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## Video: Tower Recording in San Francisco Plane Crash

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_Published 2013-07-07. San Francisco tower controllers witness and respond to the crash landing of Asiana flight 214._


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## Transcript

>> Asiana 214 Heavy, San Francisco tower, 28 left, cleared to land.

>> Al right. Cleared to land 28L Asiana 214. -[ unk ]

>> What happened to them?

>> Hello, Asiana 214.

>> 214 Heavy, emergency vehicles are responding.

>> Asiana 214.

>> Emergency landing.

>> Okay, tower. Asiana 214 now we're seeing some--

>> Asiana 214 heavy, emergency vehicles are responding. Had everyone on their way.

>> Skywest 5452 San Francisco Tower, go around.

>> Go ahead Skywest 5452.

>> Skywest 5452 fly heading 280 maintain 3, 000.

>> 280 on 3, 000 Skywest 5452.

>> Horizon 635 fly heading 265 maintain 3, 100.

>> Yes, sir. 265, 3, 100, Horizon 635. -[ unk ] Say again.

>> Yes. This is Flight 885. We are going to proceed left. We see people at the vicinity the immediate place and guess they are alive and walking around.

>> Flight 885 heavy, roger. These people are just walking outside the airplane right now.

>> Yes. I know they are some people look like they're struggling.

>> It's right out near the 28 right number on the right side of the runway.

>> Roger, reporting a person, what numbers?

>> Excuse me. The 28 left number, between the runways there are people right adjacent to the numbers. We can see about 2 or 3 people that are moving and probably have survived.

>> Roger.

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