Jeju - Daegu

On June 13, 1991 at 06:41 PM, Jeju - Daegu experienced a crash involving Boeing 727-200, operated by Korean Air, with the event recorded near Daegu Daegu (<U+B300><U+AD6C>).

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

127 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 127 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 120, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On final approach to Daegu Airport, the crew failed to follow the approach checklist and did not select gear down. An alarm sounded in the cockpit but the crew thought this was an error and pulled out the circuit breaker so the alarm stopped. Despite the situation, the crew failed to double check the three landing gear lights that remained red and continued the approach when the aircraft landed on its belly before coming to rest. All 127 occupants were evacuated, among them 7 passengers were slightly injured. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration HL7350, MSN 20469, year of manufacture 1970.