Asiana Airlines Flight 733
aviation accident
Asiana Airlines Flight 733 was a domestic Asiana Airlines passenger flight from Seoul-Gimpo International Airport to Mokpo Airport, South Korea. The Boeing 737-500 operating the flight 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 members on board were killed. The crash resulted in the first hull loss of a 737-500.
Background
Aircraft
The aircraft involved was a Boeing 737-5L9, MSN 24805, registered as HL7229, was manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in 1990. It had logged approximately 7301 airframe hours and 5707 takeoff and landing cycles. It was equipped with two CFM International CFM56-3B1 engines.
On approach to Mokpo the aircraft struck Mount Ungeo, which is 320 m (1,050 ft) high, at an altitude of 240 m (800 ft). Mokpo Airport was not equipped with any precision approaches; it was only equipped with a VOR/DME.
Passengers and crew
There were three Japanese nationals and two American nationals among the passengers, many of whom were heading for a popular summer resort on the Yellow Sea according to the airline.
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