ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328203
| Date: | Wednesday 19 November 1980 |
| Time: | 07:25 |
| Type: |  Boeing 747-2B5B |
| Owner/operator: | Korean Air Lines - KAL |
| Registration: | HL7445 |
| MSN: | 21773/366 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 212 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Seoul-Gimpo (Kimpo) International Airport (SEL) -
 South Korea
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Anchorage International Airport, AK (ANC/PANC) |
| Seoul-Gimpo (Kimpo) International Airport (SEL/RKSS) |
A Boeing 747-2B5B passenger jet, registered HL7445, was damaged beyond repair in a landing accident at Seoul-Gimpo (Kimpo) International Airport (SEL), South Korea. There were 198 passengers and crew members on board. The airplane operated on Korean Air Lines flight 015 from Los Angeles (LAX) to Seoul (SEL) with a refueling stop at Anchorage (ANC).
There was a visibility of 1000 m in patchy fog as flight KE015 approached Kimpo Airport's runway 14. The aircraft landed 90 metres short of the threshold and contacted a 45 deg embankment slope. The main landing gear was pushed backward and up causing a rupture in the bottom of the plane into the cargo compartment where struts were ruptured. The plane slid down the runway on its nose gear and belly. The wings were intact. No fuel tanks were ruptured. Fire
erupted in the cargo compartment area from sparks and hydraulic fluid from the ruptured struts. There was no fuel fire. The plane quickly filled with smoke. The fire entered and impinged on the seats from floor grills. Fire gutted the fuselage quickly.
Evacuation was fairly orderly. There were some injuries getting off the plane. The smoke got heavy fairly rapidly. Some survivors suffered smoke inhalation. Of the 18 crew and 208 passengers aboard, 6 crew and 9 passengers suffered fatal fire injuries. Four passengers were seriously injured.
Sources:
A Benefit Analysis for Cabin Water Spray Systems and Enhanced Fuselage Burnthrough Protection (CAA PAPER 2002/04)
Flight International, 29 November 1980
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 September 1981 | HL7447 | Korean Air Lines - KAL | 0 | Manila Airport (MNL) |  |
sub |
Location
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photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Honolulu International Airport, HI (HNL); 27 September 1979
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