The plane reportedly landed and then crashed on San Francisco International Airport's Runway 28
A Boeing 777 Asiana Airlines aircraft has crash-landed at San Francisco international airport.
There is no word so far on casualties. Pictures posted on
Twitter showed passengers jumping down the inflatable emergency slides
and leaving the area, as plumes of smoke rise from the plane.
The aircraft operated by the South Korean airline Asiana had taken off from Seoul.
Firefighters and rescue teams are at the scene. The cause of the emergency is not known.
There were reportedly 12 crew and 290 passengers on board - the Boeing 777 can carry as many as 300 passengers.
While the sequence of events remains unclear, it appeared the
plane landed and then crashed on San Francisco International Airport's
Runway 28, said Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Laura Brown.
Footage of the scene showed debris strewn on the runway and smoke pouring from the jet.
Passenger David Eun tweeted a picture of people jumping out of the plane and wrote: "I just crash landed at SFO. Tail ripped off. Most everyone seems fine. I'm ok. Surreal..."
Mr Eun, who describes himself as a "digital media guy" and
"frequent flier", added: "Fire and rescue people all over the place.
They're evacuating the injured. Haven't felt this way since 9/11."
A witness to the crash, Ki Siadatan, said the plane "looked out of control" as it came in to land.
"We heard a 'boom' and saw the plane disappear into a cloud
of dust and smoke," he told the BBC. "There was then a second
explosion."
He saw events unfold from the balcony of his home in the Millberry area of San Francisco, which overlooks the airport.
Asiana is South Korea's second-largest airline.
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