Asiana Airlines Flight 733
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Date | July 26, 1993 |
Type | CFIT, Weather conditions |
Site | Ungeo Mountain near Mokpo, Korea |
Passengers | 104 total |
Crew | 6 total |
Fatalities | 68 |
Survivors | 40 |
Aircraft type | Boeing 737-5L9 |
Operator | Asiana Airlines |
Asiana Air Flight 733 (OZ733, AAL733) was a flight service run by Asiana Airlines between Seoul, South Korea and Mokpo. On July 26, 1993, a Boeing 737-5L9 with registration number HL-7229 crashed into Mt. Ungeo at 800 ft. Previously, the plane failed to land twice in bad weather. 68 passengers and crew died in the accident.
[edit] References
- Aviation Safety Network
- Planecrashinfo.com
- Aircraft Crashes record office
- Airdisaster.com
- Airsafe.com
- Different sources do not agree on a number of fatalities