A plane packed with more than 300 people slammed into the runway at San Francisco airport and caught fire, forcing many to escape down emergency inflatable slides as flames tore through the Boeing 777.

An Asiana Airlines flight has crashed while landing at San Francisco airport, a federal aviation official said. It was not immediately known whether there were any injuries.

It’s been a year where sportstars at home and abroad have again had plenty to say for themselves. Fintan O’Toole and John Riordan picked out their best offerings

OUT in San Francisco Airport, when the All-Star travelling party landed last week, a passer-by clocked the tracksuits and asked Tipperary hurler Lar Corbett who was playing.

LIAM WATSON has outlined how US immigration officers detained him for three hours before allowing him to join his All Star hurling colleagues.

US government authorities are investigating a pilot who posted videos on YouTube criticising what he said were security lapses at San Francisco International Airport.

San Francisco airport was thrown into chaos when a security check found evidence of explosives on a man's shoes.

Officials shut down 28 gates at San Francisco International Airport today after security guards detected explosives residue on a man's shoes, but the man disappeared into a crowd before guards could question him.