- All four runways at San Francisco's airport are now operational, airport says
- A girl, who'd been in critical condition, died at a San Francisco hospital
- A teen who died earlier was hit by fire truck, police say
- Her body was believed to be covered in foam sprayed by firefighters, spokesman says
(CNN) -- A third person, identified as a minor girl, died from injuries suffered in the Asiana Airlines crash last week, hospital officials said.
She had been in critical condition at the Bay Area hospital since the July 6 crash, San Francisco General spokeswoman Rachael Kagan said
The hospital didn't release any additional information about her -- including her name, age or ethnicity -- in keeping with her parents' wishes.
"It's a very, very sad day today at San Francisco General Hospital," said Dr. Geoffrey Manley, chief of neurosurgery. "We have all done everything we could."
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Two others -- both 16-year-old girls from China -- were reported dead soon after the Boeing 777 crash-landed at San Francisco International Airport.
Asiana Airlines Flight 214 sits just off the runway at San Francisco International Airport on Sunday, July 7, in a handout photo from the National Transportation Safety Board. The Boeing 777 coming from Seoul, South Korea, crashed on landing on Saturday, July 6. 
On July 7, the NTSB released this photo showing the inside of the aircraft. 
An investigator photographs part of the landing gear at the crash site in a handout released on July 7. The NTSB's preliminary assessment of the plane's cockpit and flight data recorders shows the flight was coming in too slow and too low. 
An investigator inspects the broken-off tail of the plane in a handout photo released July 7. The crash killed two people, injured 182 and forced the temporary closure of one of the country's largest airports. 
An investigator stands near the tail of the plane in a handout photo released on July 7. The NTSB has ruled out weather as a problem and said that conditions were right for a "visual landing." 
Investigators approach the crash in a handout photo released on July 7. 
Fire crews attempt to quench the blaze on Saturday, July 6. 
Smoke rises from the crash site across the San Francisco Bay on July 6. 
Asiana Airlines Flight 214 remains on the runway on July 6. 
A plane sits on the runway on July 6 while emergency crews tend to the crash site. 
A helicopter flies above the wreckage on July 6 as people observe from across the waters of San Francisco Bay. 
Travelers at San Francisco International Airport look at the departures and arrivals board after Asiana Flight 214 crashed on July 6. The airport, located 12 miles south of downtown San Francisco, is California's second busiest, behind Los Angeles International. 
Kevin Cheng talks on his phone as he waits in the terminal after Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crash-landed on July 6. He said he was supposed to pick up students who were on board the flight from Seoul. 
Passengers wait for the British Airways counter to reopen at San Francisco International Airport on July 6. 
Police guard the Reflection Room at the San Francisco airport's international terminal, where passengers from Asiana Airlines Flight 214 were reportedly gathering after the crash landing on July 6. 
People are escorted from the Reflection Room at the San Francisco International Airport on July 6. 
Traffic backs up on U.S. Route 101 South in San Francisco on July 6. The Bay Area airport was closed to incoming and departing traffic after the crash, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. 
People look over the wreckage across a cove in San Francisco Bay on July 6. 
Deborah Hersman, chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board, speaks to the press at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, before departing for San Francisco with an NTSB crew on July 6 to investigate the crash site. 
The San Francisco Giants observe a moment of silence for those killed and hurt in the crash before their baseball game on July 6 against the Los Angeles Dodgers at AT&T Park in San Francisco. 
Crews comb the end of a San Francisco airport runway following the crash landing on July 6. 
People in Seoul watch a news program reporting about the crash landing on July 6 in San Francisco. Asiana Airlines Flight 214 took off from Seoul earlier Saturday. 
The plane crashed on July 6 around 11:30 a.m. (2:30 p.m. ET). 
People walk past the wreckage of the plane's tail on July 6. 
The burned-out plane remains on the runway on July 6. Passengers and crew members escaped down the emergency inflatable slides. 
Rescue workers tend to the crash site on July 6. 
Debris litters the runway on July 6. 
Airport shuttles arrive on the scene after the crash landing. 
Wreckage from the Boeing 777 lies on the tarmac on July 6. 
