Asiana Airlines crash: At a glance

CNN Staff
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Updated 8:28 PM EDT, Sun July 7, 2013
In this handout photo released by the National Transportation Safety Board, Asiana Airlines Flight 214 sits just off the runway at San Francisco International Airport on Sunday, July 7. The Boeing 777 coming from Seoul, South Korea, crashed on landing on Saturday, July 6. Three passengers, all girls, died as a result of the first notable U.S. air crash in four years.
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In this handout photo released by the National Transportation Safety Board, Asiana Airlines Flight 214 sits just off the runway at San Francisco International Airport on Sunday, July 7. The Boeing 777 coming from Seoul, South Korea, crashed on landing on Saturday, July 6. Three passengers, all girls, died as a result of the first notable U.S. air crash in four years.
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A photo showing the damaged interior of the aircraft was released by the NTSB on July 7. The flight carrying 291 passengers and 16 crew took off from Shanghai and stopped in Seoul before heading to San Francisco.
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A photo showing the damaged interior of the aircraft was released by the NTSB on July 7. The flight carrying 291 passengers and 16 crew took off from Shanghai and stopped in Seoul before heading to San Francisco.
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An investigator photographs part of the landing gear at the crash site in a handout released on July 7. Investigators believe that the pilots were flying too slow and too low as they neared the airport on July 6.
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An investigator photographs part of the landing gear at the crash site in a handout released on July 7. Investigators believe that the pilots were flying too slow and too low as they neared the airport on July 6.
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An investigator inspects the broken-off tail of the plane in a handout photo released July 7. The crash killed two people, injured 182 and forced the temporary closure of one of the country's largest airports.
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An investigator inspects the broken-off tail of the plane in a handout photo released July 7. The crash killed two people, injured 182 and forced the temporary closure of one of the country's largest airports.
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An investigator stands near the tail of the plane in a handout photo released on July 7. The NTSB has ruled out weather as a problem and said that conditions were right for a "visual landing."
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An investigator stands near the tail of the plane in a handout photo released on July 7. The NTSB has ruled out weather as a problem and said that conditions were right for a "visual landing."
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Investigators approach the crash in a handout photo released on July 7.
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Investigators approach the crash in a handout photo released on July 7.
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Fire crews attempt to quench the blaze on Saturday, July 6.
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Fire crews attempt to quench the blaze on Saturday, July 6.
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Smoke rises from the crash site across the San Francisco Bay on July 6.
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Smoke rises from the crash site across the San Francisco Bay on July 6.
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Asiana Airlines Flight 214 remains on the runway on July 6.
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Asiana Airlines Flight 214 remains on the runway on July 6.
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A plane sits on the runway on July 6 while emergency crews tend to the crash site.
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A plane sits on the runway on July 6 while emergency crews tend to the crash site.
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A helicopter flies above the wreckage on July 6 as people observe from across the waters of San Francisco Bay.
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A helicopter flies above the wreckage on July 6 as people observe from across the waters of San Francisco Bay.
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Travelers at San Francisco International Airport look at the departures and arrivals board after Asiana Flight 214 crashed on July 6. The airport, located 12 miles south of downtown San Francisco, is California's second busiest, behind Los Angeles International.
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Travelers at San Francisco International Airport look at the departures and arrivals board after Asiana Flight 214 crashed on July 6. The airport, located 12 miles south of downtown San Francisco, is California's second busiest, behind Los Angeles International.
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Kevin Cheng talks on his phone as he waits in the terminal after Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crash-landed on July 6. He said he was supposed to pick up students who were on board the flight from Seoul.
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Kevin Cheng talks on his phone as he waits in the terminal after Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crash-landed on July 6. He said he was supposed to pick up students who were on board the flight from Seoul.
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Passengers wait for the British Airways counter to reopen at San Francisco International Airport on July 6.
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Passengers wait for the British Airways counter to reopen at San Francisco International Airport on July 6.
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Police guard the Reflection Room at the San Francisco airport's international terminal, where passengers from Asiana Airlines Flight 214 were reportedly gathering after the crash landing on July 6.
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Police guard the Reflection Room at the San Francisco airport's international terminal, where passengers from Asiana Airlines Flight 214 were reportedly gathering after the crash landing on July 6.
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People are escorted from the Reflection Room at the San Francisco International Airport on July 6.
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People are escorted from the Reflection Room at the San Francisco International Airport on July 6.
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Traffic backs up on U.S. Route 101 South in San Francisco on July 6. The Bay Area airport was closed to incoming and departing traffic after the crash, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
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Traffic backs up on U.S. Route 101 South in San Francisco on July 6. The Bay Area airport was closed to incoming and departing traffic after the crash, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
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People look over the wreckage across a cove in San Francisco Bay on July 6.
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People look over the wreckage across a cove in San Francisco Bay on July 6.
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Deborah Hersman, chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board, speaks to the press at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, before departing for San Francisco with an NTSB crew on July 6 to investigate the crash site.
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Deborah Hersman, chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board, speaks to the press at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, before departing for San Francisco with an NTSB crew on July 6 to investigate the crash site.
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The San Francisco Giants observe a moment of silence for those killed and hurt in the crash before their baseball game on July 6 against the Los Angeles Dodgers at AT&T Park in San Francisco.
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The San Francisco Giants observe a moment of silence for those killed and hurt in the crash before their baseball game on July 6 against the Los Angeles Dodgers at AT&T Park in San Francisco.
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Crews comb the end of a San Francisco airport runway following the crash landing on July 6.
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Crews comb the end of a San Francisco airport runway following the crash landing on July 6.
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People in Seoul watch a news program reporting about the crash landing on July 6 in San Francisco. Asiana Airlines Flight 214 took off from Seoul earlier Saturday.
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People in Seoul watch a news program reporting about the crash landing on July 6 in San Francisco. Asiana Airlines Flight 214 took off from Seoul earlier Saturday.
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The plane crashed on July 6 around 11:30 a.m. (2:30 p.m. ET).
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The plane crashed on July 6 around 11:30 a.m. (2:30 p.m. ET).
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People walk past the wreckage of the plane's tail on July 6.
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People walk past the wreckage of the plane's tail on July 6.
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The burned-out plane remains on the runway on July 6. Passengers and crew members escaped down the emergency inflatable slides.
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The burned-out plane remains on the runway on July 6. Passengers and crew members escaped down the emergency inflatable slides.
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