San Francisco-bound Korean Airways plane crash kills two, injures dozens

Two people were killed and at least 40 critically injured after a Boeing 777 passenger jetliner arriving from South Korea crashed and caught fire while landing at San Francisco International Airport.

It was not immediately clear what happened to the Asiana Airlines plane from Seoul, but initial reports indicate that the tail broke off from some impact.

According to Fox News, Benjamin Levy, who was aboard the flight, recalled approaching the runway 'too low, too soon'.

Just moments after the plane crashed, some of the 291 passengers, many of whom appeared unhurt, were able to escape through the inflatable ramps, while others were taken to nearby hospitals.

The official tally given by officials on Saturday night was 181 people immediately taken to the hospital, 132 treated at a triage and 123 were located in the terminal uninjured.

David Eun, a Samsung executive who was aboard the flight, sent out an online message immediately after the landing, saying that he crash landed at SFO.

According to the report, Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said she, her family and several colleagues had been scheduled for the flight but had switched at the last minute.

TV news footage showed the top of the fuselage was burned away and the entire tail gone.

The National Transportation Safety Board said it was sending a team of investigators to San Francisco to probe the crash, the report added.