After the crash of flight 733 , Asiana Airlines had two more crashes in July the same year , resulting in what the airline referred to as '' ' the curse of seven . ' '' Flight 733 was the deadliest aviation accident in South Korea at that time . It was surpassed by Air China Flight 129 , which crashed on April 15 , 2002 , with 129 fatalities . It was also the deadliest accident involving a Boeing 737-500 at that time . It was surpassed by Aeroflot Flight 821 , which crashed on September 14 , 2008 , with 88 fatalities . As of 2019 , flight 733 remains the second deadliest crash in both of these categories
Aeroflot Flight 821
Aeroflot Flight 821
Asiana Airlines Flight 733