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Those families who lost a loved one in this crash and our thoughts go out to those who are hospitalized for a speedy recovery. i am here to provide our first on scene update of the crash that occurred yesterday here at san francisco involving asiana flight 214. we had our organizational meeting this morning. those people that can provide expertise to investigators as well as individuals working on the scene since the crash occurred. we outlined the work that we intended to accomplish today. i'm going to talk to you about some of the work that has been completed and some of the work that is in ...

I'm here with our team at washington reagan airport. we are launching to the crash that occurred at san francisco international airport earlier today. we had a boeing triple 7 asiana flight 214 that was originating in seoul, south korea, destined for san francisco. they were coming in on runway 28 left at san francisco international airport and they crashed on landing. we have a number of investigators who are launching with us here from headquarters. they are being led by investigator in charge bill english. we have a number of subject matter experts who are going to be leading specific teams...

My best advice for passengers who are traveling today through sfo is to check with their airline to verify the status of their flight. that's all the information i have at this time. we will hold another press conference at this location in one hour, at 3:00 p.m. i'll be happy to take any questions. >> what is your name? >> my name is doug yakel, i'm the public information officer at the airport. >> what do you know so far -- >> sure. >> doug yakel airport spokesperson, that's the press conference i was telling you about, and also the one that dan simon was reporting on as well, talking about ...

May just be tuning in, if you are, we are following breaking news here on cnn. there's been a major catastrophe in san francisco at the international airport where a large commercial plane has crash landed at that airport. 291 people on board that plane. we don't know exactly the extent of the injuries, if any. 290 aboard people on that plane. 16 crew members or as they say in seoul, they're telling us, they call them staff members. we call them crew members here in the u.s. they say staff members on board this asiana airlines flight 214. again, that's according to a spokesperson at the intern...

Multiple sources throughout the world, again, we have the worldwide resources of cnn on top of this story including our richard quest there in london. we also have a reporter in seoul, south korea, where this flight originated. we have aviation expert jim tillmon who is joining us as well, a reporter in washington who is reporting on the ntsb and the faa portion of this. the official portion and what they're doing. a reporter at san francisco international airport who's actually inside the terminal now. eunice byrd is on the phone now. her father was -- is on the phone. her father was on that ...