Asiana Airlines flight 214, Boeing 777-200ER, registration HL7742: Accident occurred July 06, 2013 in San Francisco, California

NTSB Identification: DCA13MA120  
Scheduled 14 CFR Part 129: Foreign operation of Asiana Airlines
Accident occurred Saturday, July 06, 2013 in San Francisco, CA
Aircraft: BOEING 777-200ER, registration: HL7742
Injuries: 3 Fatal.

This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. NTSB investigators traveled in support of this investigation and used data obtained from various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.

On July 6, 2013, about 1128 pacific daylight time, Asiana Airlines flight 214, a Boeing 777-200ER, registration HL7742, impacted the sea wall and subsequently the runway during landing on runway 28L at San Francisco International Airport (SFO), San Francisco, California. Of the 4 flight crewmembers, 12 flight attendants, and 291 passengers, about 182 were transported to the hospital with injuries and 3 passengers were fatally injured. The airplane was destroyed by impact forces and postcrash fire. The regularly scheduled passenger flight was operating under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 129 between Incheon International Airport, Seoul, South Korea, and SFO. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.


A California man injured in last month’s plane crash at San Francisco International Airport filed a lawsuit against The Boeing Company Monday in Chicago.

The man, identified only as John Doe, was a passenger on the flight that crashed July 6 and is claiming that negligence on Boeing’s part in the design and manufacture of the plane were responsible for the accident, according to a suit filed in Cook County Circuit Court.

Asiana Airlines Flight 214, a Boeing 777-200ER aircraft, crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport on July 6.The suit claims the plane’s airspeed as it approached the runway was too slow, which caused the landing gear and tail to strike the airport’s seawall before the plane collided with the ground.

Three people were killed in the crash and 304 other people onboard were injured, according to the suit.

The suit alleges that a faulty autothrottle was responsible for the reduction in speed and altitude that caused the crash, and that Boeing had a responsibility to ensure the equipment was working properly when it manufactured and subsequently inspected the plane.

The three-count suit charges Boeing with product liability, negligence and willful and wanton conduct and is seeking an unspecified amount in damages.

A spokesperson for Boeing declined to comment on the suit Monday night.

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