Asiana Airlines Flight 991 · Jeju Island
On July 28, 2011, Asiana Airlines Flight 991 (Jeju Island). 2 people died.
- Date
- July 28, 2011
- Place
- Jeju Island
- Operator
- Asiana Airlines
- Killed
- 2
- Position
- 33.533°N, 124.833°E
- Wikidata ID
- Q486045
From Wikipedia
Asiana Airlines Flight 991 was a cargo flight operated by Asiana Airlines. On 28 July 2011, the Boeing 747-400 flying from Seoul, South Korea, to Shanghai, China, crashed into the sea about 81 miles west off of the coast of Jeju Island after suffering an in-flight cargo fire. Both pilots, the only two people on board, were killed. The accident marked the second loss of a 747 freighter due to a cargo hold fire in less than a year, following the crash of UPS Airlines Flight 6 in Dubai in September 2010.
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