Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509
HL7451, the aircraft involved in the accident, in 1992 | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 22 December 1999 |
| Summary | Crashed after take off following loss of control due to pilot error caused by instrument failure compounded by poor CRM |
| Site | Great Hallingbury, England, United Kingdom 51°51′23″N 0°12′59″E / 51.85639°N 0.21639°E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 747-2B5F |
| Operator | Korean Air Cargo |
| IATA flight No. | KE8509 |
| ICAO flight No. | KAL8509 |
| Call sign | KOREAN AIR 8509 |
| Registration | HL7451 |
| Flight origin | Gimpo International Airport, Seoul, South Korea |
| 1st stopover | Tashkent International Airport, Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| 2nd stopover | London Stansted Airport, England, United Kingdom |
| Destination | Milan Malpensa Airport, Milan, Italy |
| Occupants | 4 |
| Crew | 4 |
| Fatalities | 4 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509 was a Boeing 747-2B5F, registered HL7451 bound for Milan Malpensa Airport, that crashed due to instrument malfunction and pilot error on 22 December 1999 shortly after take-off from London Stansted Airport where the final leg of its route from South Korea to Italy had begun. The aircraft crashed into Hatfield Forest near the village of Great Hallingbury, close to, but clear of, some houses, killing all four crew members on board.