one of four runways at sfo. most of the time it's one of the two runways used for arrivals and departure of the larger planes like the boeing 777 and others used for international flights. >> investigators will less tone the conversations made from the air traffic control towers as they try to piece together what happened. here's a sample of what they will listen to. >> asiana 214, emergency vehicles are responding. they are en on their way. >> some of the audio is difficult to make out. but you can hear the tower telling the pilot who radioed in that emergency vehicles were on their way. this conversation happened in moment right after the crash. >> we talked to abc7 news aviation consultant john nance what he believes likely went wrong. >> we know it was too low obviously, we know it was too slow, and the combination of that with the nose up angle, of course, which is what we were told at first, that there was a major problem in trying to make the runway. and the missing element here is power. now did they pus

live snide of sfo. you can see it's really busy and in just a few hours at midnight the national transportation safety board or ntsb chair will arrive at midnight . ntsb and fbi will investigate how to this cross happened. a preference is tentatively scheduled for tomorrow morning and we still don't know when or where that conference will be held. reporting live from san francisco, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> we have seen all the daylight pictures of wreckage and now we want to show you a night view, live pictures from chopper 2. you can see that the area where the wreckage of the plane sits is lit up and it is secured and it's off-limits to everyone, until ntsb investigators arrive around midnight tonight to begin their investigation sometime tomorrow. a very ominous sign of what happened today and when you look at, it's truly meekerrable, but that all, but two people on board this plane survived. >> one of the many incredible images of the disaster was taken by a man on the flight asiana

sfo, alex savidge. we have been waiting for the ntsb news conference expected to get underway any minute. we want to take you live to where sal castaneda is continuing our team coverage. >> mike and claudine, we are waiting for officials to come out. they have gone into a closed door meeting at the museum at the international terminal of the airport. last time we heard from airport officials and i keep looking to make sure they don't go on here, when you heard mayor ed lee he and the fire chief give details and tell us all the passengers were accounted for. we are helping to learn more information and they come out and brief the media. it is supposed to start at 7:30. but they are running about an hour late now and obviously we are hoping they do do something and it looks like they might be telling us something new. and when that does happen, there is a lot of media here and international media. and people coming in from the networks and other nearby markets. so, it is obviously a big national story. we

we'll check in with bob at sfo near sfo throughout the morning. the passengers and crew most seriously injured in the asiana airlines crash were rushed to san francisco general hospital. it's the city's only level 1 trauma for and it received 53 patients. this morning, six people remain in critical condition, including a child. a spokeswoman for the hospital said in total, 27 adults and 26 children were treated. so far, only seven have been discharged. benjamin leavy was one of the patients taken to sf general. he's a 39-year-old who happened to be sitting in an exit row when the plane crashed on the tarmac and amazingly, he ozable to walk away from the burning plane. he said he can't believe more people weren't killed. >> trying not to scream, push each other. people were so confused and traumatized. you know, no code from the captain, press for emergency landing or engine failure. nothing. >> hospital officials say the patients injuries ranged from burns and broken bone to head and spinal cord injuries. this morning, still conflicting informatio

we are joined live from sfo. matt, you had a one-on-one interview with the head of the agency this morning? >> yes, i did. and i was told that the national transportation safety board, the faa and airport officials are meeting behind closed doors right now. they are expected to update the press on the latest here at sfo. now here's a look inside the terminal in just the past hour. many of the people who were supposed to fly out yesterday after the crash were rebooked on flights today. this morning i also did the one-on-one interview with the chairman of the national transportation safety board, deborah hersman. she told me they covered the flight cockpit recorders and voice recorder and they are on their way to washington d.c. they are important in determining the cause of the crash. >> people will be looking at the human side of things, look at operating aircraft, rules, regulars, looking at human performance, they will be auditioning the to be pit voice recorder to see about the crew interaction. >> here's some

yesterda yesterday was his first time flying a 777 into the sfo. he had flown other airplanes into the airport, but never this kind of jet. he was with a more experienced pilot who was assisting. >> two teenaged chinese girls from china were killed in the crash, wang linjia and her friend ye mengyuan. possibly saying the truck was racing to the scene of the crash when the girl may have been struck. however, no autopsy result have confirmed that yet. >> our coverage on the crash at sfo continues on abc 7 morning news at 4:30, and on abc7news.com. of course, you can always follow us on twitter at abc 7 news bay area. >> absolutely. thank you for being here. >> right now, join forces with the new lone ranger! >> this was an opportunity to make a huge western that we had a lot of fun with. >> a preview of summer's biggest flicks at the box office! >> it's like the big build up, so it should feel like an event in there, and how movie magic comes to life at the magic it's like walking into the feature film! on the red carpet's on the road now! >> hello,