Crews surround the remains of the plane on July 6. 
Investigators pass the detached tail and landing gear of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 on July 6. 
An aerial view shows the site of the crash landing between the runways on July 6. 
Smoke rises from the crash site on July 6 at the airport in San Francisco. 
Fire crews work at the crash site at San Francisco International Airport on July 6. 
The Boeing 777 lies burned on the runway after it crashed landed on July 6. 
An aerial photo of the scene on July 6 shows the extent of the plane's damage. 
The burned-out plane sits surrounded by emergency vehicles on July 6. 
CNN iReporter Amanda Painter took this photo while waiting at the San Francisco airport on July 6. The entire airport has shut down and flights diverted to other airports. 
iReporter Val Vaden captured this photo while waiting in a departure lounge at the San Francisco airport on July 6. Val observed the billowing smoke and emergency responders' rush in. 
iReporter Sven Duenwald was at home on July 6 when he saw smoke rising into the air near the San Francisco International Airport. 
iReporter Timothy Clark was standing on the eighth floor of the Embassy Suites Airport Hotel when he heard a loud crashing sound from outside. "My daughter told me she heard a plane crash. I used my camera to get a clearer view and I could see a dust cloud. Then people running from the plane, then flames," he said. 
A photo provided to CNN by Eunice Bird Rah -- and shot by her father, who was a passenger on the plane -- shows flames and smoke bursting out of many of the aircraft's windows. 
David Eun, a passenger on Asiana Airlines Flight 214, posted this image to Path.com along with the message, "I just crash landed at SFO. Tail ripped off. Most everyone seems fine, I'm ok. Surreal..." It was one of the first photographs taken after the crash. 
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Plane crash-lands in San Francisco 
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Asiana attendants return home 
New details emerge in plane crash One of those teenagers was hit on the runway by a fire truck, though it's unclear whether she was already dead when she was struck, San Francisco police spokesman Albie Esparza said.
At the time, firefighters were using flame retardant that ended up surrounding areas immediately around the plane with foam, Esparza said.
"When the truck repositioned itself to get a better aim of the fuselage, they discovered the body of the victim in the fresh track from the path of the truck," he added.
The foam was thick enough to cover a body, Esparza noted. Moreover, it is difficult for those in the "industrial-size" fire trucks that responded to crash to see things on the ground, the police spokesman said.
"Right now, we are waiting results from the coroner to determine if she died from the crash or the fire engine going over her," the police spokesman said. "And that will be part of our investigations, like any other case, by our hit-and-run and major accidents investigations teams."
Of the passengers and crew on board, 304 people survived -- 123 of whom walked away relatively unscathed. The others were sent to hospitals.
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A handful of them remained hospitalized, including six patients at San Francisco General. That hospital's figure includes two adults in critical condition with spinal cord injuries, abdominal injuries, internal bleeding, road rash and fractures.
San Francisco International Airport is also working to get back to normal.
The plane's fuselage was hauled away on flatbed trucks Friday to a remote section of the airport, San Francisco International Airport said in a news release.
On Friday, a Southwest Airlines jet landed on the runway where the crash occurred -- signifying that, for the first time in six days, all four of the airport's runways were operational.
"The tremendous efforts and around-the-clock work of airport staff, government agencies, airline tenants and contractors allowed us to complete all repairs and safety certifications for Runway 28L in a timely and efficient manner," airport director John L. Martin said.
While the wreckage has been hauled away, investigators still have not pinpointed exactly why Flight 214 crashed, or who was to blame.
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An in-depth review of the cockpit voice recorder shows two pilots called for the landing to be aborted before the plane hit a seawall and crashed onto the runway, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board said.
The first internal call by one of the three pilots in the cockpit to abort the landing came three seconds before the crash. A second call was made by another pilot 1.5 seconds before impact, NTSB chief Deborah Hersman said.
The agency has begun wrapping up its investigation at the airport, and crews are cleaning up the debris left by the crash. Investigators turned the runway back over to the airport.
CNN's Chelsea J. Carter, Augie Martin and Ed Payne contributed to this report.
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