Asiana Airlines Flight 733

Asiana Airlines Flight 733
Accident summary
A 737-400 similar to the accident aircraft
Date	July 26, 1993 (1993-07-26)
Summary	CFIT, Weather conditions
Site	Ungeo Mountain near Mokpo, Korea 34°42′30.66″N 126°18′38.66″E / 34.7085167°N 126.3107389°E / 34.7085167; 126.3107389Coordinates: 34°42′30.66″N 126°18′38.66″E / 34.7085167°N 126.3107389°E / 34.7085167; 126.3107389
Passengers	110
Crew	6
Fatalities	68
Survivors	48
Aircraft type	Boeing 737-5L9
Operator	Asiana Airlines
Registration	HL7229
Flight origin	Seoul-Gimpo International Airport (SEL)
Destination	Mokpo Airport (MPK)

Asiana Airlines Flight 733 - (Flight OZ733, Registration HL7229) was a domestic Asiana Airlines passenger flight between Seoul Gimpo International Airport (SEL-at the time) and Mokpo Airport (MPK), South Korea. The flight carrying 110 passengers along with 6 crew members departed Seoul at 14:37 for a short flight to Mokpo Airport.^[1] On approach to runway 06, the aircraft crashed into a ridge, Mt. Ungeo, at 800 feet (240 m) on July 26, 1993 at 15:48.^[2] The aircraft, a Boeing 737-5L9 with registration number HL7229, failed to land twice in bad weather (heavy rain and wind) and crashed on the third attempt, causing the deaths of 66 passengers and 2 crew members.^[3] Mokpo Airport was only equipped with VOR/DME.^[4]

There were three Japanese nationals and 2 American nationals among the passengers, many of whom were vacationers heading for the popular summer resort there off the Yellow Sea, the airline said.^[5] The pilot, Hwan In-ki, died in the crash. Chung Jong-hwan, the director general of the Ministry of Transportation, said that Hwan's actions caused the crash. An inquiry found pilot error was the cause of that crash when the plane began a descent while it was still passing over a mountain peak.^[6] The flight recorders were found and it recorded that after the third attempt, the pilot told the control tower that he was veering off course. The twin-engine plane then disappeared from the radar at 3:41PM.^[7]

Flight 733 had the highest death toll of any aviation accident in South Korea at that time. It was surpassed by Air China Flight 129, which crashed on April 15, 2002 with 129 fatalities. It was also the highest death toll of any accident involving a Boeing 737-500 at that time. It was surpassed by Aeroflot Flight 821, which crashed on September 14, 2008 with 88 fatalities.^[8]

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Accidents and incidents	Flight 733 (1993) Flight 991 (2011) Flight 214 (2013) Flight 162 (2015)

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Apr 18 Japan Air System Flight 451
Apr 24 Indian Airlines Flight 427
Apr 26 Indian Airlines Flight 491
Apr 27 Zambia national football team disaster
May 19 SAM Colombia Flight 501
Jul 23 China Northwest Airlines Flight 2119
Jul 26 Asiana Airlines Flight 733
Aug 12 Llyn Padarn helicopter crash
Aug 28 Tajik Air Yakovlev Yak-40 incident
Sep 14 Lufthansa Flight 2904
Sep 21–23 Transair Georgia airliner attacks
Oct 26 China Eastern Airlines Flight 5398
Oct 27 Widerøe Flight 744
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Nov 13 China Northern Airlines Flight 6901
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Nov 26 Auckland mid-air collision
Dec 1 Northwest Airlink Flight 5719

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