two of the runways at sfo remain closed. passengers are being warned to expect long delays and some flight cancellations again today. the head of the ntsb and her team of investigators arrived late last night and the block boxes have been recovered. matt keller spoke with her and he's live at sfo with their big job ahead and the latest on the investigation. matt. >> the chairman of the ntsb told me this morning that she believes the crewmembers are still here in san francisco and she would like to interview them soon. the investigation team arrived here at sfo overnight. they are looking at a lot of physical evidence here on the ground. witnesses and emergency workers say the asiana flight from south korea slammed into runway early break off its tail and catching fire before coming to a stop yesterday morning. investigators wouldn't speculate whether they believed it was a mechanical error or pilot error. they will look at many factors. >> we have people who are looking at the human side of the operations. they will be looki

seoul to sfo, 10, 12 hours. had no idea anything was going wrong until the last instant, when the pilot came in too lope. benjamin levy, spoke to us from sf jen rageneral treated for in ribs and his account of what happened at 11:27 a.m. this morning. >> it was a bit surreal. a lot of people screaming. not believing what was happening to them. i wasn't believing. the door was too close. and the door, which we don't have slide. the slide was gone. a piece of wing was gone. a lot of debris on the ground. started to usher people. trying to calm down as well. people were pushing each other out. and, so, you know -- the hostess was trying to help as well. there was a lot of commotion going on, obviously. so thankful that many people got out of the plane quickly. you know, not being too injured. i don't know the number. i understand there are some deaths now. >> benjamin levy lives in the bay area, traveling from seoul. like so many on the flight. the passage way between seoul and sfo, tourists, nationals, koreans, u.

see the shot at sfo of the flight.near the rear of the plane, benjamin was jumping off and helping others get off. benjamin talked with us at length. 20, 30 minutes about his harrowing ordeal on flight. let's listen in to part of the interview. [ indiscern bible ] >> bit surreal. people not believing what was happening. i wasn't believing. and then the door was not too close. and then opened the door. we didn't have a slide. the slide was gone. piece of the wing was gone. there was a lot of debris there. we were on the ground. started ushering people out. and trying to calm down as well. people were pushing each other out. and so, you know -- the hostess was trying to help as well. but there was a lot of commotion going on. obviously. >> amazing huh. >> you hear the panic, people, instinct, people trying to get off. one of the questions they will be looking into, why didn't the chute open. one of the issues too. the chutes are supposed to be where you go in an emergency. >> one more thing about benjamin. he said. so th

the runway at sfo. >> we'll hear >> dan: now at 11:00, disaster at sfo. sky7hd shows the scene after a boeing crashes on landing. >> cheryl: we're learning about the terrifying stories for passengers on board and travelers stranded. >> dan: the number of people killed in this tragedy is two. at least 49 people in the hospital in critical condition. >> cheryl: all 307 people on board have been accounted for. >> the flight originated in shanghai. f.b.i. says there is no indication that terrorism is involved. >> cheryl: crash is causing long delays and flight cancellations being diverted. >> amy hollyfield is live at the terminal where she is getting updates from airport staff. what do you have? >> reporter: dan, our media partner "san jose mercury news" the two were killed were 16-year-old girls from china or korea. local officials are calling it a chaotic, difficulty scene. there were 220 firefighters on the scene. one passenger describes it as ten seconds of horror. the tail was separated by hundred feet from the plane. seats were collapsed. luggage and l

yesterda yesterday was his first time flying a 777 into the sfo. he had flown other airplanes into the airport, but never this kind of jet. he was with a more experienced pilot who was assisting. >> two teenaged chinese girls from china were killed in the crash, wang linjia and her friend ye mengyuan. possibly saying the truck was racing to the scene of the crash when the girl may have been struck. however, no autopsy result have confirmed that yet. >> our coverage on the crash at sfo continues on abc 7 morning news at 4:30, and on abc7news.com. of course, you can always follow us on twitter at abc 7 news bay area. >> absolutely. thank you for being here. thank you for being here. i'm dan ashley, and i'm thank you for being here. i'm dan ashley, and i'm there are two kinds of folks who sit around thinking about how to kill people--psychopaths and mystery writers. i'm the kind that pays better. who am i? i'm rick castle. castle. castle. i really am ruggedly handsome, areeds ir needs inspiration, and i've found mine. i'm detective kate beckett. becke

