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
Good evening. Federal air safety investigators in San Francisco tonight are revealing early but important findings in their search of the cause of crash of asiana flight 214. The black box recordings from the ill fated flight now focusing questions on the crew and its last ditch attempt to abort the landing as an alarm began sounding. Two chinese teenagers died yesterday when the boeing 777 struck a seawall and broke up bursting into flames. Tonight as many of the injured remain hospitalized, passengers are telling their riveting stories of escape and survival. Once again we are covering all angles of the story. We want to begin at San Franciscos International Airport and john yang. Reporter good evening. The cockpit voice recorder, that black box that records all the sounds in a cockpit including crew conversations is giving investigators a pretty good idea of why this big jet came up short when it tried to land. Tonight, key clues about the final moments of asian flight 214 revealed.
Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. A number of new theorys have emerged about what might have happened to that missing jumbo jet, gone from sight for 11 days now. The problem with all of them remains the single most tragic fact, theres no accounting for the 239 missing souls on board the aircraft. While a lot of the debate is about electronics and radar signatures and altitudes and flight paths, there remains an awful lot of area to be searched and a massive aircraft has so far managed to disappear without a trace for over a week now. We get the very latest on the investigation including some new details tonight on the crucial turn in the flight from nbcs tom costello in our d. C. Newsroom. Tom, good evening. Hi, brian. We knew that whoever planned the uturn in the plane, did so with the help of the on board computer. Tonight we learned when the turn was programmed in. At least 12 minutes before the copilo
Nightly news begins now. Good evening. Brian is off tonight. Im lester holt. As we reach the oneweek mark in the search for that missing malaysian jet, experts agree that what we are witnessing is unprecedented in modern aviation history, a large airliner, packed with people, far from where it was supposed to be and then vanishing without a trace. Ing tonight there is new information showing the boeing 777 made not one, but two changes of course after it vanished from radar screens. And that has dramatically shifted the focus of search efforts while at the same time expanding the possibilities of where the plane ended up. So much about this flight simply doesnt add up. But that which does has investigators tonight accepting the real possibility that someone deliberately flew this plane into danger. Nbcs tom costello leads us off again tonight. Tom, i know they have been analyzing some data. What is it now telling us about the path of the jet . Reporter investigators are trying to deter
What do we know about this missing plane . Reporter what we know this plane went missing according to state media in Vietnamese Air space, piers, it was due to land here at 6 30 in the morning local time in beijing, this boeing 777 from Malaysian Airlines. Packed with 239 people onboard including 12 crew members and two infants. They are searching frantically for where the plane went down, if it did go down. At this stage very sketchy details. 13 different nationalities on board. The majority on that plane were chinese nationals, around 160 according to Chinese State tv. So a desperate search, Malaysia Airlines has notified or is in the process of notifying the next of kin. And this boeing 777 seems to have vanished at this point. So theres no confirmation the plane has crashed. What are the other possibilities if it hasnt crashed . Reporter well if it hasnt crashed it would have presumably landed at this stage. There would be no indications of any confirmed reports of a plane landing