This aircraft was a regular visitor to Sydney up until 10/06/2011.

Looks like it landed very short, clipping the rock wall, although some eye witnesses said the approcah looked abnormal also.

just heard a clip on Live ATC from the approach and you can clearly hear the captain call the tower telling them they have a problem, actually, he just calls out "we have a problem".

Cheers Monty.

Interesting. I'm not one for speculation normally, but this just smells of another 777 power loss after a long flight in cold temps.

Mick

Fair few eyewitness accounts floating around but many seem seriously questionable. There's one from someone who says he was seated in the middle of the plane, not at the back, but then he's giving a detailed account of what he "saw" happening at the back. You know, through all the toilets and galleys and while strapped to his forward-facing seat.

It does seem like the landing gear clipped the seawall and collapsed.

The photo of people walking away toting large carry-on luggage is bizarre but not exactly surprising.

Every evacuation seems to have people with bags and now people taking photos on their phones

Thomas, both GP & PAPI was NOTAM'd out I thought? Sadly looks like he landed short. Pilot error or technical problem - time will tell. The weather was perfect, clear skies and calm winds.

The UA B747 holding short would have ***** themselves I'd say.

Interesting graphic from the approach the day before and the day of the accident.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BOhIDCWCUAApHFV.jpg:large

I can only imagine what the crew of that UA 747 were thinking.

SFO is one of the most popular spotting airports in the US. Given how nice the day was and being a weekend, it would have been interesting to see how many were out there and witnessed it. Any photos taken will be crucial in the investigation - this is another reason why spotters are actually good for airports, not a danger.

To be fair, the person who tweeted that was a fair distance from the aircraft and also notably refused media requests, later saying he only sent that out to let people know that he was OK (and to a lesser extent, that a large number of people seemed to be largely OK).

On the face of it, compared to the average person, I think he acted relatively thoughtfully and not unreasonably.

It is not a criticism of them taking photos - it is just interesting that people think that as soon as they get out, that the danger is over.