DCA11RA087

NTSB accident investigation · Boeing 747 · Jeju Island, South Korea · July 27, 2011

Accident · FatalClass 5 · Foreign
Date
July 27, 2011, 19:12 local (19:12 UTC)
Place
Jeju Island, South Korea
Injuries
2 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
HL-7604Boeing 747
Defining event
Enroute-climb to cruise: Fire/smoke (non-impact)
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Safety recommendations
Yes
Case key
81262

From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Fire/smoke (non-impact)Enroute-climb to cruiseAll aircraft: 504 casesDefining event

Aircraft

Registration
HL-7604
Reported as
Boeing 747 (400F)
Category
Airplane
Damage
Destroyed
Fire
In-Flight
Flight
Non-U.S., commercial
Operator
Asiana Airlines Inc

Docket · 2

The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 9, 2016, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 19.3 MB in all.