What was supposed to be a routine landing in San Francisco, California, turned into a scary and even deadly scene for a total of 307 on board a plane traveling from Seoul, South Korea when it crash landed at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday.
Facebook COO and best-selling author, Sheryl Sandberg, posted a series of public status updates on her Facebook page, saying that she was supposed to be on the plane that killed two and left 180 injured.
Friends and family members expressed gratitude that the "Lean In" author was not on board Asiana Airlines Flight 214 that crashed around 11:30 a.m. PT (2:30 p.m. ET).
Here's Sandberg's full post:
"Taking a minute to be thankful and explain what happened. My family, colleagues Debbie Frost, Charlton Gholson and Kelly Hoffman and I were originally going to take the Asiana flight that just crash-landed. We switched to United so we could use miles for my family's tickets. Our flight was scheduled to come in at the same time, but we were early and landed about 20 minutes before the crash. Our friend Dave David Eun was on the Asiana flight and he is fine.
Thank you to everyone who is reaching out - and sorry if we worried anyone."
However, not everyone was glad that Sandberg shared this information. Some said the news should be about people that were actually on the plane and had undergone such a traumatic experience.
Never forget: news can't be about the actual victims, it always must be about the celebrities: https://t.co/zl8Z9eFC1O
— David Sirota (@davidsirota) July 6, 2013
Ugh. News shouldn't be about Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg not being on SFO plane crash. Focus on poor souls who were. https://t.co/lfVDpY1Tqw — Bonnie Burton (@bonniegrrl) July 6, 2013
I DON’T CARE ABOUT SHERYL SANDBERG I ONLY CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE ACTUALLY WERE ON THE PLANE
— Christian (@ChristianHears) July 6, 2013
Asiana Airlines issued a statement that listed the number of passengers and their nationalities: 77 Korean citizens, 141 Chinese citizens, 61 U.S. citizens and 1 Japanese citizen.
