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The nut rage incident, colloquially referred to as " nutgate ", ( Korean: 땅콩 회항, Ttangkong hoehang) was an air rage incident that occurred on December 5, 2014, at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City onboard Korean Air Flight 086. Korean Air vice president Heather Cho (Korean name: Cho Hyun-ah; later changed to Cho ...
Korean Air Flight 801 (KE801, KAL801) was a scheduled international passenger flight operated by Korean Air, from Gimpo International Airport, Seoul to Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport, Guam. On August 6, 1997, the Boeing 747-300 operating the flight crashed on Bijia Peak, south of Nimitz Hill , in Asan-Maina , Guam, while on approach ...
The Korean Air Lines YS-11 hijacking occurred on 11 December 1969. The aircraft, a Korean Air Lines NAMC YS-11 flying a domestic route from Gangneung Airbase in Gangneung, Gangwon, South Korea to Gimpo International Airport in Seoul, was hijacked at 12:25 PM by North Korean agent Cho Ch'ang-hŭi ( 조창희 ). [ 1][ 2] It was carrying four ...
Polish Air Force Tupolev Tu-154: Smolensk North Airport, Russia Officially attributed to controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error, but official findings are disputed; see 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash: Gunnar Källén: Sweden 1968 Theoretical physicist, professor Cessna [60] Hanover, Germany private plane Otto Kalvitsa: Finland 1930
The Republic of Korea Air Force ( ROKAF; Korean : 대한민국 공군; Hanja : 大韓民國空軍; RR : Daehanminguk Gong-gun ), also known as the ROK Air Force or South Korean Air Force, is the aerial warfare service branch of South Korea, operating under the South Korean Ministry of National Defense .
8 February 1993 – Iran Air Tours Flight 962 a Tupolev Tu-154 was departing on a non-scheduled flight from Mehrabad International Airport, Tehran, to Mashhad International Airport when it became involved in a mid-air collision with an Iranian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 fighter plane that was on approach to the same airport. All 12 crew members and ...
Korean Air's deadliest incident was Flight 007 which was shot down by the Soviet Union on September 1, 1983. All 269 people on board were killed, including a sitting U.S. Congressman, Larry McDonald. The last fatal passenger accident was the Korean Air Flight 801 crash in 1997, which killed 229 people.
Korea Airports Corporation: Yeosu Airport: Military/civil dual-use airports Busan: RKPK: PUS: Korea Airports Corporation, Republic of Korea Air Force: Gimhae International Airport: Cheongju: RKTU: CJJ: Korea Airports Corporation, Republic of Korea Air Force: Cheongju International Airport: Daegu: RKTN: TAE: Korea Airports Corporation, Republic ...