South Jeolla (전라남도) | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

The airplane departed Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi Airport at 0229LT on a flight (JJA2216/7C2216) to Muan. The expected flight time was four hours and 30 minutes. At 0857LT, while on final approach to Muan Airport Runway 01, the crew received a warning message from ATC about the presence of birds in the vicinity of the airport. About a minute later, the crew declared an emergency, apparently after the airplane suffered a bird strike. The crew initiated a go around, climbed to the altitude of 900 feet and attempted to land on the opposite runway 19 with the right engine backfiring. The airplane belly landed on runway 19 which is 2,800 metres long then skidded for few hundred metres. Unable to stop in time, it overran at high speed then collided with various landing equipment and eventually crashed against a concrete wall located about 144 metres past the runway end, bursting into flames. Two cabin crew were seriously injured while 179 other occupants were killed. The airplane disintegrated on impact. On 11 January 2025, the Ministry of Transport of South Korea announced that both Flight Data Recorder and Cockpit Voice Recorder systems had stopped recording four minutes prior to the accident.

Crash of a Boeing 737-5L9 in Mokpo: 68 killed

Date & Time: Jul 26, 1993 at 1548 LT

Type of aircraft:

Boeing 737-500

Operator:

Registration:

HL7229

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Seoul - Mokpo

MSN:

24805

YOM:

1990

Flight number:

OZ733

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

110

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Aircraft flight hours:

7301

Aircraft flight cycles:

5707

Circumstances:

Following an eventful flight from Seoul-Gimpo, the crew started the descent to Mokpo Airport in poor weather conditions with low clouds, heavy rain falls and strong winds. A first attempt to land was abandoned as well as a second few minutes later as the crew was unable to establish a visual contact with the runway. On a third attempt to land under VOR/DME mode, the crew failed to realize his altitude was too low when the aircraft struck the wooded slope of Mt Ungeo located about 7,5 km short of runway 06 threshold. Two crew members and 66 passengers were killed while 48 other occupants were injured.

Probable cause:

The crew took the decision to continue the approach in below weather minima until the aircraft impacted ground, resulting in a controlled flight into terrain. Poor weather conditions, limited visibility, poor crew monitoring and wrong approach configuration were considered as contributing factors.

Crash of a De Havilland L-20A Beaver in Polgyo-Ri

Date & Time: May 8, 1954