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Are on board. >> let's get perspective, asiana are an extremely well-known, reliable, respectable airline. incheon airport in seoul, in south korea, one of the world's leading airports, regularly in recent years has been voted number one as the airport. asiana one airline that regularly is in reviews. looking at the aircraft trying to figure out whether it's a 777 200 or the exact nature, we'll have those details in the next few molts for you. >> okay, of course, and you know, as far as we know, richard, as we continue to try to get some more information, all we know is this was an emergency l...

It was a spin on the ground like the top, not a cartwheel, like a flip of the airplane in midair. >> that's correct. loss of lateral control. >> that clears that up. >> you have no control over the part of that airplane slide. >> again, i'm not the aviation expert but the part that would control that would be the rudder, right? >> yes, absolutely. >> and once that is gone, you have no control. >> that's correct, don. >> okay, okay. let's go. stand by. i want to go to diana magnay who is in seoul for reaction there. dian diana, what do you have for us? >> don, very little right now. it's 5:20 i...

I don't think it's anything specific about the airport. i think what probably happened is as eyewitnesss explained that they came down too heavy, they didn't have the -- they weren't coming down the right spot on the glide slope on the runway, they had a strike of the tail when they came down and he may have even tried -- the pilot may have even tried to take off again, couldn't do it. spun around and, of course, lost control of the aircraft. i do think it will come down to a piloting issue. >> okay. okay, jim tillmon you still with us -- >> yes, i am. yes, i . >> mary schiavo kind of echoing ...

Moment, as to what would have happened when this aircraft basically had the accident upon which we are now seeing. there will be an enormous number amount of speculation on what would have caused it, the circumstances, but the 777 involved, looking at the list of accidents that have taken place on the 777 recently or at least since it came into operation, this would rank as amongst the worst once we know obviously the fatality and the injury list. ranking alongside the british airways the one that came down on heath row airport. on that particular occasion of course the plane was completely de...

It says our thoughts are with everyone affected by today's incident at sfo, we stand ready to assist the nt bb. again, that is boeing. jennifer, stand by. richard quest, stand by. go ahead, jim tillmon. >> what happens once the tail separates from the airplane, you have no control, lateral control, that is the twisting of the airplane around its axis. you do have a little bit of control perhaps still within the wing structure to keep the wings relatively level and that was one of the reasons, the fact that it was level, that you may have a lot of people survive this because had the airplane go...