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| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | July 6, 2013 |
| Site | San Francisco International Airport 37°36′48″N 122°21′53″W / 37.61333°N 122.36472°W / 37.61333; -122.36472 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 777-200ER |
| Operator | Asiana Airlines |
| Registration | HL7742 |
| Flight origin | Incheon International Airport |
| Destination | San Francisco International Airport |
| Passengers | 291 |
| Crew | 16 |
| Fatalities | 2 confirmed |
| Injuries | 48 hospitalized, 10 critical |
Asiana Airlines Flight 214 was a transpacific passenger flight operated by Asiana Airlines from Incheon International Airport, near Seoul, South Korea, to San Francisco International Airport, near San Francisco, California, in the United States. On July 6, 2013, a Boeing 777-200ER serving the flight crash-landed upon approach at San Francisco International Airport. There were 291 passengers and 16 crew members aboard.
Crash
On July 6, 2013, at 11:26 a.m. PDT (18:26 UTC), a Boeing 777-200ER, registration number HL7742, crashed at San Francisco International Airport upon landing, short of runway 28L's threshold, striking the seawall that projects into San Francisco Bay. One engine and the tail section behind the aft pressure bulkhead became separated from the aircraft. The vertical and both horizontal stabilizers came to rest on the runway before the threshold, while the remainder of the fuselage and wings halted to the left side of the runway. Eyewitnesses described a large brief fireball upon the aircraft landing, and a second large explosion minutes after the impact, with a large, dark plume of smoke rising from the fuselage. Evacuation slides were deployed on one side of the plane, and were used to evacuate the passengers.
Aftermath
The cause of the crash remains unclear. The National Transportation Safety Board has begun an investigation and sent a crew to the scene. The airport was closed in the hours following the crash and incoming flights destined for San Francisco were diverted to the other major airports in the San Francisco Bay Area or to Sacramento or Los Angeles. A Hospital press conference confirmed that there were 10 people in critical condition. Patients were also transported to other hospitals in the area. It was later confirmed that two people were known to have died and up to 60 were still unaccounted for.
See also
- British Airways Flight 38, a Boeing 777 that crashed upon landing at London Heathrow Airport
References
- ^ "Asiana plane carried 291 passengers, 16 crew: airline". Reuters. July 6, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
- ^ Welch, William; Swartz, Jon M. (July 6, 2013). "2 confirmed dead in San Francisco Airport crash". USA Today. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
- "Asiana 777 (AAR214) crashes upon landing at SFO". FlightAware. July 6, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
- Simon Hradecky (July 6, 2013). "Accident: Asiana B772 at San Francisco on Jul 6th 2013, touched down short of the runway, broke up and burst into flames". Aviation Herald. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
- Arkin, Daniel (July 6, 2013). "Boeing 777 crashes while landing at San Francisco airport". NBC News. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
- ^ Somaiya, Ravi (July 6, 2013). "Plane Crashes on Landing in San Francisco". The New York Times. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
- ^ "Jet crash lands at San Francisco airport". BBC News Online. July 6, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
- ^ Botelho, Greg; Ahlers, Mike M. (July 6, 2013). "Airline's Boeing 777 crash lands at San Francisco International Airport". CNN. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
- "Plane crash at San Francisco airport, 2 dead". July 6, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
- "HOSPITAL OFFICIAL: 10 CRITICALLY INJURED IN ASIANA AIRLINE CRASH AT SAN FRANCISCO AIRPORT". AP. Retrieved July 6, 2013.