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By Kim Se-jeong
An Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 with 307 people on board crashes while landing at San Francisco International Airport, Saturday, (local time) after a flight from Seooul, killing two and injuring dozens.
It is the third accident involving human casualties for Korea's second largest airline founded in 1988.
The worst accident happened on July 26, 1993 when a passenger jet Flight 733 ― a Boeing 737-500 ― crashed into a mountainside in Haenam, South Jeolla Province, killing 66.
In July 2011, a cargo plane ― a Boeing 747-400F ― slammed into the East China Sea, killing the two-man crew.
Close calls
In August 2004, a collision between an Asiana Airlines Boeing 747 and a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 at Los Angeles International Airport was narrowly averted.
A controller gave the Southwest flight clearance to take off from the runway. But with only seconds to spare, the Asiana pilot spotted the Southwest plane and aborted his landing, saving both planes. The mishap was ruled an air traffic control error.
An Asiana flight landed safely in April 2009 after losing one of two engines following takeoff from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
An airport spokeswoman said no one was hurt during the emergency landing. The plane was scheduled to fly to South Korea.
Minor incidents
Two minor incidents occurred in the United States in November 1998. An Asiana Airlines Boeing 747-400 taxiing at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport in Anchorage, Alaska, collided with a parked Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-62. There was one minor injury.
A Boeing 767 approaching Jeju airport in South Korea had a hard landing in January 1992. No one was injured.
The following is a chronology of major plane crashes involving Korean Air, and Asiana Airlines, the nation's two largest airlines.
▲ Nov. 29, 1987: A Korean Air Boeing B707 breaks apart midair and crashes into the Andaman Sea near Myanmar, killing 115, after a bomb placed on board by the North Korean agents explodes.
▲ July 27, 1989: A Korean Air C10 crashes while landing at Tripoli International Airport in Libya, killing 80 and injuring 139.
▲ Nov. 25, 1989: One person is killed when a Korean Air F28 crashes while landing at Gimpo International Airport.
▲ July 26, 1993: Sixty-six are killed when an Asiana Airlines Boeing B737-500 crashes into a mountainside while approaching the airport in Haenam, South Jeolla Province.
▲ Aug. 10, 1994: A Korean Air Airbus A300-600 crashes into a fence near Jeju International Airport, injuring 9.
▲ Aug. 6, 1997: A Korean Air Boeing B747-300 crashes into a mountain while landing at Guam International Airport, killing 225 and injuring 29.
▲ April 15, 1999: Eight people are killed when a Korean Air MD-11 crashes minutes after take-off from Shanghai Pudong International Airport.
▲ Dec. 23, 1999: A Korean Air Boeing B747-200 crashes after take-off at London's Stanstead Airport, killing four
▲ July 28, 2011: An Asiana Airlines cargo B747 crashes in the sea near Jeju Island, killing two
▲ July 7, 2013: Asiana Airlines Boeing B777-200 crashes while landing, killing two and injuring dozens
