Official: 2 dead in S.F. plane crash


— A survivor of a plane that crashed at San Francisco International Airport says there was no forewarning before the plane touched down hard.

Vedpal Singh, his arm in a sling, said at the airport on Saturday that he heard a loud sound after the plane touched down and knew something was horribly wrong.

He said the plane then went silent before people tried to get out anyway they could. The entire incident lasted about 10 seconds.

Singh was visibly shaken. He was traveling with his wife and at least one child from South Korea, where he works, and said he was in the middle of the aircraft.

He said it was "miraculous" that he survived.



At least two people died in the crash, authorities said. One person was unaccounted for and another 181 people were taken to hospitals, most of them with minor injuries.






The investigation has been turned over to the FBI and terrorism has been ruled out, said San Francisco Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White said. Federal aviation and transportation investigators were heading to the scene. Asiana, Boeing and the engine manufacturer, Pratt & Whitney, pledged to work with them.




