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Korean Air's deadliest incident was Flight 007 which was shot down by the Soviet Union on September 1, 1983. All 269 people on board were killed, including a sitting U.S. Congressman, Larry McDonald. The last fatal passenger accident was the Korean Air Flight 801 crash in 1997, which killed 229 people. The last crew fatalities were in the crash ...
Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (KE007/KAL007) [note 2] was a scheduled Korean Air Lines flight from New York City to Seoul via Anchorage, Alaska.On September 1, 1983, the flight was shot down by a Soviet Sukhoi Su-15 interceptor aircraft.
Korean Air Flight 2033; Korean Air Flight 8702; 1982 Korean Air Force C-123 crash; Korean Air Lines Flight 015; Korean Air Lines YS-11 hijacking; T.
The Korean Air Lines YS-11 hijacking occurred on 11 December 1969. The aircraft, a Korean Air Lines NAMC YS-11 flying a domestic route from Gangneung Airbase in Gangneung , Gangwon , South Korea to Gimpo International Airport in Seoul , was hijacked at 12:25 PM by North Korean agent Cho Ch'ang-hŭi ( 조창희 ).
Flight 7C2216, operated by the Korean budget airline Jeju Air, was carrying 181 passengers and crew when it tried to land at Muan International Airport at 9:03 a.m. local time but overran the runway.
- In August 1997, Korean Air flight 801, a Boeing 747-3B5B (747-300) operated by Korean Air, ploughed into a hill near Guam's international airport, killing 228 out of 254 persons on board.
10:03:14 a.m. (ET) – United Airlines Flight 93, whose ultimate target was thought to be either the United States Capitol or the White House, crashes near Shanksville, Pennsylvania [11] [12] 10:10 a.m. (ET) – The portion of The Pentagon wall hit by American Airlines Flight 77 collapses. 10:28:23 a.m. (ET) – The North Tower collapses.
All but two of the 181 people aboard Jeju Air Flight 7C2216 died on Sunday morning after the plane embarked on an unsuccessful emergency landing at South Korea’s Maun International airport. It ...