NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – The airline whose plane crashed at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday morning issued details about the flight and its passengers later in the day.
Asiana Airlines flight OZ214 – also identified as Flight 214 – crashed during its landing on San Francisco International Airport’s runway 28 at 11:28 a.m. Saturday, according to the report.
The plane had departed Incheon International Airport on Saturday at 4:35 p.m. (Korean time) bound for San Francisco, Asiana Airlines reported.
Law enforcement officials said two people were killed in the crash.
There were a total of 291 passengers – 19 business class, 272 travel class – and 16 cabin crew aboard, the airline said.
The majority of the passengers were comprised of 77 Korean citizens, 141 Chinese citizens, 61 US citizens, 1 Japanese citizen, for a total of 291 people, Asiana officials said.
San Francisco International Airport reported late Saturday that 181 passengers were sent to local hospitals and 123 were uninjured and being processed at the airport.
Airport officials worked to reopen runways, and they reported that airport restaurants would stay open all night to accommodate flight disruptions and overnight passengers. The Red Cross also offered assistance following the incident.
National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration officials reported that they were deploying teams to the airport to conduct an investigation into the crash.
Asiana Airlines is currently investigating the specific cause of the incident as well as any injuries that may have been sustained to passengers as a result.
The airline said it will continue to cooperate fully with the investigation of all associated government agencies and to facilitate this cooperation has established an emergency response center at its headquarters.
Anyone with a scheduled flight into or out of San Francisco International Airport on Sunday is urged to call their airline for information and updates.