Korean Air Flight 803
HL7328, the aircraft involved in the accident | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 27 July 1989 |
| Summary | Pilot error in low visibility leading to controlled flight into terrain |
| Site | Near Tripoli International Airport, Tripoli, Libya 32°39′53″N 13°11′36″E / 32.66472°N 13.19333°E |
| Total fatalities | 79 |
| 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 | 75 |
| Survivors | 124 |
| Ground casualties | |
| Ground fatalities | 4 |
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, 75 people were killed, and an additional 4 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.