Of the 53, only 19 patients remained at the hospital as of this afternoon. Twenty seven of those patients were adults ranging in age from 20 to 76, and 26 children received care as well. The hospital treated a total of 53 patients from the crash – more than any other hospital in the area.

At least two individuals with spinal fractures were paralyzed and others suffered head trauma. Many patients suffered severe abdominal bleeding that Knudson said might have been caused by the plane's seat belts. Six of the patients, including one young girl, are receiving care at San Francisco General Hospital, Knudson said. Eight patients remained in critical condition.

'It appears that they were dragged over something,' she said.įifty one patients are at area hospitals after surviving the crash. Many patients admitted to San Francisco General Hospital were covered in what was characterized as 'road rash,' a phenomenon more closely tied to people in motorcycle crashes when they aren't wearing leathers, San Francisco General Hopsital's chief of surgery Dr. to take part in a summer program.Īlong with the spinal fractures, head trauma and abdominal injuries common in plane crashes, some survivors of the Asiana Airlines plane crash also had an unexpected rash all over their bodies, doctors at one San Francisco hospital found. In a statement, China's Ministry of Education said at least 70 teachers and students from China were traveling to the U.S. Wang Linjia and Ye Mengyuan were part of a student group from Jiangshan Middle School in China's eastern Zhejiang province, according to Chinese media reports. The two passengers who died in the crash landing were identified as 16-year-old female students from China, according to officials and Chinese media reports. SLIDESHOW: Plane Crashes at San Francisco Airport The plane's engines appeared to respond normally, she said. The Boeing 777 aircraft was traveling at a speed 'significantly' below the target speed of 137 knots, but Hersman would not indicate how much slower the plane was traveling. Hersman said one of the flight crew members called to increase the plane's speed just seven seconds before impact, according to data the NTSB obtained from the cockpit voice recorder. The pilots then attempted a 'go around' to abort the landing, less than two seconds before the plane hit the runway. Analysis of the plane's recovered black boxes revealed that the control yoke shook in the pilot's hand at approximately four seconds before the plane crashed, NTSB Chair Deborah Hersman said.

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