stuck at sfo. joanne sherventon was among them, she was glad she had a fill -- pillow and was able to get some rest. >> there's nothing you can do about it. there's no ranting at anybody. >> reporter: after a flight home that was cancelled late yesterday. she tells me she's ready for her san francisco vacation to end. >> hopefully tonight. >> reporter: now the question is when sfo will be able to reopen all of its runways that depends on the ntsb investigation. the wreckage of that flight is still sitting on the fourth runway and federal investigators say they need it to stay there for about the next week or so. meaning minor flight delays could continue. at sfo, alex savidge. >>> one thing that has always changed with the lines getting shorter, at least two me is the demeanor of people inside the airport. of course you don't see a lot of those frantic weary passengers lined up for hours inside sfo anymore. things are a lot quieter and a lot calmer and just about everyone i made eye contact with of

this was taken inside a terminal at sfo.co department of public health is offering mental health counseling free of charge. in san francisco call 311. outside the city that number is 415-701-2311. people should take note of symptoms which include sleeplessness, anxiety, anger or irritability. >>> our coverage continues throughout this newscast. coming up later at 5:30 we'll look at the investigation into yesterday's crash including what needs to take place as the ntsb looks for answers. >> in 15 minutes we'll return live to sfo with an interview with the salvation army disaster coordinator. >>> right now we want to look at the weather and it's been very pleasant outside. >> the fog is making a big comeback and cooling off the bay area. lots of fog coastside and it will sneak back into the bay as we head into your early monday morning. that's the camera perspective. the satellite perspective, you can't see the fog from monterey bay. cliff to pillar point, the golden gate bridge and up north. temperature -- close to pillar poi

four runways at sfo, two have been reopened. what is remarkable is to listen to the sfo flight tower and to the pilot of this asiana flight 214. here's what we know. there was no call of distress before this crash. so everything seemed to be somewhat normal for the pilot until he, until it all happened. we know that from the conversations between the flight tower and the pilot. so let's listen in on flight 214. asiana airlines between the tower at sfo and the pilot. >> everybody calling. stand by. hold your position. >> maintain 3,000. >> [ inaudible ]. >> emergency vehicles are responding. >> emergency vehicles are responding. >> okay. >> the airport is closed. >> that's the big takeaway. you hear that clearly from the tower. all runways are closed. emergency vehicles are responding. and the faint voice that you're hearing is that pilot. and we don't know at this point whether there was a communication trouble between the pilot or the tower but we do know that the tower was very clear. emergency vehicles responding and all runw

joe voska is at sfo. >> reporter: allen it's a mess still right here at sfo. the last we heard from airport officials is this. there are four runways here, two of them are operating right now. and so what that means right now is that not just here at international terminal but domestic as well is there hundreds if not thousands of people just standing the line for in some -- in line or in some cases camping out. >> the situation is they have no connecting flights to get us out of here until tuesday. the 9th. our option was either to stay here until tuesday or to fly back to burbank and then get another flight out monday afternoon. >> reporter: right now is terminal 3. domestic. look at these long lines. one couple told us they'd been waiting in line for three hours and this is the line get this -- to rebook, that is to rebook their next flight and what they're being told is they will not be allowed the book anything tomorrow. it will have to be monday or tuesday before they can get out of here. >> we can't get out of here until the 10th but we're going to try

christin ayers at sfo. thank you. >> at last report there were 34 patients five of them critical at san francisco general. kpix 5's sue quan is at the hospital with the latest numbers, sue? >> reporter: treated here at san francisco general. 11 are children. let's go right to the side owe we shot earlier today of the ambulances arriving. at first the first wave came in with ten patients in all and five in critical. five upgraded to serious condition. two of them were children at the time. we understand that there were some burns broken bones, and some having to require surgery. a second wave came in with 24 more patients. so to tea toll 34. -- total 34. we understand there may be another bus load coming here or to ucsf. we did hear from the chief of the emergency room on what the situation was here. he said they did bring in extra staff. they had certified translators. they moved patients out of an entire floor on the sixth floor to make room for the families that were coming in. ten to 12 were brought -- l

sfo this evening. two of the four runways opened a couple of hours ago to allow planes to land and take off. but sfo says that it is working as quickly as it can to open the other two. hundreds of flights were canceled today and you can imagine there's a backlog. so if you're flying out you want to check with your airline to see if that flight will be on time. >> other arriving flights diverted to oakland international airport. some people who were waiting for the departing flights had a pretty hard time getting information. there was a lot of confusion. a lot of people who didn't know what was going on. they waited for their flights pretty hard to get the info. many of them scrambled to find a flight from other bay area airports as well. a woman who went to oakland said she was waiting for her departing flight at sfo and witnessed the crash. >> it just looked like a big ball of smoke. there was fire trucks and cops and -- you know, all sorts of stuff just going down and yeah. big smoke. >> at that poi

