Published on Jul 11, 2013 Update 2 reflecting no initial post-impact fire.
This is a very accurate reconstruction of the crash of Asiana flight 214 at San Francisco Airport on July 6, 2013 with the exception of the post impac t fire. It is now reported that the fire did not break out until 90 seconds after the aircraft came to rest. That adjustment will be made and re-poste d this evening.
All times, speeds, distances and scaling contained are accurate to the data available as of July 10, 2013. There is also included in the segment a blu e transparent exemplar aircraft programmed to follow the correct 3 degree g lide slope to the intended touchdown point 1,000 ft down the marked runway. This is the path and altitude the Asiana flight should have been flying du ring the approach. Please note that the blue exemplar aircraft is not progr ammed to fly at the correct approach speed, only the correct altitude. If i t were programmed to fly the correct approach speed it would very quickly p ass the Asiana aircraft and disappear off screen. The reconstruction also c ontains the actual SFO tower communications with flight 214 although the ac tual timing of the communications may not be absolutely synchronized to the animation since the data necessary to precisely synch won't be available u ntil it is released by the FAA or NTSB in the coming weeks.
This reconstruction will continue to be further refined and re-posted as ne w data becomes available.
If you have any questions regarding this animated reconstruction feel free to call Eyewitness Animations at (954) 941-2356 and ask for John. www.eyewi tnessanimations.com