Korean Air Flight 803
HL7328, the aircraft involved in the accident, pictured in 1986 | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 27 July 1989 |
| Summary | Pilot error in low visibility leading to controlled flight into terrain |
| Site | |
| Total fatalities | 80 |
| Total injuries | 139 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 |
| Operator | Korean Air |
| IATA flight No. | KE803 |
| ICAO flight No. | KAL803 |
| Call sign | KOREAN AIR 803 |
| Registration | HL7328 |
| Flight origin | Gimpo International Airport, Seoul, South Korea |
| 1st stopover | Don Mueang International Airport, Bangkok, Thailand |
| Last stopover | King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
| Destination | Tripoli International Airport, Tripoli, Libya |
| Occupants | 199 |
| Passengers | 181 |
| Crew | 18 |
| Fatalities | 74 |
| Injuries | 125 |
| Survivors | 125 |
| Ground casualties | |
| Ground fatalities | 6 |
| Ground injuries | 14 |
Korean Air Flight 803, was a DC-10 flight which, on 27 July 1989, crashed while attempting to land in Tripoli, Libya. Out of the 199 passengers and crew onboard, 74 people were killed, and an additional six people on the ground were also killed. The accident was the deadliest aviation disaster to occur in Libya at the time. It is still the third-deadliest accident in Libya, after Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 1103 in 1992 with 159 fatalities, and Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 in 2009 with 103 fatalities.