1989-07-27: Korean Air Flight 803

79 fatalities • Libya

Accident narrative

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.

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Same aircraft

  • 2022-10-23 — Korean Air Flight 631 (—)
  • 1999-12-22 — Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509 (—)
  • 1989-11-25 — Korean Air Flight 175 (—)
  • 1987-11-29 — Korean Air Flight 858 (—)
  • 1983-09-01 — Korean Air Lines Flight 007 crash (—)

Investigation report by Wikidata contributors. Original record: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q626003. This page is a structured re-presentation; facts and quotes are in the CC0 (Wikidata).

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