Korean Air Flight 2033
| Company type | Passenger flight |
|---|---|
| Industry | Aviation |
| Founded | 10 August 1994 (date of incident) |
| Headquarters | Seoul , South Korea |
| Products | Passenger air transport |
Korean Air Flight 2033 was a regularly scheduled passenger service operating between Seoul and Jeju, South Korea. On 10 August 1994, the Airbus A300 assigned to this route overran the runway upon landing at Jeju International Airport amid adverse weather conditions and subsequently caught fire. Despite the destruction of the aircraft, all 160 individuals aboard escaped without serious harm.
Flight details
On 10 August, Korean Air Flight 2033 took off from Gimpo International Airport in Seoul for a domestic journey lasting approximately one hour and ten minutes to Jeju, carrying 152 passengers along with eight crew members.
The flight arrived just after 11:00 local time under severe weather conditions characterized by heavy rainfall and winds reaching up to due to Typhoon Doug. The pilots aborted their initial landing approach. During the second attempt, flaps were deployed at a reduced setting (CONF3) to counteract the effects of windshear, which led to a higher than usual approach speed.
The aircraft landed beyond the midpoint of the runway and was unable to decelerate within the remaining length. It overran at , collided with the airport perimeter wall and a guard post at , fragmented, and ignited. All passengers and crew evacuated promptly via emergency slides; eight individuals suffered minor injuries.
Aircraft details
The aircraft involved was a twin-engine Airbus A300B4-622R, registered in South Korea as HL7296. It had been delivered in 1990 and was under four years old at the time of the incident.
Flight crew
The cockpit team consisted of Canadian Captain Barry Edward Woods, aged 52, and Korean First Officer Chung Chan Kyu (정찬규, Jeong Chan-gyu), aged 36.
Consequences
In the days following the incident, both Captain Woods and First Officer Chung were taken into custody on allegations related to causing the accident through conflicting control inputs. South Korean investigators indicated that while the first officer attempted a go-around maneuver, the captain insisted on continuing with the landing and bringing the aircraft to a stop.
| Cockpit voice recorder transcript | |
|---|---|
(GPWS warning: Four hundred feet)
(GPWS warning: Three hundred feet) (GPWS warning: SINK RATE)
(GPWS warning: Two hundred feet)
(GPWS warning: One hundred feet)
(GPWS warning: Fifty…forty…thirty)
(GPWS warning: Twenty feet)
(GPWS warning: Ten…five) (Contact with runway)
(Sound of impact)
(Sound of opening cockpit window)
(END OF RECORDING)'' | |
See also
References
- Articles with short description
- Aviation accidents and incidents in 1994
- Aviation accidents and incidents in South Korea
- Accidents and incidents involving the Airbus A300
- Korean Air accidents and incidents
- History of Jeju Province
- 1994 in South Korea
- Aviation accidents and incidents caused by pilot error
- August 1994 in Asia
- Aviation accidents and incidents involving runway overruns