Stories of survival, today, sunday july 7, 2013. From nbc news, this is today with lester holt and erica hill live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today. Im erica hill. Im lester holt. This is the image thats had a lot of us transfixed, the wreckage of asiana 214 as it lie us off the rubway. You look at that and you have to be amazed so many people were able to survive, to get out of that plane, which as we know was ungulfed in fire. Two people are dead. It could have been so much worse. This by the way is the first fatal crash involving a major airliner in this country since 2001. We want to update you on some of the latest information we have this morning. Just hours ago the president of Asiana Airlines confirming that the two passengers who were killed were in fact chinese citizens. Their seats were told are at the very back of the plane. He also said two veteran pilots were at the controls during the landing and that the airline does not believe there was any sort o
60 unaccounted for. We have twonnfirmed dead. 130 taken to different hospitals. 190 people though initially walked off that plane. And of that group, then, some were later transported. And taken to the hospital. With less serious injuries. Sfo was shut down for four hours after the crash. But now, at least two run ways at this point are open. Well continue off to bring the latest developments as we learn more about what happened. Ntsb is on its way here. Threesent out to secure the scene. Police told us the scene at the airport in terms of this airliner have been secured. Ntsb traveling from washington, d. C. Sending a go team and son tight on site to investigate. The airplane, on the tarmac, and they will reconstruct the plane, piece by piece. For the last several hours, this happened at 11 27. For the past several hours, cheryl herd has been reporting from sfo and talked about officials giving us the briefings and passengers whats the latest at this hour, cheryl . Reporter weave have
Two people are dead, scores injured. There were 307 people on board. That includes 291 passengers and 16 crew members. Everyone is now accounted for. Sources tell nbc news the plane apparently hit the lip of the seawall that apparently separates the sea from San Francisco bay. It land landed and skidded before coming to rest. The entire tail of the jumbo jet was broken off and the top of the fuselage completely burned away. Flight 214 was operate by asia na airlines. It stopped in seoul before stopping in San Francisco. Officials are going to hold a News Conference later this morning, but right now lets go to jong yang. A very Early Morning to you. We thank you for the Early Morning wakeup. What can you tell us about the investigation that happened . Well, alex, that investigation has begun. Investigators of the nags tiona Transportation Safety board arrived here yesterday to figure out what exactly happened. The black box, the data recorders that perform all the data of the record all
San francisco plane crash goes down in history as the first fatal commercial plane crash in this country since 2001. Heres what we know so far. Two Chinese Students were killed in the crash yesterday. They were on their way to a summer camp here in the United States. The president of Asiana Airlines says their seats were in the back of that plane, right now National Transportation safety administrate investigators were analyzing the socalled black boxes, the data reporter, the cockpit voice recorder as well. Were expecting to get more information at a press conference at about 4 30 eastern time. And new this afternoon, investigators are also expected to look at Navigation System at the airport, which was apparently turned off yesterday because of maintenance on the runway. The system helps pilots land. Nbcs john yang is on the ground for us at San Francisco International Airport this afternoon. What is the latest there, sir . Reporter well, craig, the ntsb investigators were still pour
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley this is our western edition. Today, president obama passed the torch to the person he hopes will succeed him, endorsing Hillary Clinton for the democratic nomination. The president , the outgoing head of the party, would like to clear the field for clinton before the july convention. But democratic don quixote Bernie Sanders is not letting go of his impossible dream. Heres nancy cordes. Im with her. I am fired up. Reporter in a threeminute love letter to the presumptive nominee, president obama called clinton the most qualified person ever to run for the white house. I have seen her judgment. Ive seen her toughness. Reporter the Clinton Campaign posted the video an hour after the president met with Bernie Sanders, whose prolonged exit from the race has distracted attention from clintons achievement. I look forward to meeting with her in the near future to see how we can Work Together to defeat donald trump. Reporter it was his firs