Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 09 JAN 2000 |
| Time: | ca 18:00 |
| Type: | Boeing 747-230F |
| Operator: | Korean Air |
| Registration: | HL7441 |
| C/n / msn: | 20373/168 |
| First flight: | 1971-11-30 (28 years 2 months) |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Airplane fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | near Penang International Airport (PEN) (Malaysia) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Seoul-Gimpo (Kimpo) International Airport (SEL/RKSS), South Korea |
| Penang International Airport (PEN/WMKP), Malaysia | |
| Flightnumber: | 367 |
On approach to Penang runway 22, the aircraft lost a flap section. The flap punctured the fuselage, causing a 1m-wide hole. This Boeing 747-200 aircraft was ordered to be grounded.
Sources:
» Seattle Post-Intelligencer
» The Star Online
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Map
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 Seoul-Gimpo (Kimpo) International Airport to Penang International Airport as the crow flies is 4452 km (2782 miles).
Distance from Seoul-Gimpo (Kimpo) International Airport to Penang International Airport as the crow flies is 4452 km (2782 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.
