Asiana Airlines Flight 214
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HL7742, the aircraft involved in the accident, photographed on arrival to Hong Kong International Airport on July 31, 2011
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| Accident summary | |
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| Date | July 6, 2013 |
| Summary | Descent below visual glidepath and impact with seawall due to pilot error |
| Site |
San Francisco International Airport 37°36′48″N 122°21′52″W / 37.61333°N 122.36444°WCoordinates: 37°36′48″N 122°21′52″W / 37.61333°N 122.36444°W |
| Passengers | 291 |
| Crew | 16 |
| Fatalities | 3 |
| Injuries (non-fatal) | 187 |
| Survivors | 304 |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 777-200ER |
| Operator | Asiana Airlines |
| Registration | HL7742 |
| Flight origin | Incheon International Airport |
| Destination | San Francisco International Airport |
Asiana Airlines Flight 214 was a scheduled transpacific passenger flight from Incheon International Airport near Seoul, South Korea, to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in the United States. On the morning of Saturday, July 6, 2013, the Boeing 777-200ER aircraft operating the flight crashed on final approach into SFO. Of the 307 people aboard, two passengers died at the crash scene, and a third died in a hospital several days later, all three of them teenage Chinese girls. Another 187 individuals were injured, 49 of them seriously. Among the injured were three 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 crash of a Boeing 777 that resulted in fatalities since that aircraft model entered into service in 1995.
The Boeing 777-200ER, registration HL7742, was powered by two Pratt and Whitney PW4090 engines. It was delivered new to Asiana Airlines on 7 March 2006 and at the time of the crash had accumulated 36,000 flight hours and 5,000 (takeoff-and-landing) cycles.
The Boeing 777 has a good reputation for safety. This was its first fatal accident, second crash (after British Airways Flight 38), and third hull loss since the 777 began operating commercially in 1995.
On July 6, 2013, Flight OZ214 took off from Incheon International Airport (ICN) at 5:04 p.m. KST (08:04 UTC), 34 minutes after its scheduled departure time. It was scheduled to land at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) at 11:04 a.m. PDT (18:04 UTC).
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