- 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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