airliner crash at sfo. city and county of san francisco, red alert. >> red alert means thisy are dealing with a mass casualty incident, something that first responders here in the bay area train for but thankfully rarely happen. >> we are learning more about the two teens that died in the crash and the possibility that one of them may have been killed by an emergency vehicle rushing to the scene. kara liu is here. >> i spoke to the corner by phone. he says the exam is complete but they are waiting on additional testing and analysis. those results won't be back for about another two or three weeks. he says it won't be until then that they can confirm exactly how these two girls died. >> reporter: san francisco fire officials acknowledged during a news conference today that one of the two victims killed in the 214 crash may have been hit by an emergency vehicle. >> i became aware to one of our fire attack batallion chiefs that there was a possibility that one of their two fatalities might have been contacted

he has flown in and out of sfo.re are, you know, instrumentationsment all kinds of guidance system. something called -- >> visual approach slope indicaters. it is a set of light that pilots under visual flight rules. it is a set of light that is can tell you whether you are too high or too low for your approach to the runway. >> there's a question as to whether or not they were on. and we will make an effort to get that. but i understand from randy that it doesn't matter whether they were, it is legal for them not be on. >> that led have been a complete back up system because all commercial flights in the united states, vickey, operate under what are called instrument flight rules. the ac crow name is ifr. so that means that even when on approach to sfo, on a clear day, his instruments are still set so that he can fly on what is called the ils or instrument landing system. >> let's go ahead and listen to a clip from my interview with randy. play that. >> as i say and the instrument landing system was out of commissi

all air traffic in and out of sfo is canceled. fire trucks rush to the scene. >> again, you can see the airplane came to rest just short of the taxi way f and exit ramp n. they are on runway 28 l. we've also heard from at least again, as i've mentioned earlier, a half dozen commercial pilots who fly this route all the time. they say the data and what they've been able to see, this is not official. but apparently because again, this guide path, this electronic system has been shut down. there has been construction on this particular runway. that this was a visual flight approach. visual rules applied. that has been confirm by san francisco international airport spokesman doug yackle. and perhaps this pilot came in at too steep an angle and then tried to overcorrect. that's when things went wrong. as he overcorrected, he essentially put the plane into glide. he didn't have much power. he got too low and tried to pitch that nose up to gain the air speed we've been talking about all afternoon. that's when the tail hit that rock retain

investigators are looking at it from runway at sfo. the cockpit and the data recorders provided good information for them, including the fact that the pilot wanted to abort the landing when they realized they were going so slow they almost stalled. asiana airlines has revealed that the pilot was in training to fly this airplane but the ntsb chairwoman said they look at the whole picture. >> there are different ratings and that is what we have. a pilot qualified for fly multiple fleet of aircraft and asiana has multiple different types of aircraft in the fleet. we want to look at that and understand training, we want to understand experience, we also want to understand crew resource management and how the two crew members are working together in the cockpit. >> she says everything is on the table right new and nothing has been ruled out or in and she says they still have a lot of work to do. it is 5:32. while the not conserve determines the cause of the crash, asiana airlines is quick to defend the pilot who was landing the boeing 777.

is that sfo is now operating with three of its runways. the fourth is still shut down, obviously, as part of this ongoing crash investigation. but some flights are leaving on time. passengers, however, are notice something really major adjustments to their itineraries. inside the international terminal some passengers scheduled to leave today showed up early, hours early in fact, but there are lots of passengers here who couldn't fly out yesterday. so they're on standby, hoping to catch flights now. many air carriers are waiving fees to reschedule flights that were rescheduled because of the crash, and all of those passengers who are having to reschedule are investing lots of time on the phone and with ticketing agents to get them to their final destinations, and even when passengeres get onboard, their planes, some are not leaving immediately. i talked by phone with one man who has been on an air china plane to beijing since 11:30 this morning. >> people switching into shorts and everybody sweating and uncomfortable. >> they were stuck at

we're live in morning at sfo. alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> there's an investigation into whether one of the 16-year- old girls who died actually survived the crash but was hit and killed by an emergency vehicle on the tarmac. the girl was found near the evacuation slide. medical examiners say there were no extensive burnses on her bo -- bushes on her body -- burns on her body. an autopsy could be completed today. this morning we asked the ntsb about it. they are not commenting. the other girl appears to have died after being ejected from the plane. school officials in china say the parents of those two girls will travel here today. they will be accompanied by ten other sets of parents whose children were hurt in the asiana crash. they will stop in shanghai where they will get visas before boarding flights to san francisco. and asiana is reportedly arranging their travel. >>> just a little while ago, several passengers hurt in the asiana airlines crash left sf general hospital. paul chambers

