Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg was
supposed to be aboard the Asiana Airlines flight that crash-landed at San
Francisco International Airport on Saturday morning.
Sandberg and other execs at the social media giant
escaped potential disaster when they switched to a United flight returning from
a Korean business trip. Two passengers were reported dead and 181 injured when
the Boeing 777 landed short of a runway at about 11:27 a.m. PT.
"I was on another flight from Korea at the exact
same time,'' she said in an email to USA TODAY's Jon Swartz. "We are ok.
My friend on that flight is ok, too."
Sandberg, 43, says colleagues Debbie Frost, Charlton
Gholson and Kelly Hoffman also switched flights.
Sandberg, a billionaire and author of the recently
released best seller Lean In, took another flight flight from Seoul to cash in
air miles tickets for family members. She said the United flight landed 20
minutes before the Asiana crashed.
"Thanks you to everyone who is reaching out - and
sorry if we worried anyone,'' she tweeted.
Samsung executive David Eun, who was on crashed flight,
was among the first to tweet and send photos of the heavily damaged Boeing 777.
"I just crash landed at SFO,'' he said. "Tail
ripped off. Most everyone seems fine. I'm ok. Surreal."
Eun, shared information about fellow passengers and
photos from the crash site, gaining thousands of new Twitter followers as he
posted updates.
Late Saturday afternoon, Eun tweeted; "Just went
through customs. Adrenaline rush is subsiding. Just trying to process all this.
Really glad that most everyone I saw seemed ok, with just a few minor injuries.
Thinking a lot about family and friends right now..."
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