[Shayne G]

Very sad news. On the airliners.net thread on this topic there were some interesting details about the crew:

July 27, 2011
OZ Flight 991 Press Release

1. Accident Details

A. Time: July 28, 2011 (Thu.) 04:11 AM
B. Location: Approximately 76 miles southwest of CJU Airport.
C. Flight: OZ991 (ICN-PVG)

Departure Time: 02:47 AM, Estimated Time of Arrival: 04:33 AM

D. Crew

- Captain: Sang-Gi Choi (Born: January 25, 1959)
- Employed at Asiana since July 2, 1991
- Assigned to B747 since July 3, 2001
- 6,896 hours of flight time in B747
- 14,123 hours of total flight time

- Co-pilot: Jeong-Woong Lee (Born: August 12, 1967)
- Employed at Asiana since April 2, 2007
- Assigned to B747 since November 4, 2010
- 492 hours of flight time in B747
- 5,211 hours of total flight time

E. Freight: 58 Tons

- Freight Contents: More than 90% of the freight was standard cargo and IT products. The remainder was comprised of liquids (e.g., paint, resin solution, etc.)
- All cargo was loaded in accordance with IATA regulations.

F. Aircraft Specifications

- Registration Number/Aircraft Type: HL7604/B747-400F
- Owner: AAR
- Manufacturer: BOEING
- Manufacture Date: 2006.02.15.
- Operational Date: 2006.02.23

In my opinion, the captain was highly experienced, if he could not save this plane there must of been something very wrong with it. It is a tragedy

http://www.airliners.net/aviation-fo....main/5214793/