What happened
On 27 July 1989, a DC-10 operated by Korean Air, identified as Flight 803, was performing an approach to land in Tripoli, Libya. During the landing phase, the aircraft crashed, leading to a significant loss of life. Of the 199 people on board the aircraft, 74 fatalities were recorded. The impact also caused the deaths of six people located on the ground near the crash site.
At the time of the accident, this event stood as the most lethal aviation disaster recorded in Libya. It remains one of the three deadliest air crashes in the country's history, following the accidents involving Libyan Arab Airlines in 1992 and Afriqiyah Airways in 2009.