Seoul - Bangkok - Jeddah - Tripoli

On July 27, 1989 at 07:25 AM, Seoul - Bangkok - Jeddah - Tripoli experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-10, operated by Korean Air, with the event recorded near Tripoli Tripoli (<U+0637><U+0631><U+0627><U+0628><U+0644><U+0633>).

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a city crash site.

199 people were known to be on board, 111 fatalities were recorded, 88 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 55.8%.

Crew on board: 18, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 181, passenger fatalities: 72, other fatalities: 36.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The approach to Tripoli Intl Airport was completed in below weather minima as the visibility was varying between 100 and 800 feet and the ILS on runway 27 was unserviceable. On short final, the crew failed to realize his altitude was too low when the aircraft struck the roof of a house, stalled and crashed in a residential area located 2,4 km short of runway. Three crew members and 72 passengers were killed as well as six people on the ground. 124 people in the aircraft were injured as well as few dozen on the ground.

Aircraft reference details include registration HL7328, MSN 47887, year of manufacture 1973.