Accident | |
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Summary | Controlled flight into terrain due to bad weather |
Site | 33°23′30″N126°32′13″E / 33.3918°N 126.5370°E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Fairchild C-123J |
Operator | Republic of Korea Air Force |
Destination | Jeju International Airport, Jeju, South Korea |
Passengers | 47 |
Crew | 6 |
Fatalities | 53 |
Survivors | 0 |
On February 5, 1982, a Republic of Korea Air Force Fairchild C-123J crashed while on approach to Jeju International Airport, Jeju, South Korea. All 47 passengers and 6 crew were killed in the impact. It remains the fourth-worst accident in South Korean aviation history. [1] The aircraft was engaged in a training mission and encountered bad weather before crashing near to Mount Halla, a dormant volcano. [2] [3]
The 47 soldiers belonged to the army's elite 707th Special Mission Battalion, making the accident the single costliest day in the unit's history. [4]
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