in fact all of the passengers lost a lot of their belongings to today the tour group will stay on schedule. today from monterey, l.a., las vegas, bryce canyon, and zion national park. they will not miss a beat. reporting live in san francisco, abc7 news. >> meantime, relatives of victims of the flight are on their way to san francisco. many boarded a plane at south korea earlier today, fighting through a c

the flight originated in shanghai with a stop in seoul, south korea. at least 49 people injured in the crash are in bay area hospitals in critical condition. >> this morning the consulate in san francisco said among the survivors are 26 chinese middle school students on a summer camp trip. >> two of the runways at sfo remain closed this morning. passengers are being warned to expect long delays as a result and some flight cancellations again today. the head of the national transportation safety board and their team of investigators are now in the bay area. they arrived late last night and have begin coming the plane's wreckage. matt keller is live at sfo where they have also recovered the black boxes, matt? >> yes. we were able to do a one-on-one interview with the national transportation safety board chairman this morning. she revealed to me what her team of investigators is going to be doing today at sfo. those investigators arrived overnight at the scene. witnesses and emergency workers say the asiana flight from south korea slammed into the runway

they took a bus from their hometown to shanghai boarding a flight for california accompanied by two teachers from the school and four government officials. they plan to visit with injured students then receive their daughter's remains. you can express your support for victims of the asiana flight 214 by sharing this badge on our facebook page. as well as on google plus. >> let's move on to another aspect of the story. that is the airline passengers who are still feeling affects of flight schedules that have been delayed or cancelled because of the crash. that story coming up at 6:30 plus those cramped seats everybody complains about? they may be more than just uncomfortable. they can be unsafe. michael finney will explain why some are concerned about that. >> and still to come on abc 7 news at 6:00 a major delay on the new span of the bay bridge and a new price tag as well. what is driving this set back. >> and where investigators found the body of a person missing in a devastating apartment fire on the peninsula. >> it will be warm again tomorrow but a cooler pattern is developing i'll have

worst were, well, july, 2011 cargo flight bound for shanghai that had taken off from south korea crashed in south korea apparently had a fire in the cargo department. at two crew there died now in july shortly after the airline lost it was a boeing 767 and that had taken multiple landing attempts due to the particularly bad weather at the time. airline there lost 66 passengers and a few crew as well. the industry surprised this airline considers it's record and boeing wanted to get involved being given the reputation being trusted in the sky it will want to be looking into what went wrong here. the investigation is ongoing. back to you. >> all right, thank you so much, dominic. >> joint statement being released by department of transportation and faa saying both agencies are working to help the ntsb with the investigation now ongoing. going on to say our thanks go to first responders and thoughts and prayers go tout passengers and crew of the crew and families. a team from the national transportation safety board on its way to washington from washington rather to san francisco right now.

they took a bus from their hometown to shanghai boarding a flight for california accompanied by two teachers from the school and four government officials. they plan to visit with injured students then receive their daughter's remains. you can express your support for victims of the asiana flight 214 by sharing this badge on our facebook page. as well as on google plus. >> let's move on to another aspect of the story. that is the airline passengers who are still feeling affects of flight schedules that have been delayed or cancelled because of the crash. that story coming up at 6:30 plus those cramped seats everybody complains about? they may be more than just uncomfortable. they can be unsafe. michael finney will explain why some are concerned about that. >> and still to come on abc 7 news at 6:00 a major delay on the new span of the bay bridge and a new price tag as well. what is driving this set back. >> and where investigators found the body of a person missing in a devastating apartment fire on the peninsul >> it will be warm again tomorrow but a cooler pattern is developing i'll have t

