Thanks for the link to the YouTube video. SFO is a neat airport with some
quirks due to geography (San Bruno Mtn., 1319 ft./ 402 m, is just right of the
28's), weather (fog and rain), and runway spacing. I know it fairly well due to
living in San Bruno for several years and regular transits of groundside to get
to the airport's post office on West Field Road.
"San
Francisco International Airport" (Wikipedia article, includes airport
diagram)
NB - The crash was on 28L (left runway, pronounced 'Lima' per
ICAO, 280 degrees nominal direction, 282+ degrees actual). This will require
that the runway be kept out of service while the NTSB documents the debris
field, gathers up the pieces, and documents what's under the fuselage. The
airport is barred from repairing / cleaning the runway until the NTSB releases
it. There may be an underwater component to the retrieval effort which might
delay the release.
This will be followed by months of analysis of the
wrecked aircraft and its approach to SFO. They will be determining the cause or
causes of the crash and assessing the post-crash events for possible
improvements.
The crash will reduce the capacity of SFO due to having
only one main landing runway - 28R (right, pronounced 'Romeo'). Part of the SOP
involves increasing the spacing between aircraft to keep an acceptable safety
margin. Air controllers (TRACON and tower) and pilots are used to this at SFO
due to similar procedures for landing in rain and
fog.
SFGate.com, San Francisco Chronicle's free site
:
"SF plane crash: Crew tried to abort landing"
(7 July 2013, includes photos + videos)
"NTSB photos from inside the San Francisco plane
crash" (7 July 2013, nine [9] photos)
"SF plane crash: NTSB probe will take months" (7
July 2013, one photo - data recorders from the 777 per the caption)
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