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the other three runways here at sfo have reopened. it's surreal to watch the planes land on the runway next to where this wreckage is. the family of the two girls who were killed are on their way to the bay area to meet with the coroner tomorrow to learn the cause of death. monte frances, nbc bay area news. >>> 60 chinese students are stranded in the bay area. the consulate is making sure that they have the documents they need to return home or continue their trip in the united states. the consul general spoke through an interpreter about the students today. >> translator: i was also moved by the fact that even some of the chinese, the passengers, the -- even traumatized by an accident. but they didn't complain about it. some of them are still very much concerned with the safety of their classmates and their friends. traveling with them. >> there are a total of 141 chinese nationals on board that flight. >>> two paralyzed two with severe road rash burns and many with broken bones. we are getting a clearer picture of the extent of the

he is outside sfo. please continue. reporter: one of the things they mentioned on the previousing is they are working on limited capacity. there are four air strips here at sfo, and they only have two of them. and that means they are only allowing limited flights to land and to take off. that obviously is causing a pretty serious backup of passengers here at sfo. let me show you really quick. this is actually a pretty busy time for departures and arrivals. you can see the backup of vehiclesment people who are offloading the people who are supposed to be here for flights. one of the things we're learning as you walk somewhat the terminal, is that there's not a whole lot of information that passengers are getting. in fact there's a lot of people who are asking a lot of us members of the media which the happened, who all was aboard the plane, how many people were injured, and even who passed. they are not -- they're also trying to figure out exactly how they're going to continue their flight. we did talk very brief live wi

is that sfo is now operating with three of its runways. the fourth is still shut down, obviously, as part of this ongoing crash investigation. but some flights are leaving on time. passengers, however, are notice something really major adjustments to their itineraries. inside the international terminal some passengers scheduled to leave today showed up early, hours early in fact, but there are lots of passengers here who couldn't fly out yesterday. so they're on standby, hoping to catch flights now. many air carriers are waiving fees to reschedule flights that were rescheduled because of the crash, and all of those passengers who are having to reschedule are investing lots of time on the phone and with ticketing agents to get them to their final destinations, and even when passengeres get onboard, their planes, some are not leaving immediately. i talked by phone with one man who has been on an air china plane to beijing since 11:30 this morning. >> people switching into shorts and everybody sweating and uncomfortable. >> they were stuck at

you're looking at live pictures from sfo. you can still see the debris field, as local authorities continue to come through the debris. they found the plane's black boxes. they have been sent off to be analyzed. they could contain very critical information. the airline's president says there was not a problem with the engine. this morning, chairwoman of the ntsb said the human toll could have been worse. >> there was significant damage on the aircraft last night. when we went out, we went to take a look at it. inside the aircraft, there's significant structural damage. so we certainly -- when we see, that we are very thankful all that there weren't more facilities and serious judge injuries. >> pilots are able to enable a safe landing. >> we have team coverage. we begin with phil with the very latest in the news room. >> as we know, the cause of the accident is still under investigation. it appears that the airplane hit the run way with the tail. here's the story. >> 214. i have an emergency. vehicles are responding. we have

and it was his first time landing that type of plane at sfo.ow for a closer look at the crash, jr stone joins us live in the newsroom. >> reporter: i want to take it full and slow down certain participants of it and sew -- parts of it and show you what actually happened at certain parts. you can see the plane getting close to the seawall. when it gets close this we go. you can see the seawall over here. the plane is approaching. and i'm going to stop it right at this moment here. you can see the cockpit is up in the air. the tail is down very low. and that is right before the impact actually happens. as we actually move this video along, you can see it loses the tail right around there. and then it begins sliding down the runway. you can see all of the white smoke and the debris coming up after that plane as it just slides right down. but that's only some of what happened because seconds later you can see this plane turn. you can see one of the wings go up in the air. the front cockpit is actually down on the ground. there is no back tail on th

flights bound for sfo were diverted to san jose. oakland, sacramento, and los angeles, and by 3:00 this afternoon, more than 230 flights were cancelled. one woman bound for hawaii says the waiting is the worst part. >> every place is so chaotic. when you got off the plane, you didn't know where to go or what to do because if you were going on another flight, you didn't know whether you were gonna be able to catch it or not catch it so that's what we've all been kind of worried about. we still don't know until we get to san francisco whether or not we get to take our flight or not. >> and oakland air part spokesman tells kpix 5, four of the airlines rerouted to oakland were international flights. 27 flights were september onto san jose. this is how one eyewitness in millbrae described what happened. >> all of a sudden i looked out and seen this plane coming in. what caught my attention was it was just a little wobbly coming in for the landing. it just didn't look like planes do when they're landing. we see planes landing all the time

but sfo right here -- and that's exactly where we actually saw some clearing. so these are conditions at #k this morning. very dense overcast. here are the runways right here. and during the time of the crash, you can see -- this is 11:28. this is sfo, all of the low clouds clouds and fog had burned off and the conditions at that time, at 11:27, mostly sunny conditions, 64 degrees, light southwesterly wind flow at seven miles-per-hour. the faa does have some wind sensors right here, right near the actual bay, right close to the front of those runways, and we're not privy to that information but you better believe they will be looking at those wind speeds as that wind was pulling up from the southwest right over the open water. but suffice to say that typically this time of year we have such a low ceiling. today not the case. at 11:27, with mostly sunny, 64, and a light wind out of the southwest. we'll take a detailed look at the seven-day forecast in a bit. >> the passengers who were not injured were taken to a guarded room at sfo for safekeeping. >> and we hav

