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Photos: Asiana Flight 214 crashes at San Francisco International Airport

Photos: Asiana Flight 214 crashes at San Francisco International Airport

Posted Jul 06, 2013
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, July 6, 2013, killing at least two people, injuring dozens of others and forcing passengers to jump down the emergency inflatable slides to safety as flames tore through the plane. Airport spokesman Doug Yakel said 181 people were taken to local hospitals. There were 291 passengers and 16 crew members. Thirty of the passengers were children. San Francisco Fire Department Chief Joanne Hayes-White said 19 people remain hospitalized as of Sunday, six of them in critical condition.

asiana-plane-crash-san-francisco-070613-006.JPGThis aerial photo shows the wreckage of the Asiana Flight 214 airplane after it crashed at the San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Saturday, July 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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