EVENT: Asiana Flight 214 air crash TIME: 11:28 am, July 6 (PST) LOCATION: San Francisco International Airport |
COMPANY: Asiana Airline TYPE: Boeing 777-200 ROUTE: OZ362 Shanghai-Seoul |
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CAUSE: Witness says plane was coming in too low and clipped sea wall, causing the tail to fall off. Asiana offi cials say 'there were no problems caused by the 777-200 plane or (its) engines'. |
FOCUS |
RESCUE & AFTERMATH |
Victim of plane crash might have been run over A coroner said his office was conducting an autopsy to determine whether one of the two victims of the Asiana Airlines crash at San Francisco International Airport was run over and killed by an emergency vehicle. 70 Chinese students, teachers on crashed plane |
53 air crash victims treated at San Francisco General San Francisco General Hospital had treated 53 patients from Saturday's crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214, the largest number of any local care facility, the hospital said late Sunday morning. New York Journal: Exchanges to continue |
INVESTIGATION |
MOURN for VICTIMS |
Plane: Pilot 'in training' for 777 Asiana Airlines said the pilot was still "in training" for the Boeing 777 when he attempted to land the aircraft under supervision. NTSB: Plane flew dangerously slow before crash |
Air crash victims' parents leave for US Parents of the Chinese students who were killed or injured when an Asiana Airlines flight left for the United States from Shanghai on Monday. Xi offers condolences over air crash victims |
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ANATOMY OF THE CRASH |
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AIR CRASH in RECENT YEARS | |||
Time
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Airline company |
Airplane Type |
Victims |
2012 June 3 |
Dana Air, Nigeria |
MD-83 |
193 dead, including 6 Chinese nationals |
2012 May 9 |
Sukhoi Aviation, Russia |
Sukhoi Superjet 100 |
40 dead |
2012 April 20 |
Bhoja Air, Pakistan |
Boeing 737 |
127 dead |
2012 April 2 |
UTair Aviation, Russia |
ATR-72 |
31 dead, 12 survivors |
2011 Sept 7 |
Yak Service, Russia |
Yak-42 |
36 dead, 1 survivor |
2011 July 8 |
Ewa - Bora Airways, Congo |
Boeing 727 |
127 dead, 51 survivors |
2011 June 20 |
Aeroflot-Russian Airlines, Russia |
Tu-134 |
44 dead, 8 survivors |
2011 January 9 |
Iran Air |
Boeing 727 |
72 dead, 33 injured |
2010 May 22 |
Air India, India |
Boeing 737 |
158 dead, 8 survivors |
2010 May 12 |
Libyan Airlines |
Airbus A330 |
103 dead, 1 survivor |
2010 April 10 |
Plane of Polish President Lech Kaczynski |
Tu-154 |
97 dead, including president, his wife and other about 80 officials |
2010 January 25 |
Ethiopian Airlines | Boeing 737-800 |
83 passengers and 7 crew dead |
2009 July 15 |
Caspian Airlines |
Tu-154 |
168 confirmed dead |
2009 June 30 |
Yemen Airways |
A310 |
152 dead, 1 survivor |
2009 June 1 |
Air France |
A330 |
228 dead |
2009 May 20 |
United Airlines, US |
C-130 Hercules |
98 dead |
2009 Feb 12 |
Continental Airlines |
Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 |
50 dead, including a Chinese female |
2008 Sept 14 |
Aeroflot Russian Airlines |
Boeing 737 |
88 dead |
2008 August 24 |
Itek-Air, Kyrgyzstan |
Boeing 737 |
65 dead, 22 injured |
2008 August 20 |
Iberia Airlines of Spain |
MD-80 |
154 dead, 18 injured |
2008 June 10 |
Sudan Airways |
A310 |
30 dead |
2008 April 15 |
Hewa Bora Airways, Congo |
DC-9 |
83 dead |