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Air China Boeing 767-2J6ER plane crash

Pusan, South Korea
Air China Boeing 767-2J6ER plane crash - Pusan, South Korea

Key facts

Airline
Air China
Aircraft
Boeing 767-2J6ER
Location
Pusan, South Korea
Date
15th April, 2002
People on board
167
Fatalities
128

Accident account

The aircraft departed Beijing (China) as flight CA129 to Pusan's Kimhae Airport (South Korea) for a passenger flight. While turning onto final approach to Runway 18R at Kimhae, the aircraft impacted rising, wooded terrain, broke apart, and caught fire. Weather around the time of the accident was light rain and mist, and the surface visibility was 4000 meters.

Among the 167 passengers and crew members, 128 were killed.

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