The type 's third hull-loss occurred on July 6 , 2013 when a 777-200ER , operating as Asiana Airlines Flight 214 , crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport after touching down short of the runway . The 307 surviving passengers and crew on board evacuated before fire destroyed the aircraft . Two passengers , who had not been wearing their seatbelts , were ejected from the aircraft during the crash and were killed . A third passenger died six days later as a result of injuries sustained during the crash . These were the first fatalities in a crash involving a 777 since its entry into service in 1995 . The official accident investigation concluded in June 2014 that the pilots committed 20 to 30 minor to significant errors in their final approach , and that complexities of the automated controls contributed to the accident
Asiana Airlines Flight 214
Asiana Airlines Flight 214
Boeing 777