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This is a list of aircraft shootdowns, dogfights and other incidents during wars since World War II.An aircraft shootdown occurs when an aircraft is struck by a projectile launched or fired from another aircraft or from the ground (anti-aircraft warfare) which causes the targeted aircraft to lose its ability to continue flying normally, and then subsequently crashing into land or sea, often ...
The pilots tried to correct the situation, but their action caused the autopilot to raise the nose sharply, causing it to stall. Garuda Indonesia Flight 865 was a DC-10 taking off from Fukuoka when one of its engines had a failure. The pilots then rejected take-off but were too late. The plane overshot the runway, skidded, and burst into flames.
Great Workers' Struggle, mass wave of strikes in South Korea in 1987 demanding better working conditions and autonomous unions, inspired by the June Democratic Struggle. [3] 1988 Hyundai strike, 24-day strike by Hyundai Group workers in South Korea. [4] [5] 1988–89 Hyundai strike, 3-month strike by Hyundai workers in South Korea. [6] [7]
South Korean officials said they were investigating the cause of the crash, including a possible bird strike, as it emerged that air traffic controllers had warned the pilots of the risk of a ...
Agitated workers face the factory owner in The Strike, painted by Robert Koehler in 1886. The following is a list of specific strikes (workers refusing to work, seeking to change their conditions in a particular industry or an individual workplace, or striking in solidarity with those in another particular workplace) and general strikes (widespread refusal of workers to work in an organized ...
Training personnel for what was now known as the "Korean People's Air Force Air Corps" was a major hurdle, with the Soviets reporting in May 1950 that of the 120 trained pilots, only 32 were combat qualified. [11] The only experienced pilots in North Korea before this were those who flew for the IJAAF. These pilots were however rejected by ...
The flight, 7C2216, was a Boeing 737-800 operated by Jeju Air, Korea's most popular budget airline. The plane arrived in Muan at about 09:00 local time (00:00 GMT).
In the process of these strikes, the UN aircraft also shot down six North Korean aircraft opposing the attacks. By the end of the day on 20 July only 65 of the KPAF 1st Air Division's original aircraft were intact, and only 34 of them were operable. [21] North Korean airpower ceased to resist UN forces after 20 July, except for isolated ...