>>> wreckage on the runway is impacting operations at sfo. when it will be cleared is one of the questions after the asiana crash. in two hours from now the ntsb will give us another update on the investigation into saturday's crash of the asiana airlines jetliner. speed and altitude or the two factors being looked at closely. clue dean has a new look at what went wrong. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon. from our vantage point, we can show you a few things. take a look behind me and you can see planes are up and running at the airport. and the investigation is continuing as well at the site where the flight crash landed. it looks like the boeing 777 will stay there a few more days. it's impacting traffic at sfo but they will take their time gathering evidence before they clear the scene. the ntsb says it could take as many as 18 months to wrap up the investigation. we are learning more. this morning the ntsb said the pilots told investigators during interviews this week that even though they believed they engaged the autothrottle w

abc7 news reporter continues coverage from sfo. matt? >> more and more are arriving at international terminal for the first work day commute sin the crash on saturday. it is getting busy inside with more airline counters opening. from the past 20 minutes, united opened at 6:00 a.m. and yesterday it was the busiest counter with hundreds waiting. a family headed to canada and had the flight cancel asked showed up in a good mood. >> lot of busy signals waiting for an hour on hold. we are just happy to be going. it is god. >> not everyone was so laid back but this is frustrating. the jetblue passengers showed up last night for 11:30 flight that was delayed until 2:10 that was then canceled and in line until 6:00 a.m. and one said they will leave before midnight tomorrow and another is booked for 3:30 flight wednesday afternoon put up in hotels by the airline. i checked the delight board to see how flights are going this morning and for the departures all flights were on time but for a few who had times changed today. there are zero cancellat

sfo officials are not sure if the lights were on. it was not foggy at time. >> they can land vfr but that instrument landing system is very useful with the glide slope and speed. >> we have so muching for here. >> this morning, we have patchy fog. mike nicco? >> thanks. good morning, everyone, there is not much going on. our temperatures right now or mainly in the 50's and 60's. we are at 56 right new in san francisco and 59 in oakland and san carlos and hayward and fremont and 52 in santa rosa a cooler spot outside. here is a look at the cloud cover, it is thickest from the san mateo bridge north into the north bay but it is not to the south bay or inland east bay valley neighborhood. as far as the cloud cover, it retreats back to the cost by 1:00 on -- then coolest in the 50's and 60's, with oranges and reds developing as you head inland. temperatures will be around 80's and 90's so summer-like temperatures today. as far as the temperatures, we will start in the south by at 83 in san jose, and milpitas is the cool spode and 86 in l

>> the moment of impact when flight 214 crash landed at sfo. wreckage lines the runways as they try to piece together what happened. good evening, i'm carolyn johnson. >> dan: i'm dan ashley. major developments in the crash investigation. we know the pilot in charge of landing was training for long range flight. >> this was his first flight in boeing 777 and he had just 43 hours flying the big jet. >> the pilot does have more than 3200 hours flying other planes but not this particular piece of equipment. here first look at one of the victims. she and her 17-year-old friend were visiting stanford and u.c. berkeley as part of an english language program. >> her final post was just the word, go! now the word has caused flight cancellations and delays at sfo. a third runway has opened but flights are backed up and should get better. >> laura anthony begins our breaking news with the latest on this investigation. >> hi, dan, that investigation coming directly from asiana airlines he had plenty of experience but not in this type of plane. n.t.s.b. re

an update on the survivors of the asiana crash at sfo.e than a dozen passengers are still in the hospital. 12 people remain at san francisco general, 5 of those are in critical condition. four passengers are still at stanford hospital, one is in critical but stable condition. and be sure to tune in at 5:00 for a special look at the heroes of flight 214 here on kpix 5 tomorrow night at 7:00. >>> more news from sfo this morning. a baggage tug crashed into a delta airliner ready for take- off at the airport. late last night passengers on the plane bound for cincinnati were evacuated from the boeing 757. they were -- they put on another plane a couple of hours behind. that flight landed 30 minutes ago in cincinnati safely. >>> time now 6:35. let's check the weather again. >> cooldown is under way, guys. we have low clouds and fog surging onshore. these temperatures really going to start to drop off around the bay area today. still, you have some cloudy skies into toward san jose early on this morning and temperatures running a little cooler o

