Impact: Plane spotter Fred Hayes captures the moment Flight 214 cartwheels across the runway and crashes as it comes in to land at San Francisco airport
Investigation: Deborah Hersman, Chairman of National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) speaks as San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee (left) stands beside, during a news conference at San Francisco International Airport on July 7, 2013
Press Conference: National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Deborah Hersman, center rear, makes a statement during a press briefing on the investigation of the crash of Asiana Flight 214 at San Francisco International Airport
Wreck: Investigators walk around the crash site of Asiana Flight 214 at the San Francisco International Arport in San Francisco, on Sunday, July 7th, 2013. investigators are trying to determine what caused the crash of Flight 214 on Saturday
Closed: An Asiana Airlines terminal is seen closed on Sunday, July, 07, 2013 at San Francisco International Airport one day after one of it's planes crash landed on the airport's runway
Aftermath: The wreckage of Asiana Airlines flight 214 rests on runway 28L after it crash landed at San Francisco International Airport on July 7th, 2013
Passengers check in at the Asiana Airlines ticket counter at the San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, on Sunday, July 7, 2013, a day after the crash of of Asiana Airlines Flight 214
Flight path: A sequence of pictures shows Asiana Airlines Flight 214 engulfed in smoke after crashing in San Francisco
Flight path: A sequence of pictures shows Asiana Airlines Flight 214 engulfed in smoke after crashing in San Francisco
Wreckage: The ceiling of the plane was destroyed by fire, which forced passengers to leave from emergency exits on one side only
What went wrong? Firecrews work to contain flames after a plane skidded onto a dirt area at San Francisco Airport on Saturday, killing two. Investigations are now underway to determine the cause
Relief: Passengers comfort each other and sit on the edge of the runway after escaping the plane crash
Debris: Part of the landing gear is left on the runway after Asiana Flight 214 crashed in San Francisco
Black box: Greg Smith of the National Safety Board collects the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder from Flight 214
Inquiry: Asiana Airlines President and Chief Executive Officer Yoon Young-doo, center, leaves after a press conference. He said that it does not appear that engine failure was to blame
Rescue: A woman is taken away from the airport's reflection room where passengers rested after their ordeal
Escape: This photo was taken by Samsung executive David Eun who had been on board the plane
Horror: The Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 crash landed just off the runway at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday morning, killing two passengers and injuring more than 180
Shock: People look across the water at the wreckage of the plane, which crash landed on Saturday morning
Search: Transportation investigators examine the inside of the aircraft as an inquiry into the crash begins
Report: The National Transportation Security Board begins work on its investigation into the crash
CNN Graphic: This image recreating the crash scene shows the aircraft begin its descent into San Francisco airport
Recreation? Aviation analysts speculate the plane flew in low and hit the top of the sea wall which separates the runway and San Francisco Bay
Out of control: It is believed the plane hit the lip of the sea wall causing it to skid along the runway
Frightening: After clipping the sea wall, the plane's tail was shaved off and two schoolgirls were killed
Coming to a standstill: The shaved off tail section rested several hundred feet from the main body of the aircraft, with debris from the plane littering the runway
When the trouble started? The doomed Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 snapped crashing (left) upon landing and skidding as another plane taxis (right) at San Francisco International Airport
Break: The snapped-off tail of Asiana Flight 214 landed off the tarmac, well away from the rest of the plane
Blaze: Flames tore through the plane which started spinning after its tail snapped off
Landing: The plane failed to land safely and witnesses described watching the tail and then the wings being ripped off as it hurtled along the runway on its belly
Fatal: A fire gutted the plane's cabin after the crash, which killed two people
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