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1999 aviation accident

Korean Air Flight 1533
Accident
HL7570, the Korean Air McDonnell Douglas MD-83, the aircraft involved in the accident
Date	March 15, 1999 (1999-03-15)
Summary	Runway overrun caused by pilot error
Site	Pohang Airport, Pohang, South Korea
Aircraft
Aircraft type	McDonnell Douglas MD-83
Operator	Korean Air
Registration	HL7570
Flight origin	Gimpo International Airport, Seoul
Destination	Pohang Airport, Pohang
Passengers	150
Crew	6
Fatalities	0
Injuries	76
Survivors	156

Korean Air Flight 1533 was a domestic passenger flight from Gimpo International Airport to Pohang Airport. On March 15, 1999, the McDonnell Douglas MD-83 operating the flight overshot runway 10 during landing at Pohang Airport. All 156 people on board survived, but the aircraft was destroyed.

Accident

The aircraft, carrying 156 passengers and crew, departed Gimpo International Airport. During landing at Pohang Airport, the aircraft had to initiate a go-around due to rain and thick clouds.

During the second landing, the aircraft landed 1,500 feet (460 m) past the threshold of runway 10. For unknown reasons, the flight crew did not activate the thrust reversers until 27 seconds after touchdown, resulting in the aircraft being unable to stop in time. The aircraft overshot the runway, striking 10 antennas and a barbed wire fence in the process, and then crashed into an embankment, with the fuselage breaking into two pieces. There were no fatalities, but 76 passengers were injured. There were heavy winds at the time of the accident. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and was declared a hull loss, making the accident the 11th hull loss of an McDonnell Douglas MD-80.

Investigation

The Ministry of Construction and Transportation, and the Republic of Korea Navy both investigated the accident. The cause of the accident was determined to be pilot error due to the flight crew's delayed activation of the thrust reversers, the late touch down, and failing to initiate a second go-around.

References

Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-83 (MD-83) HL7570 Pohang Airport (KPO)". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
"대한항공기 사고 서로 "네탓"" ["You blame" each other in the Korean Air accident]. The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). March 17, 1999. Archived from the original on September 14, 2019.
"대한항공기 사고원인 기체결함-조종실수 압축" [Gas defects causing accidents in Korean Air]. The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). March 18, 1999. Archived from the original on July 14, 2012.

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Feb 24 China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509Feb 25 Minerva Airlines Flight 1553Mar 15 Korean Air Flight 1533Mar 27 F-117A shootdownApr 7 Turkish Airlines Flight 5904Apr 12 Avianca Flight 9463Apr 15 Korean Air Cargo Flight 6316Jun 1 American Airlines Flight 1420Jul 2 Tramore helicopter crashJul 7 Hinduja Cargo Services Flight 8533Jul 16 Martha's Vineyard plane crashJul 23 All Nippon Airways Flight 61Jul 24 Air Fiji Flight 121Aug 7 TACV Flight 5002Aug 10 Pakistani Atlantic shootdownAug 22 China Airlines Flight 642Aug 24 Uni Air Flight 873Aug 31 LAPA Flight 3142Sep 3 Edinburgh Air Charter Flight 3WSep 5 Necon Air Flight 128Sep 14 Britannia Airways Flight 226ASep 23 Qantas Flight 1Oct 11 Air Botswana crashOct 25 South Dakota Learjet crashOct 31 EgyptAir Flight 990Nov 9 TAESA Flight 725Nov 12 Si Fly Flight 3275Dec 7 Asian Spirit Flight 100Dec 11 SATA Air Açores Flight 530MDec 21 Cubana de Aviación Flight 1216Dec 22 Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509Dec 24 Indian Airlines Flight 814Dec 25 Cubana de Aviación Flight 310

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1980s	Korean Air Lines Flight 015 (November 1980) Korean Air Force C-123 crash (February 1982) CAAC Flight 296 (May 1983) Korean Air Flight 175 (November 1989)
1990s	Asiana Airlines Flight 733 (July 1993) Korean Air Flight 2033 (August 1994) Korean Air Flight 8702 (August 1998) Korean Air Flight 1533 (March 1999)
2000s	Air China Flight 129 (April 2002)
2010s	Asiana Airlines Flight 991 (July 2011)

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