Asiana Airlines Flight 214

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Asiana Airlines Flight 214 was a scheduled transpacific passenger flight originating from Incheon International Airport near Seoul, South Korea, to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) near San Francisco, California, United States that crashed on final approach into SFO's Runway 28L on the morning of July 6, 2013. The Boeing 777-200ER operating the flight, registered as HL7742, approached too slowly and crashed at an angle into the seawall before the threshold of Runway 28L. The tail, main landing gear, and left engine separated, while the remaining fuselage slid along the runway before coming to a stop and catching fire. Of the 307 people on board, three were killed; another 187 occupants were injured, 49 of them seriously. Among the seriously injured were four flight attendants who were thrown onto the runway while still strapped in their seats when the tail section broke off after striking the seawall short of the runway. This was the first fatal crash of a Boeing 777 since the...

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