Asiana airplane crash: Six passengers remain in critical condition

Six passengers from Asiana Airlines Flight 214 remained in critical condition Tuesday at two Bay Area hospitals, officials said.

San Francisco General Hospital said a child listed in critical condition was upgraded to serious Monday. The five patients that remain in critical condition include four adults and one child. One patient was previously thought to be an adult but later determined to be a minor, officials said.

Five patients were discharged Monday, officials said. In all, 12 patients remain at the hospital — nine adults and three children — ranging from serious to good condition.

Meanwhile, of the five still at Stanford Hospital, only one was listed in critical but stable condition, officials there said Tuesday morning. The other four were listed in fair or good condition.

Three patients were discharged from Stanford on Monday evening.

The two hospitals took dozens of passengers from the crash. Stanford said it saw a total of 55 patients and San Francisco General said it treated 62. More than 180 people were injured when, investigators believe, the Boeing 777 came in too low and too slow, hitting a sea wall before crashing onto a runway.

The passengers suffered complications including spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries, abdominal injuries, internal bleeding, road rash and fractures, hospital officials said.

Two 16-year-old girls from China were found dead on the tarmac after the crash. Asiana Airlines identified them as Wang Linjia and Ye Mengyuan. The teens were part of a student group from Jiangshan Middle School in China’s eastern Zhejiang province, according to Chinese media reports.

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