Originally Posted by
Firewind
The wind was from the southwest at 7-8 mph - across 28L - unless there was clear air turbulence. I remember meteorologist Leigh Glaser on KGO-TV reporting this soon after the crash, and also just went here to see what was reported to the NWS by the airport...
http://w1.weather.gov/obhistory/KSFO.html
As someone already posted in this thread, there was a report of turbulence from a passenger on a plane landing just prior to OZ 214.
http://www.ferndaleenterprise.com/category/blog/
Just witnessed the MOST unbelievable thing I’ve ever seen in my life. As my plane landed in SF we hit some turbulence & our plane jolted to the left, turning about 30 degrees before we quickly straightened out-barely making our landing, taking a sharp left & skidding to a stop on the strip between 2 runways. Just as we pulled perpendicular to the incoming runway, we looked up to the left & saw a huge plane (an off duty pilot riding as a passenger on my flight said it was a 777) literally drop from the sky & slam into the ground, almost bouncing it hit so hard. It threw an engine into the center divider that bursted into flames, before the plane turned sideways off the runway & slid until it came to a stop in the dirt. It quickly went up in flames towards the center of the plane & then a few minutes later we saw the emergency slide deploy from the front. No news on passengers. Anyways, long story short Kimberly, they shutdown the airport & nothing is currently coming/going (I’ll keep you posted). Absolutely terrified to board another flight. Pray that everyone gets off that plane!!! — at San Francisco International Airport (SFO).
Eyewitness accounts can be terribly inaccurate, so take it with a grain of salt, but a very interesting bit of information if true.