by Royal » Fri Jul 29, 2011 4:18 am
Date: 28 JUL 2011
Time: 04:12
Type: Boeing 747-48EF
Operator: Asiana Airlines
Registration: HL7604
C/n / msn: 29907/1370
First flight: 2006
Engines: 4 General Electric CF6-80C2B1F
Crew: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Passengers: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Ground fatalities:
Airplane damage: Destroyed
Location: 112 km W off Jeju, South Korea [East China Sea] (Pacific Ocean)
Phase: En route
Nature: Cargo
Departure airport: Seoul-Incheon International Airport (ICN)
Destination airport: Shanghai-Pudong International Airport (PVG)
Flightnumber: 991
A Boeing 747-400F cargo plane, HL7604, was destroyed when it crashed into the sea off Jeju, South Korea. Both pilots were killed in the accident. The flight departed Seoul-Incheon International Airport (ICN) at 03:05 on a cargo flight to Shanghai-Pudong International Airport (PVG), China. About one hour after take-off the crew radioed ATC that a fire had broken out in the hold and that the plane had to divert to Jeju. The plane carried 58 tonnes of cargo, including 0.4 tonnes of potentially risky materials such as lithium batteries, paint, amino acid solution and synthetic resin.
AIRCRAFT PROFILE BOEING 747
Last fatal accident involving a Boeing 747: 03-SEP-2010 Boeing 747-44AF (SCD) N571UP UPS - 2 fatalties (328 days ago)
Total number of hull-losses: 51 (of which 42 were accidents)
24th worst accident involving a Boeing 747
Survival rate for all fatal Boeing 747 accidents: on average 23.9 % of all occupants survived fatal accidents
COUNTRY PROFILE PACIFIC OCEAN
Last fatal airliner/bizjet accident in Pacific Ocean: 25-MAY-2002 Boeing 747-209B B-18255 China Airlines - 225 fatalities (3351 days ago)
Total number of fatal airliner/bizjet accidents: 66
Total number of airliner/bizjet fatalities: 1182
68th worst airliner/bizjet accident in Pacific Ocean
The country is rated Cat. - in FAA's International Aviation Safety Assessment Program (IASA)
We have no effective screening methods to make sure pilots are sane.— Dr. Herbert Haynes, FAA.