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Originally posted by whozit:
it happened at San Fancisco Airport, they must all be gay.

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Originally posted by whozit:
it happened at San Fancisco Airport, they must all be gay.

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Yeah. Gay Asians. Great input.

*sigh*

More footage, it's clear the plane hit well short of the runway. As the tarmac is basically right on the Bay, the debris field starts right at the water's edge. Dunno what caused it, but the pilot was well short of where he should have touched down.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

Resident USA Freedom Fundie

Good news, no homosexuals were killed (or anyone else) in the crash. So it's safe to say that there were no members of the cast of "Glee" on the plane. The pilot may win a GLAAD award for saving so many homosexuals.

" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall

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Originally posted by AURaptor:

Amazingly, they're saying no fatalities. Hope that report is true.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

Resident USA Freedom Fundie

The bodies of dead homosexuals don't litter the runway....thank God.

" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall

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Air traffic control audio -- between the airport's tower and Flight 214 crew members -- suggested that those on the ground knew there was some sort of problem, promising that "emergency vehicles are responding."

"We have everyone on their way," the air traffic controller said, according to LiveATC.net, a website that provides air traffic control audio.

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Unfortunately, there were two fatalities, but as of updates ten minutes ago, only two.

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Two people died and others were unaccounted for after a Boeing 777 from South Korea crashed Saturday upon landing at San Francisco's airport, sending up a huge fireball, shedding its tail and spinning before screeching to a stop.

Asiana Airlines Flight 214 left Seoul's Incheon International Airport earlier Saturday, according to FlightAware, a website that offers tracking services for private and commercial air traffic. An airline spokesman in Seoul told CNN that 291 passengers and 16 staff members were aboard when it crashed around 11:30 a.m. (2:30 p.m. ET).

Two people have died, San Francisco Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White said.

"Upwards of approximately 60 people" are unaccounted for, the chief said. Just over an hour later, Francis Zamora of San Francisco's Department of Emergency Management told CNN that four were unaccounted for, though he didn't explain the discrepancy.

At least 130 others are being treated, or will soon be treated, at nine Bay Area hospitals, Hayes-White said around 4:10 p.m.

Eight injured adults and two children at San Francisco General Hospital are in critical condition, said San Francisco General Hospital spokeswoman Rachael Kagan.

Authorities warned the numbers of dead, injured and unaccounted for at San Francisco International Airport could change in the coming hours. First responders have gone on the plane "doing search and rescue attempts," Hayes-White said.

"This is still a fluid and active scene," Mayor Edwin Lee told reporters.

Air traffic control audio -- between the airport's tower and Flight 214 crew members -- suggested that those on the ground knew there was some sort of problem, promising that "emergency vehicles are responding."

"We have everyone on their way," the air traffic controller said, according to LiveATC.net, a website that provides air traffic control audio.

One of those on the flight, Elliott Stone, told CNN that he thought the plane was approaching "a little high (then came) down a little sharp.

"All of a sudden, boom, the back end just hit and flies up into the air and everyone's head goes up the ceiling," said Stone, who added that he ended up jumping out the plane without using the stairs or an evacuation slide.

Anthony Castorani, who witnessed the landing from a nearby hotel, said the plane touch the ground then noticed a large plume of smoke.

"You heard a pop and you immediately saw a large, brief fireball that came from underneath the aircraft," he told CNN.

Kristina Stapchuck saw the dramatic scene unfold from her seat on a plane on the airport tarmac. Soon after Flight 214 touched down, "it looked like the tires slipped a little bit and it rocked back," she told CNN.

Parts of the plane began to break off as it rocked and then began to spin.

"It all happened so suddenly," Stapchuck told CNN.

A photo provided to CNN by Eunice Bird Rah -- and shot by her father, who was a passenger on the plane -- shows flames and smoke bursting out of many of the aircraft's windows.

Rah's father knew something bad was coming, he told his daughter, telling her that the pilot appeared to try to raise the plane at the last minute. Rah said her father "is doing fine, thank God," but noted that others appeared to be hurt.

Said Rah: "It's heartbreaking."

Passengers run from plane, flames

Video taken soon after the crash and posted on YouTube showed dark gray smoke rising from the plane, which appeared to be upright. That smoke later became white, even as fire crews continued to douse the plane.

CNN iReporter Timothy Clark was on an eighth-floor balcony of a nearby hotel when he heard the noise and saw a "dust cloud."

"Then people running from the plane, then flames," Clark said.

A photograph posted to Twitter shows what appear to be passengers walking off the plane, some of them toting bags, as smoke rises from the other side. Hayes-White said many had already gotten off by the time first responders arrived.

"I just crash landed at SFO," read the accompanying message from David Eun. "Tail ripped off. Most everyone seems fine. I'm ok. Surreal..."

The top of the aircraft was charred and, in spots, gone entirely, according to video from CNN affiliate KTVU. The plane was on its belly, with no landing gear evident and the rear tail of the plane gone.

Debris settled from the water's edge, along San Francisco Bay, up to where the plane eventually came to a stop.

Fire trucks were on site; first responders could be seen walking outside the aircraft.

Evacuation slides could be seen extending from one side of the aircraft, from which there was no apparent smoke.

According to Asiana Airlines, 141 of the passengers who were aboard Flight 214 are Chinese, 77 are South Korean and 61 are American.

Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's chief operating officer and author of the book "Lean In," was supposed to be one of them, she wrote on her Facebook page. But she'd switched instead to a United flight, arriving about 20 minutes before the Asiana flight crashed. More at http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/06/us/california-plane-incident/index.html?
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The Zit's hilarity is disgusting and merely reflective of him. My deepest sympathy to all involved.

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