Korean Air Flight 175
Fokker F28 Fellowship 4000 · Engine failure on takeoff caused by icing
From Seoul Gimpo International Airport (GMP) to Gangneung Airport (K-18) (KAG)
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 0 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- 48
- Survivors
- 48
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- 44
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Airline
Fokker F28 Fellowship 4000
- Flight
- KE175
- Aircraft type
- Fokker F28
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- HL7285
- Operator
- Korean Air
- Onboard fatalities
- 0
- Route
- From Seoul Gimpo International Airport (GMP)To Gangneung Airport (K-18) (KAG)
Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.
From the Wikipedia article
On November 25, 1989, Korean Air Flight 175, a Fokker F-28 flying from Gimpo International Airport to Gangneung Airport crashed on the runway immediately after takeoff and caught fire. None of the 48 passengers and crew on board were killed, but 44 people were injured.
The aircraft's right wing broke off as well as the aircraft splitting into two. The aircraft was subsequently written off.
The cause was determined to be wing icing which caused the no. 1 engine to fail when ice was ingested into the engine on takeoff.
The contributing factors were deemed as poor flight preparation on part of the flying crew and the aircraft has not been properly deiced prior to takeoff.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: Korean Air Flight 175
- Article
- Korean Air Flight 175
- Revision
- 1375128075 · 2026-09-16 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q109458827
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "Korean Air Flight 175" (page 74986675, revision 1375128075)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- Wikipedia article coordinates
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- airline flight number in the infobox
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.