- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | April 15, 1999 |
Time: | 1605 |
Location: | Shanghi, China |
Operator: | Korean Air |
Flight #: | 6316 |
Route: | Shanghi, China - Seoul, Korea |
AC Type: | McDonnell Douglas MD-11 |
Registration: | HL-7373 |
cn / ln: | 48409/490 |
Aboard: | 3 (passengers:0 crew:3) |
Fatalities: | 3 (passengers:0 crew:3) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | Shortly after taking off and after getting into a disagreement with the first officer about the planes altitude, the captain pushed down on the control column and the plane entered a rapid descent. Both crew members tried to recover from the dive but were unable to gain control and the plane crashed into the ground and was destroyed. |
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