saturday morning was the pilot's first time landing a boeing 777 at sfo. his ninth time anywhere in that particular model of aircraft. asiana airlines says he was in training with an experienced co-pilot at his side who had more than 3,000 hours flying 777. after examining the cockpit voice and flight data recorders, the ntsb has determined that flight 214 was coming in too low and slow in final approach, well below 137 knots, the minimum speed required for a safe landing. the pilot realized this seven seconds before impact. three seconds later the flight stick alerts them that they are about to stall. a second and a half before the stall, they try to abort the landing and go back up into the air. >> does it sound more like pilot air? >> we look at not just flight time in this aircraft type but overall experience and we look at the crew and the crew working together, making sure that we have a good crew pairing, people who have experience. it's always going to be someone's first time to fly in an airplane or first time to land at an airport. we want to mak

about 1:40 delay out of sfo. we'll keep tabs on that.'s pretty nice out there. 56 in san jose, 54 in gilroy. temperatures are going to be comfortable today. a little toasty in the extreme east bay, extreme south bay. micro climate making an impact. 60s and 70s for you, 80s and 90s inland. 50s and 60s at the immediate coast. just want to talk about your beach conditions as temperatures are going to end up in the 70s as of about noon today. comfortable conditions out there at 2:00 p.m. 76 at 4:00 p.m. let's talk about what is so cool. a very rare treat for the bay area, actually a warning to mariners. you want to go about half as fast as you typically would if you're traveling on the san francisco bay because we have quite a few endangered species. whales are flocking to the coast because we have great crill. it's a big buffet for them. >> in the south bay we have the build kicking in. that's the second burst we see. this is sticking northbound. building towards saratoga avenue. that's the predictable pattern for the south bay. as we look

we continue our coverage right now of the asiana airlines crash at sfo. before boarding that flight for san francisco, asiana's president meeting the families of the two girls who died as they depart for the bay area. he apologizes to the parents and the father of one of those teenagers gets right in his face, starts shooting at him, clearly not very accepting of that apology. bob redell joining us live near sfo with what else that president is calling for now as we wait for new information from the ntsb investigators. bob, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, jon. should be noted th asiana airlines does not place the blame of the crash of flight 214 on his pilot bus is saying his pilots need to have improved training and have them spend more time in simulators to practice visual landing approaches like the one at sfo saturday morning. meantime, ntsb investigators have interviewed two of the pilots. some time today, possibly as soon as now, they will be interviewing the other two, including the one who was behind the controls when that boeing 7

nbc bay area cheryl herd is at sfo. she begins our expanded team coverage of the crash of flight 214. cheryl. >> diane, there's no doubt about it, the 225 first responders definitely saved lives, but with all the chaos here yesterday, there are questions of how one of the girls died. as the ntsb combs over the crash site new information is emerging about how one of the 16-year-old chinese students may have been killed in the crash of asiana flight. >> they have documented the locations of rest of the two fatalities. they're going to be working now to document the seating positions of those who were injured. >> reporter: nbc bay area has learned that the san mateo county corner's office got a call from the san francisco fire department. apparently members of the first response team were concerned that they may have played a role in the death of the girl whose body was found near the fuse see laj. published reports quoted the san francisco fire chief as saying that girl's injuries are consistent with being run over by a f

burning plane to rescue passengers and insight in the pilot's past experience, we begin live near sfo as investigators look at a key piece of safety equipment that appears to have failed. christian. >> reporter: ntsb investigators spent the day combing over the wreckage of flight 214 at sfo. one of the areas they are investigating is the slide and the crew to get their account of what happened while it is fresh in their minds. they spent another day going over the wreckage of asiana 214 and released new video of the accident scene. they will be paying close attention to the emergency slides after reports they did not deploy properly in the moments following the crash. >> there have been some interviews with flight attendants and witnesses that slides deployed inside of the aircraft. we need to understand why that happened. >> reporter: an ongoing focus is the crew of the aircraft. investigators confirmed again the plane was approaching the run way going 122 miles per hour instead of the recommended 157 miles per hour. investigators want to know why. they spent the day talking with the

cate caugurian live at sfo.ank you. >>> a new photo shows two teen victims together and smiling. 16-year-old wang lin jia and ye meng yuan were heading to a summer camp with their classmates. san francisco fire chief says they are looking into the possibility that emergency vehicle rushing to the scene may have hit one of the girls and killed her. >>> a photographer in china captured this moment. the family of wang lin jia got the news their daughter was killed. officials believe the girls were sitting in the back of the plane. >> 17 patients remain hospitalized at san francisco general hospital. 6 were in critical condition. stanford hospital, 10 are still there. 2 of them are critically injured. and 3 are at cpnc hospitals. the most seriously hurt had spinal injuries. one crash survivor who has five family members in the hospital including her 4 year old son. >> when i see the picture with the fire, it's horrible. >> speaks calmly outside of the hospital about the nightmare she just went through. >> the plane

we have coverage from sfo and amy hollyfield will have more on the emergency responders. we first have abc7 news cover with the latest on the investigation. >> the ntsb hopes to interview the pilot and crew of asiana flight 214 as soon as today at sfo. the wreckage remains off the runway with new information today that the pilot was still in training to fly this type of aircraft and had never flown into sfo before. this video of the wreck an was shot by the ntsb, closeup shots of the planes tail and landing, with the jet possibly flying too low and slow as it slammed into the end of the runway. one pilot logged only 43 hours on a boeing 777 and only flown it nine times. this was the first landing at sfo but asiana flight 214 says he is a veteran flight with hours of experience flying other planes. >> we want to take a look at that and understand training. we want to understand experience. we also want to understand crew resource management and how the two crew members are working together in the cockpit. >> the accident happened on run way 28 left and 28 right has re-open

they're towing away the wreckage at sfo piece by piece. this morning crews continue to take apart sections of asiana flight 214 which has been sitting on runway 28 left at sfo since crash landing on saturday. this has been an around-the-clock effort to try to clear the runway. >> we have new video overnight showing cranes and crewing tearing apart the wreckage and moving that debris to a remote section of the airport. right now the hope is to have the runway reopened and ready for flights by sunday. >> "today in the bay's" bob redell live in burlingame overlooking the runway we're talking about. hearing news this morning, we understand there was a small fire that broke out from that mek kaj today. >> reporter: there was. we have video of that. we'll show you that in a moment. first i want to show you what's happening right now. we're looking at roughly the northeast corner of sfo where, as we push in, you can see the front part of the 777 asiana flight 214 slowly being hauled away to another site on property where it will be stored for at

major new developments tonight in the asiana airline crash at sfo. today, the ntsb says the pilot tried to abort the landing at the last second and attempted to go around and land again. it shows the approach of the aircraft was slower than the desired target speed. the two people who were killed were two 16-year-old girls from china and they are looking into if one of them was run over by a fire truck. the ntsb will be out here for at least a week. >> an amateur photographer was filming at the right time. >> look at that one. look how his nose is up in the air. >> o had h my god. oh, it is an accident. >> oh and you are filming it, too. >> oh my god. >> oh, no. >> oh my god. oh my god. oh my god. >> you filmed the whole thing. >> oh lord have mercy. >> that is the voice of fred hayes. he and his wife were taking a walk yesterday morning and decided to film planes coming in. tomorrow, there will be an autopsy done to determine if one of the 16-year-old girls killed was run over by a fire truck. the girl was found near the evacuation chute bite left w

tonight, the wreckage of that jet remain in the tarmac at sfo. runway 28 left is still closed but all of the other runways are back in service. also tonight, new information about the pilot at the controls when the jetliner crash. >> kpix5 has details on what was a training flight and more on what was happening in the cockpit just before impact, linda? >> reporter: well, bryan, a veteran pilot for the airplanes but he was learning how to fly a plane that was new to him. earlier today federal investigators revealed that the pilot struggled with the aircraft almost stalled out in the seconds before those final minutes. >> reporter: in this exclusive video given to cnn an eyewitness records flight 214, seen on the right, as it crash lands. it skids. >> oh my god, its an accident. >> reporter: flips on said side and burst into flamessism the flight data and voice recorders are giving them the clues to what happened. >> seconds before impact. one of the crewmembers called for more speed. >> i will tell you that the speed was significantly below 137 kn

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it's been a hectic 48 hours in sfo. but this evening things are starting to return to normal in san francisco. we have an update on flight delays. >> reporter: sfo was full of passengers hoping to fly out tonight. take a look. they are in for possible delays. flights are delayed by about an hour and a half at this point. but there are some good news. people who have been strapped for two days are headed home. because of the crash only three of the four runways are open. and sfo is on a ground dough lay program. that means the airport is landing fewer planes than normal which is causing arrival delays and dough par tour delays. add in hundreds of passengers that were trying to get on flights that were canceled on saturday and you have busy ticket counters and long security lines. for some the delays are a matter of hours. for others it's days. >> well, my original flight to kansas city was supposed to leave at 6:10, then it was delayed to 8:10, then 10:00 which will put me about 5:30 in kansas city. >> we don't get to ho