One killed in San Francisco air crash holds Chinese passport

Source:Xinhua Published: 2013-7-7 11:30:05

Officers of Asiana Airlines work in accident tast force office at the Asiana Airlines company's headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, July 7, 2013. Two people were confirmed dead in Saturday's crash landing of an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 passenger plane originated from Seoul, South Korea, at San Francisco International Airport, California of the United States, said San Francisco Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White at a press conference. (Xinhua/POOL/Lee Jin-man)

Officers of Asiana Airlines work in accident tast force office at the Asiana Airlines company's headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, July 7, 2013. Two people were confirmed dead in Saturday's crash landing of an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 passenger plane originated from Seoul, South Korea, at San Francisco International Airport, California of the United States, said San Francisco Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White at a press conference. (Xinhua/POOL/Lee Jin-man)
 

Officers of Asiana Airlines work in accident tast force office at the Asiana Airlines company's headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, July 7, 2013. Two people were confirmed dead in Saturday's crash landing of an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 passenger plane originated from Seoul, South Korea, at San Francisco International Airport, California of the United States, said San Francisco Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White at a press conference. (Xinhua/POOL/Lee Jin-man)

Officers of Asiana Airlines work in accident tast force office at the Asiana Airlines company's headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, July 7, 2013. Two people were confirmed dead in Saturday's crash landing of an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 passenger plane originated from Seoul, South Korea, at San Francisco International Airport, California of the United States, said San Francisco Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White at a press conference. (Xinhua/POOL/Lee Jin-man)
 


Officers of Asiana Airlines work in accident tast force office at the Asiana Airlines company's headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, July 7, 2013. Two people were confirmed dead in Saturday's crash landing of an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 passenger plane originated from Seoul, South Korea, at San Francisco International Airport, California of the United States, said San Francisco Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White at a press conference. (Xinhua/POOL/Lee Jin-man)

Officers of Asiana Airlines work in accident tast force office at the Asiana Airlines company's headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, July 7, 2013. Two people were confirmed dead in Saturday's crash landing of an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 passenger plane originated from Seoul, South Korea, at San Francisco International Airport, California of the United States, said San Francisco Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White at a press conference. (Xinhua/POOL/Lee Jin-man)

One of the two people killed in an air crash Saturday in San Francisco, the United States, holds Chinese passport, the Yonhap news agency reported Sunday, quoting the South Korean foreign ministry.

However, the report has not been confirmed immediately by the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco nor by the San Francisco airport.

Meanwhile, the South Korean foreign ministry said it has yet to confirm the nationality of the other victim in the incident, which occurred when an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport.

At least 130 others were injured in the crash.

Asiana Airlines said in Seoul that the plane carried 16 crew members and 291 passengers, including 141 Chinese, 77 South Koreans and 61 US citizens.

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