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Korean Air Flight 011 cargo hold malfunction

19 Jan 1990 · Los Angeles International Airport, United States

Boeing 747 · Inoperable due to a mechanical defect in the cargo hold door

From Los Angeles International Airport, United States to Gimpo International Airport, South Korea

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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
Occurrence
Event fatalities
Unknown
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
Unknown
Survivors
Unknown
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
Unknown
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

Boeing 747

Aircraft type
Boeing 747
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
HL7456
Operator
Korean Air
Onboard fatalities
Unknown
Route
From Los Angeles International Airport, United StatesTo Gimpo International Airport, South Korea

Approximate · Estimated position: Los Angeles International Airport, the airport the Wikipedia article names as the site. Where on or near it is not known.

From the Wikipedia article

The Korean Air Flight 011 cargo hold malfunction was an incident on 19 January 1990 in which the departure of a Korean Air B747 SP airliner was delayed because of a cargo hold malfunction; there were no casualties at all.

Translated into English with AI assistance from the Korean Wikipedia article “대한항공 011편 화물칸 고장 사고” (revision 41624901, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article

Sources

Korean Wikipedia article: 대한항공 011편 화물칸 고장 사고
Article
대한항공 011편 화물칸 고장 사고
Translation
Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
Revision
41624901 · 2026-04-11 · retrieved 2026-09-19
Wikidata
Q110114732
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
ko Wikipedia article "대한항공 011편 화물칸 고장 사고" (page 2871534, revision 41624901), translated into English with AI assistance
Date
Wikipedia infobox: date
Place and country
Wikipedia infobox: site
Map position
airport the Wikipedia infobox site names (OurAirports, exact name)
Aircraft, operator and route
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
Operation
flight number in the article title
Fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Ground fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Summary
Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Korean Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.