Asiana Airlines Flight 214 — transpacific flight that crashed on July 6, 2013
The first fatal Boeing 777 crash since the type entered service in 1995, killing three of 307 aboard at San Francisco International Airport.
Key Facts
- Date of crash
- July 6, 2013
- People on board
- 307
- Fatalities
- 3
- Injured
- 187 (49 seriously)
- Aircraft type
- Boeing 777-200ER (reg. HL7742)
- Origin airport
- Incheon International Airport, Seoul, South Korea
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
The flight crew mismanaged the final approach, allowing the aircraft to descend too slowly toward Runway 28L. Contributing factors included deficiencies in Boeing's documentation of complex flight control systems and shortcomings in Asiana Airlines' pilot training programs, as determined by the NTSB investigation.
On the morning of July 6, 2013, Asiana Airlines Flight 214, a Boeing 777-200ER, struck the seawall short of Runway 28L at San Francisco International Airport during final approach. The tail, main landing gear, and left engine separated on impact, and the fuselage slid along the runway before stopping and catching fire.
Three passengers were killed and 187 others were injured, 49 seriously, including four flight attendants ejected onto the runway when the tail broke off. The crash was the first fatal passenger airliner accident on U.S. soil since 2009, and prompted renewed scrutiny of airline pilot training standards and manufacturer documentation practices.