What the records say
- When
- 15 Apr 2002
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 35.23° N, 128.93° E
- Description
- 2002 aviation accident in South Korea
- Deaths
- 129
- Injured
- 37
- Cause
- controlled flight into terrain, pilot error
Air China Flight 129
2002 aviation accident in South Korea
Air China Flight 129 (CCA129/CA129) was a scheduled international passenger flight, operated by Air China, from Beijing Capital International Airport to Gimhae International Airport in Busan. On 15 April 2002, the aircraft on this route, a Boeing 767, crashed into a hill named Mount Dotdae near Gimhae Airport, killing 129 of the 166 people on board.
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- Wikidata: air, rail, road, mining and industrial accidentsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “В Пусане при заходе на посадку врезался в гору и разрушился самолёт Boeing 767 авиакомпании Air China”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “中國國際航空129號班機在韓國釜山撞山坠毁,造成128人死亡。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “中国国際航空129便が金海国際空港への着陸進入中に墜落、乗員乗客128名が死亡。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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