Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 26 JUL 1993 |
| Time: | 15:48 |
| Type: | Boeing 737-5L9 |
| Operator: | Asiana Airlines |
| Registration: | HL7229 |
| C/n / msn: | 24805/1878 |
| First flight: | 1990-06-14 (3 years 1 months) |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7301 |
| Cycles: | 5707 |
| Engines: | 2 CFMI CFM56-3B1 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 66 / Occupants: 110 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 68 / Occupants: 116 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 7 km (4.4 mls) from Mokpo Airport (MPK) (South Korea)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Seoul-Gimpo (Kimpo) International Airport (SEL/RKSS), South Korea |
| Mokpo Airport (MPK/RKJM), South Korea | |
| Flightnumber: | 733 |
Asiana Flight 733 departed Seoul (SEL) at 14:37 for a flight to Mokpo (MPK). Weather was reported clear, but worsened fast to below minimums, with strong winds and heavy rain. After two missed approaches the pilot tried a third approach for runway 06.
The aircraft struck a ridge of the Mount Ungeo (1050 feet high) at 800 feet altitude. Mokpo Airport was only equipped with VOR/DME.
Events:
Sources:
» Aviation Week & Space Technology 02.08.1993 (40)
» ICAO Summary 5/93 (#10)
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Seoul-Gimpo (Kimpo) International Airport to Mokpo Airport as the crow flies is 311 km (195 miles).
Distance from Seoul-Gimpo (Kimpo) International Airport to Mokpo Airport as the crow flies is 311 km (195 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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