What the records say
- When
- 28 Jul 2011
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 33.53° N, 124.83° E
- Description
- aviation accident
- Deaths
- 2
- Injured
- 0
Asiana Airlines Flight 991
2011 aviation accident in the East China Sea
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.
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