Korean Air Flight 2033

Korean Air Flight 2033 was a scheduled passenger flight from Seoul to Jeju, South Korea. On 10 August 1994, the Airbus A300 serving the route overran the runway on landing at Jeju International Airport in poor weather and burst into flames. All 160 people on board escaped without serious injury, but the aircraft was destroyed.

History of the flight

On the morning of 10 August, Korean Air Flight 2033 departed from Gimpo International Airport in Seoul for a one-hour and ten minute domestic flight to Jeju. On board were 152 passengers and 8 crew.

On arrival at Jeju, shortly after 11:00 local time, the weather was poor, with driving rain and winds of up to 56 kn brought about by Typhoon Doug. The crew aborted their first approach. On their second attempt, the flaps were selected at a reduced setting (CONF3) due to the risk of windshear, which meant that the approach speed was higher than usual.

The aircraft touched down more than halfway down the runway, and was unable to stop within the remaining distance. It overran the end of the runway at a speed of 104 kn, struck the airport wall and a guard post at 30 kn, broke up and caught fire. All crew and passengers managed to safely evacuate via the emergency slides, before the fire consumed most of the aircraft. Only eight of the occupants suffered injuries, all minor ones.