Passengers 47 Aircraft type Fairchild C-123J Total fatalities 53 (all) Passenger count 47 | Survivors 0 Start date February 6, 1982 Survivor 0 Crew count 6 | |
Destination Jeju International Airport, Jeju, South Korea Operator Republic of Korea Air Force Similar 1982 Aerocondor DHC‑4 C, 1982 TABA Fairchild FH‑227 a, CAAC Flight 2311, 1982 Garuda Fokker F2, Aeropesca Colombia Flight 217 | ||
On February 6, 1982, a Republic of Korea Air Force Fairchild C-123J crashed while on approach to Jeju International Airport, Jeju, South Korea. All 47 passengers and 6 crew were killed in the impact. It remains the fourth-worst accident in South Korean aviation history. The aircraft was engaged in a training mission and encountered bad weather before crashing near to Mount Halla, a dormant volcano.
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February 1982 Korean Air Force C-123 accident Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA