San Francisco Plane Crash: First Clues Found

The first picture taken inside a passenger plane which crashed in San Francisco has emerged, as investigators say pilots tried to abort the landing less than two seconds before impact.

Officials are also looking at whether one of the two teenagers killed in the crash was run over by a rescue vehicle.

It is not clear whether she died when Asiana Airlines flight 214 slammed into the runway, or whether she was knocked down as emergency crews rushed to the scene.

The mangled interior of the Boeing 777. Pic: NTSB/Twitter

Air crash investigators published a series of pictures from the crash site, including one taken inside the wreckage of the plane, showing oxygen masks hanging from the ceiling of the cabin and seats bent at various angles.

They have recovered both black boxes from the Boeing 777, which should reveal exactly why the aircraft came down, injuring 180 people, 49 of them seriously.

Deborah Hersman, head of the National Transportation Safety Board, said the plane was travelling well below its target speed of 157mph.

The plane's landing gear was separated from the fuselage. Pic: NTSB/Twitter

She said a piece of safety equipment that warns pilots of an impending stall went off moments before the crash.

Cockpit voice recordings revealed the crew's desperate attempts to climb back into the sky but did not suggest any mechanical problems.

No warnings were issued to air traffic controllers until seven seconds before impact.

Investigators study the aircraft's tail fin. Pic: NTSB/Twitter

Although the cause of the crash is yet to be confirmed, one theory is that the plane clipped a sea wall at the end of the runway as it came into land.

Meanwhile, further tales from those on the flight from Shanghai, which travelled to San Francisco via a stop-off in Seoul, have emerged.

Fei Xiong, who was taking her eight-year-old son on a trip to Disneyland, said: "My son told me, 'The plane will fall down, it's too close to the sea.' I told him, 'Baby, it's OK, we'll be fine.'"

Teenagers Wang Linjia and Ye Mengyuan died in the crash

Xu Da, who was sitting near the back of the plane with his wife and teenage son, described seeing sparks - possibly from exposed electrical wires - and a gaping hole through which he could see the runway.

Wen Zhang climbed from the wreckage with her four-year-old son, who hit the seat in front of him and broke his leg in the crash.

"I had no time to be scared," she said.

The two pilots - part of a crew of 16 - had more than 10,000 flying hours between them.

There were 291 passengers on board, the majority of whom (141) were Chinese.

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