Accident | |
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Date | 26 July 1993 |
Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
Site | Ungeo Mountain, near Mokpo Airport, South Korea 34°42′31″N 126°18′39″E / 34.70861°N 126.31083°E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Boeing 737-5L9 |
Operator | Asiana Airlines |
IATA flight No. | OZ733 |
ICAO flight No. | AAR733 |
Call sign | ASIANA 733 |
Registration | HL7229 |
Flight origin | Seoul-Gimpo International Airport |
Destination | Mokpo Airport |
Occupants | 116 |
Passengers | 110 |
Crew | 6 |
Fatalities | 68 |
Injuries | 48 |
Survivors | 48 |
Asiana Airlines Flight 733 was a domestic Asiana Airlines passenger flight from Seoul-Gimpo International Airport to Mokpo Airport, South Korea. The Boeing 737 crashed on 26 July 1993, in the Hwawon area of Haenam County, South Jeolla Province. The cause of the accident was determined to be pilot error leading to controlled flight into terrain. 68 of the 116 passengers and crew on board were killed.[1][2] The crash resulted in the first hull loss of a 737-500.[citation needed]