 HL7451, the aircraft involved in the accident, in 1992 | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 22 December 1999 |
| Summary | Crashed after take off due to pilot error caused by instrument failure compounded by poor CRM |
| Site | Great Hallingbury, England, United Kingdom 51°51′23″N 0°12′59″E / 51.85639°N 0.21639°E[1] |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 747-2B5F |
| Operator | Korean Air Cargo |
| IATA flight No. | KE8509 |
| ICAO flight No. | KAL8509 |
| Call sign | KOREAN AIR 8509 |
| Registration | HL7451 |
| Flight origin | Gimpo International Airport, Seoul, South Korea |
| 1st stopover | Tashkent International Airport, Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| 2nd stopover | London Stansted Airport, England, United Kingdom |
| Destination | Milan Malpensa Airport, Milan, Italy |
| Occupants | 4 |
| Crew | 4 |
| Fatalities | 4 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509 was a Boeing 747-2B5F, registered HL7451 bound for Milan Malpensa Airport, that crashed due to instrument malfunction and pilot error on 22 December 1999 shortly after take-off from London Stansted Airport where the final leg of its route from South Korea to Italy had begun. The aircraft crashed into Hatfield Forest near the village of Great Hallingbury, close to, but clear of, some houses, killing all four crew members on board.[2][3]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
AAIB appendiceswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Report on the accident to Boeing 747-2B5F, HL-7451 near London Stansted Airport on 22 December 1999" (PDF). Air Accident Investigation Branch. June 2003. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
- ^ "Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509 incident report". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 10 July 2011.