Air traffic controllers warned an Asiana Airlines flight of its low altitude on Sunday. The A350-900 was approximately 700 feet below the published altitude while on approach to San Francisco.
ADS-B data shows the aircraft was around 325 feet above the bay before the crew executed a go-around. Per AvHerald, the A350 should have been at 1,000 feet just over three nautical miles from the runway threshold.
Flight 212 from Seoul Incheon was cleared to land on Runway 28L at 2 p.m. local time.
Local weather conditions were also clear at the time of the incident. The Federal Aviation Administration did not immediately comment.
In July 2023, Asiana flight 214 impacted a seawall while attempting to land on Runway 28L in San Francisco. The accident ultimately killed three passengers, marking the first deadly crash for the Boeing 777 model.
Investigators later determined that the crew had mismanaged the aircraft’s final approach, including incorrectly set airspeed control. This resulted in the 777 being hundreds of feet below its glide path.
