When Asiana Flight 214 crash landed at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, local hospitals – including America’s Essential Hospitals member San Francisco General Hospital – went into disaster mode.

The Boeing 777 aircraft reportedly crashed into the runway after the plane descended too slowly and its engines began to stall. The latest news reports indicate that investigators now are turning their attention to possible pilot error. Overall, two passengers died and 180 others were injured.

According to San Francisco General spokesperson Rachael Kagan, the hospital – the area’s only Level I trauma center – accepted 53 of those patients, including 27 adults and 26 children, the largest number of patients treated by a hospital after the accident. Injuries ranged from minor cuts and bruises, to major head trauma, internal bleeding, spinal cord injuries, and in some cases, paralysis.

In the moments after the crash, San Francisco General took several steps to ensure they were prepared for a sudden influx of patients with severe injuries. For example, the Los Angeles Times reported that the hospital mounted tents outside the emergency department to accommodate crash victims who didn’t require trauma care, so operating rooms could be reserved for the most acute cases.

The hospital employed four trauma teams and five surgery rooms to treat victims, according to Dr. Margaret Knudson, chief of surgery at San Francisco General. “This is the largest one I’ve been involved in, I think this is the largest the hospital has been involved with,” she said, noting that the hospital and its staff “were really well organized and everybody did their job perfectly.” The hospital also made sure they had enough Korean speakers to translate for patients – nine translators in all were on-site to help, NPR reported.

According to the hospital’s Twitter feed, 36 patients had been discharged and 17 were in hospital beds as of Sunday evening. Meanwhile, a Bay Area NBC affiliate reported that nine crash victims were seen leaving the hospital with family members early Monday morning.

Other hospitals that responded to the crash included UCSF Medical Center, Stanford Hospitals & Clinics, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, St. Francis Memorial Hospital, St. Mary’s Medical, and Center California Pacific Medical Center.