Asiana Airlines Flight 214
Transpacific flight that crashed on July 6, 2013 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Asiana Airlines Flight 214 was a scheduled transpacific passenger flight originating from Incheon International Airport near Seoul, South Korea. On the morning of July 6, 2013, the Boeing 777-200ER operating the flight stalled and crashed on final approach into San Francisco International Airport in the United States. Of the 307 people on board, three died; another 187 were injured, 49 of them seriously.[1]: 13 Among the seriously injured were four flight attendants who were thrown onto the runway while still strapped in their seats when the tail section broke off after striking the seawall short of the runway. It was the first fatal crash of a Boeing 777 since the aircraft type entered service in 1995.[2]
Accident | |
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Date | July 6, 2013 (2013-07-06) |
Summary | Controlled flight into terrain during landing due to pilot error and pilot fatigue |
Site | San Francisco International Airport, California, United States 37°36′48″N 122°21′52″W |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Boeing 777-200ER |
Operator | Asiana Airlines |
IATA flight No. | OZ214 |
ICAO flight No. | AAR214 |
Call sign | ASIANA 214 |
Registration | HL7742 |
Flight origin | Incheon International Airport, Seoul, South Korea |
Destination | San Francisco International Airport, San Mateo County, United States |
Occupants | 307 |
Passengers | 291 |
Crew | 16 |
Fatalities | 3 |
Injuries | 187 |
Survivors | 304 |
The investigation by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) concluded that the accident was caused by the flight crew's mismanagement of the airplane's final approach. Deficiencies in Boeing's documentation of complex flight control systems and in Asiana Airlines' pilot training were also cited as contributory factors.[1]: 129