Korean Air Flight 631
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Korean Air Flight 631 was a scheduled international passenger flight operating from Incheon International Airport near Seoul, South Korea to Mactan–Cebu International Airport in Metro Cebu, Philippine
HL7525, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in 2019
The aftermath of HL7525, after its vertical stabilizer, livery and logo were removed
Closeup of HL7525's tail as seen on General Aviation Road
Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509
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Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509 was a Boeing 747-2B5F, registered HL7451 bound for Milan Malpensa Airport, that crashed due to instrument malfunction and pilot error on 22 December 1999 shortly after tak
Korean Air Flight 631
…accident, and also resulted in the 14th hull loss of an Airbus A330 worldwide. The accident resulted in the first hull loss of a Korean Air aircraft since Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509 crashed in Great Hallingbury, United Kingdom, nearly 23 years prior. The aircraft involved in the accident was a 24-year-old Airbus A330-322, with…
HL7451, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in 1992
Attitude reference data at the moment of impact of HL-7451. Note the captain's (left side) ADI shows the aircraft near wings-level and nearly 40 degrees nose-down, while the first officer's (right) ADI shown the aircraft in a steep left bank of nearly 90 degrees and nearly 40 degrees nose down. These indications were reconstructed using the last information recovered from the flight data recorder. The centre instrument, the "standby horizon," was heavily damaged in the impact, and only the front part of it was recovered a year later. Its near 90 degree bank angle agrees with the first officer's ADI, and smudge marks suggest the vertical reference was forcibly moved against the instrument, which might account for its apparent pitch discrepancy with the other two instruments.