. >> the flight originated in shanghai. f.b.i. says there is no indication that terrorism is involved. >> cheryl: crash is causing long delays and flight cancellations being diverted. >> amy hollyfield is live at the terminal where she is getting updates from airport staff. what do you have? >> reporter: dan, our media partner "san jose mercury news" the two were killed were 16-year-old girls from china or korea. local officials are calling it a chaotic, difficulty scene. there were 220 firefighters on the scene. one passenger describes it as ten seconds of horror. the tail was separated by hundred feet from the plane. seats were collapsed. luggage and laptops were flying around the cabin. there were copious amounts of smoke. fighters did help others off the plane. some jumped. some used the slide to get off the plane. they saw some people coming out of the water. i asked the fire chief more about that after the briefing. >> people coming from the water, it's my guess, it's a burning plane, if they were burned at all they went ove

the flight original lated in shanghai with a stop in seole, south korea. >> two of the runways remain closed. passengers are being told to expect long delays and flight cancellations again today. and we are learning more this morning about the search for answers in this fatal airliner crash. as we mentioned, the ntsb is on the scene. their south korean counterparts are on the way. matt keller joins us live from sfo with the latest from a briefing, matt, that was held just a short time ago? >> yeah. actually it was a one-on-one interview with the ntsb chairman. she was here at sfo. they have gun their investigation. now she did confirm to me that the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder have been recovered here at the crash site. they are both on a red eye flight right now on their way to washington, d.c., with a federal escort. here are some pictures taken by the ntsb overnight of them doing their first site inspection of the plane. they are getting a closer look at the wreckage. the chairman just told me investigations like this usually take about a week. at least on t

. >> flight 214 originated in shanghai. yesterday the chinese council member with them to address concerns. >>> a caravan of hearses traveled to where they were based. large crowds gathered along the procession routes to pay their respects. they were part of a team of highly skilled firefighters and they were killed while trying to build a fire line around the yarnell fire. >>> the america's cup challenge series finally got underway and it was new zealand that took the first win. the cata moran hit speeds of 50 miles per hour. they had been scheduled to race against the luna team but the italians decided they would never sit this one out. some are calling that race an embarrassment. >> pam and dave, we are looking at traffic that is doing well but it is getting crowded and it's certainly no holiday like but there is certainly a big line except for those fast trackers. when the metering lights are on, it will get crowded there as well. interstate 880 looks good and traffic is moving well on southbound 880 all the way down to

early this morning they boarded a bus in china headed for the heir port in shanghai. their flight path is mirroring the one their children flew. the father of one of the teenager whose died is quoted as saying i feel so terrible, i'm going to peck up my little girl. chinese state media reports that once they land they'll go directly to the hospital to see the teenagers that are still being treated. >> some of the victims still being treated. the hospital admitted a total of 162 patients. so far, 45 of those have been discharged. 17 remain hospitalized. stanford is still treating eight of its original 55 patients. >> as this flight was crash landing nor plane full of passengers got a front row seat which was terrifying. they had landed less than a minute earlier on the next runway over. on a story, scott budman spoke to one of the passengers. this was terrifying to watch it from afar. i can't imagine being the next runway over. >> reporter: the passengers were happy to be home from the east coast. they will not forget what they saw a minute later. as the crash of asian

the flight from shanghai to seoul and then to sfo. it crashed at 11:27 a.m. within a few hours of the crash, the ntsb held a news conference in washington, d.c. regarding the crash and the ensuing investigation. they said the investigators are being deployed immediately. >> we have a number of investigators launching with us here from headquarters. they are being led by investigator in charge bill english. we have a number of subject experts leading different teams. they will be focused on operations, human performance, survival factors the airport, airport operations, and they're going to be focusing on the aircraft, the systems, the structures, and the power plants. >> so that's the ntsb statement just a couple hours ago. she added the investigators based on the west coast are already here. and in the last several hours, we've seen dozens of those investigators scouring the field and the airport looking for any parts regardless of size. it could be as small as a bolt looking for parts so they can put this plane back together and reassemble it to find out ho

so the plane originated i'm told from shanghai, china, with a stop in seoul, korea and the final destination san francisco international. undetermined at this time. >> can you once again clarify -- >> all right. there is a news conference also happening at one of the hospitals in the san francisco area. let's listen in. >> there were eight adults and two children. they were in critical condition. and i do not have an update on their status as far as i know they are still critical. after that time there was a seco second -- >> everyone good? okay. after the first wave of critically injured patients there was a second wave who came in from the scene. we received approximately 17 of those patients. i do not have a full breakdown. they are currently still being assessed and taken in. i do know they range in condition from critical to good condition. some have minor injuries. others have more serious injuries and they are all being assessed now. the types of injuries would include fractures, abrasions, and possible internal injuries which are being evaluated. we're not certain of the full spectru