San Francisco plane crash - in pictures

Smokes rises from Asiana flight 214 Photograph: John Green/AP

Firefighters spray water on the plane as it sits on the runway Photograph: Air Station San Francisco/Reuters

Debris from the plane strewn across the runway Photograph: Jed Jacobsohn/Reuters

Fire crews at the scene tackle the blaze Photograph: MCT/Landov/Barcroft Media

Passengers from the flightare treated at San Francisco general hospital. More than 130 people were sent to hospitals Photograph: John Green/AP

The Boeing 777, which had flown from Seoul, South Korea, was carrying 307 people Photograph: KTVU/Reuters

Passenger Veddpal Singh talks to reporters Photograph: MCT/Landov/Barcroft Media

The plane's emergency chutes were deployed after the crash landing and rescue workers gathered at the scene Photograph: Jed Jacobsohn/Reuters

A woman believed to be the mother of a crash victim in San Francisco is surrounded by journalists at Asiana's headquarters in Seoul Photograph: Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images

The wreckage of the Asiana flight 214 plane after it crashed, as another plane approaches the runway next to San Francisco bay Photograph: Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP

Fire crews gather round the detached tail of the plane Photograph: Jeff Chiu/AP

United Airline passengers wait in long queues to rebook flights at San Francisco international airport, while the security checkpoint line remains relatively empty Photograph: Alvin Jornada/EPA

Rescue workers stand near the wreckage of the Boeing 777 Photograph: Jed Jacobsohn/Reuters