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Time after the impact. we are all hoping everyone made it off before the flames consumed it. i covered another crash not unlike this in toronto several years ago, maybe 2004, 2005 where it was an air france airbus. similar thing, ran off the runway, broke up, everybody got off before the plane was consumed by fire. we are certainly hoping and praying. you look at the video, the tail section is gone. there should be one engine on each of the wings. you dont see them, at least not where they are s...

Pretty dog gone quick. the weather in san francisco right now, tom, it is not raining. it doesnt appear to be terribly cloudy. do we know any more about the conditions there? >> i dont know that immediately off the top of my head. were trying to ascertain that as well. i would point out that this airport is notorious for having fog at any time of the day but it looks like a fairly clear day. at least at that very moment. if that video is minutes after the impact, it appeared to be relatively cle...

To burn even after the evacuation of the planes. the latest pictures show a total loss. the fuselage of the airplane consumed by fire. the critical thing to look at are the wings, if not separated, they have been twisted away. the engines have detached as well as the tail section. that leads open a huge range of possibilities. the airplane at a high range. made a tail strike. very unclear. this is incredible popular safe plane. the boeing 777 made in the mid-1990s. they have sold a ton of them. ...

Room? okay. what is the tweet? reported that the plane landed at a bad angle. flipped. flipped. then exploded. thats according to tweets from folks in the area. these are new stills that we are just getting in of this asiana airlines of this boeing that crash landed. again, if we could lose the banner, guys, you can see the chutes. you can see folks who clearly walked off that plane. we know, according to tom castillo, this type of plane can hold up to 450 passengers, roughly. we can see what ap...

Chutes. tom castillo, the man that covers transportation joins me live via telephone. you have spoke to someone at the faa. what did you hear? >> caller: can you come to me for a minute? we have a blow up of this airport. this is san francisco airport. we believe he was coming down the runway, 28 left. he was coming in on this runway here, as close as you can get to the terminal, the terminal here. as he landed, at some point, lost control of the aircraft or in some way this ended in a sort of f...

Can. tom costello in our d.c. bureau following all of this. we were talking a few moments ago about weather conditions there in san francisco. alex wilson with the weather channel is standing by for us. alex, what can you tell us about wind in the area? what can you tell us about fog, perhaps? what can you tell us about cloudiness in san francisco international airport? >> no fog showing up on the observation. the latest observation out of san francisco, obviously, the pictures that weve seen sh...