Boeing 777 crashes at San Francisco International Airport
By Greg Botelho and Mike M. Ahlers, CNN
A photo shared on Twitter by one of the passengers who said "most everyone seems fine"
A fire truck sprays water on Asiana Flight 214 after it crashed at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, July 6, in San Francisco.
The top of the aircraft was charred and, in spots, gone entirely, according to video from CNN affiliate KTVU.
Rescue crews douse the plane on July 6.
Firefighters attempt to put out the flames and evacuation slides can be seen protruding from the plane on July 6.
Sven Duenwald was at home when he saw smoke rising into the air near the San Francisco International Airport.
Debris litters the runway on July 6.
Pieces of the plane are strewn across the runway on July 6.
Smoke rises from the runway on July 6.
Firefighters work to put out the flames on July 6.
Rescue workers on the scene on July 6.An Asiana Airlines flight from Seoul, South Korea, has crashed while landing at San Francisco airport, US federal aviation officials have said.
It was not immediately known whether there were any injuries.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Lynn Lunsford said on Saturday it was flight number 214, and it was unclear how many people were on board.
The Boeing 777 was supposed to land on runway 28 left at the San Francisco International Airport, FAA spokeswoman Laura Brown said.
Brown said the crash occurred at 11:26 PDT (18:26 GMT).
She said the sequence of events was still unclear, but it appeared the plane landed and then crashed.
The National Transportation Safety Board says it's sending a team of investigators headed by its Chairman Deborah Hersman to San Francisco to probe the crash.
Al Jazeera's Rosiland Jordan, reporting from Washington, said that investigators were already on their way to the airport to investigate the incident.
All flights have been suspended at the airport, she said.
Images from television station KTVU in San Francisco showed extensive fire damage to the airplane, which had lost its tail in the crash.
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