One hundred and forty-one Chinese citizens were among the 291 passengers aboard the Asiana Airlines plane that crash landed at San Francisco airport on Saturday, diplomats with the Chinese Consulate General said.

The Chinese citizens included a teacher and 34 high school students, the diplomats said.

No further information about casualties of the Chinese citizens was available up to now.

The Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 passenger plane flying from Seoul, the Republic of Korea, crashed upon landing and burned partly at San Francisco International Airport, California of the United States, with parts spread on the runway.