Lives lost and many hurt.

I've heard it was 2 lives lost and one unaccounted for plus many hurt; Details are few at this time.

the two lives lost were run over by emergency vehicles on the ground...you can thank your flight attendants for evacuating that airplane in 90 seconds and saving EVERY SOUL ON BOARD!!

Next time I'm pouring you a coke...keep that in mind...

The flight attendants are always heros in these terrible situations! It amazes me how well they remember the training, for which they know they will most likely have no use from the get-go--they deserve bravery medals for sure.

It sure would be fun to meet you on a flight, liz! I'm grateful for all you gals and guys do for us, especially since I hate to fly. It's hard for me to understand how anyone could be rude to a f.a., but I know it happens. Both of the girls were run over?? How awful for the drivers, as well.

It is being investigated that one of the girls may have been hit by a first responder vehicle. Both girls and the other most severely injured people were thrown out the back of the plane when the tail came off. It is not known yet if the girl was hit and if so, whether she was already dead or not.

This post was edited by sushipup on Mon, Jul 8, 13 at 20:25

Because of good weather, the pilots chose to land using Visual Flight Rules (VFR) and no automation. Two pilots were on station: It was the first time the primary pilot had ever landed a Boeing 777 at San Francisco although he had landed other aircraft; He was assisted by an expereinced 777 pilot. The plane was at or below stall speed and the engines were idling. Too late, the throttles were opened. Form your own opinion.

I thank you for pouring me my gingerale Liz. I do appreciate you. Thank you flight attendants and pilots. (((victims and families))) whether they "survived" or didn't. They'll all be affected forever. Best wishes for speedy healing!

jem, while there are several pilots in my family, I have no idea about open throttles, so I can't draw conclusions. I know about pitch, yaw, etc., but how they all work, I've no clue. I'm betting open throttles and stalled/idle engines is probably over the majority of heads? Probably. So what conclusion is to be drawn?

Pilot error.

every pilot would've made the same error? Or just this one?

Here's a story

Here is a link that might be useful: San Francisco Chronicle

I work for the Boeing company. We take accidents like this very personally. We also credit the design and manufacture of this plane as contributing to the fact that there weren't more lives lost. Enhanced safety features in its manufacture prevented the plane from completely breaking apart.

Two of the three escape slides inflated prematurely in the plane, injuring at least one flight attendant.

o j