KathyPilot

Well, point of perception is 20/20 but distorted - especially time. SFO has 2 Paramedic units with crews - they were there with the rest of the trucks.. As first responders their job is to triage, treat and transport. I know they used the CG for some evac very quickly. If this pax was able to do an interview he would have been low on the triage list. In a situation like this everything rolls....quickly.

Agreed! Impressive!

No. It hit the rocks off centerline. Look at the photos. Oddly enough, if they were centerline they would have taken out the rabbit lights. That recording was so bad (and CNN et. al edited) it was hard to tell what was going on exactly, All I heard was the tower clear for the runway, garble, then the tower telling them everyone (crash trucks I assume) was on the way,

Came on here to get away from the talking heads on CNN ..argh. Couple of things came to mind after looking at the photos and reading. 1. Why was the aircraft approx 100' off center line of the runway? Not normal. No crosswind. 2. Landing (main touch down) is normally 1000 feet from threshold - obviously off of the glidepath. 3. Witnesses and a pax stated they heard spool up of engines prior to impact. . 4. Tail had to hit the berm. Look at the debris field. Luggage, parts, etc strewn from point of impact. 5. Note the rear pressure bulkhead (now visible due to the empennage being ripped off). It is split open. This is where the flight attendants- strapped to their seats close to that wall. Two bodies were found on the runway. Them....perhaps? Sad. The bad is that people were killed. The good, they got the pax off that plane in less than 3 min, Crash Crews were very quick, the PIC and CO are alive, the orange boxes should be retrievable, but they are in the tail so may be a bit damaged.