Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 27 JUL 1989 |
| Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 |
| Operator: | Korean Air |
| Registration: | HL7328 |
| C/n / msn: | 47887/125 |
| First flight: | 1973 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 49025 |
| Engines: | 3 General Electric CF6-50C2 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 18 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 72 / Occupants: 181 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 75 / Occupants: 199 |
| Ground casualties: | Fatalities: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Tripoli (Libya)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Jeddah-King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED/OEJN), Saudi Arabia |
| Tripoli International Airport (TIP/HLLT), Libya | |
| Flightnumber: | 803 |
Flight 803 departed Seoul (SEL) on a flight to Tripoli (TIP) with intermediate stops at Bangkok (BKK) and Jeddah (JED). Weather was poor as the aircraft approached Tripoli. Visibility was varying between 100-800 feet and the runway 27 ILS had been reported unserviceable. On final approach to runway 27 the aircraft crashed short of the runway, striking 4 houses and a number of cars.
Events:
Sources:
» Flight International 26.08.1989 (p.9)
» Flight International 12.08.1989 (p.9)
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Jeddah-King Abdulaziz International Airport to Tripoli International Airport as the crow flies is 2820 km (1762 miles).
Distance from Jeddah-King Abdulaziz International Airport to Tripoli International Airport as the crow flies is 2820 km (1762 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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