Date:	Thursday 27 July 1989
Time:	07:05
Type:	McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30
Owner/operator:	Korean Air
Registration:	HL7328
MSN:	47887/125
Year of manufacture:	1973
Total airframe hrs:	49025 hours
Cycles:	11440 flights
Engine model:	General Electric CF6-50C2
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 75 / Occupants: 199
Other fatalities:	4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	2,4 km E of Tripoli International Airport (TIP) -   Libya
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Jeddah-King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED/OEJN)
Destination airport:	Tripoli International Airport (TIP/HLLT)

Narrative:
Korean Air Flight 803 departed Seoul, South Korea on a flight to Tripoli, Libya with intermediate stops at Bangkok, Thailand and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Weather was poor as the aircraft approached Tripoli. Visibility was varying between 100-800 feet and the runway 27 ILS had been reported unserviceable. On final approach to runway 27 the aircraft crashed short of the runway, striking 4 houses and a number of cars.

Flight International 26 August 1989 (p.9)
Flight International 12 August 1989 (p.9)
Aviation Week & Space Technology 7 August 1989 (p.77)

photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Tokyo-Narita Airport (NRT); January 1987

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