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Short time ago that she basically saw this plane, at least part of it, break apart as it approached. captain john cox has been with me throughout the afternoon. flew for u.s. air for about 25 years. captain, i don't think i've talked to you since we heard from the eyewitness account. based on what we've heard from someone who saw this happen, any additional information that we can glean from the eyewitness account? >> i think the eyewitness is going to corroborate what the evidence on the runway shows, that the tail is early, very early in the debris field. and that indicates a high likelihood...

We're still working on a firm number for how many people -- i don't know the status. i'm sorry. >> walk us through [ inaudible ] how you're dealing with this. the process. >> really the first step is for our first responders to secure the scene. i want to thank the neutral aid respond here's supported the airport in this effort. this is an effort still underway. we're still securing the scene and addressing the passengers on the flight. and again, i don't have exact numbers. >> the flight was coming from seoul, south korea. >> i don't have any information. >> there were reports that the may no...

Sounds throughout the cabin and it is an unmistakable sound. that alerts the cabin crew that the plane must be evacuated. >> tom -- >> they will spring from their seats and open the doors. the slides will deploy and they will guide passengers out of the plane. and this is -- >> tom, tom, i have to sbrumt you. stand by and listen to this. this is the news conference happening at the airport in san francisco. we don't have video but we do want to listen to the audio. >> 90 name is doug. i'm the public information officer at the airport. y-a-k-e-l-. >> talk about what happened. >> there was an in...

Survivors. can you say there are survivors? >> i don't have a down on the status. i know that people were removed from the plane. i don't have numbers. >> can you talk about air traffic now and where things are being diverted to? >> i don't know where nights are being diverted to but certainly they have diverted. and we are currently not operating any arrivals or departures and we are working to address that. i don't know that information. we're still working on an exact count. >> for those people waiting to receive their loved ones, when he this she go now in. >> we're working on it. if we do...

New information on the number of passengers aboard that boeing 777. nor was he able to give us any information, however he did indicate some people were transported. so we don't know whether they were traction ported as a precaution or whether they was transported because they were in fact hurt. san francisco international airport remains closed right now. no arrivals, no departures, flights that were scheduled to land there. many of those flights that were diverted, he encouraged folks who might be expecting to pick up someone from the airport to contact the local airline to find out precisel...