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    On September 11, 2001, Korean Air Flight 085 (originating from Incheon International Airport in Seoul, South Korea) was en-route to Ted Stevens International...
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    Korean Air Flight 801 (KE801, KAL801) was a scheduled international passenger flight operated by Korean Air, from Gimpo International Airport, Seoul to...
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    Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (KE007/KAL007) was a scheduled Korean Air Lines flight from New York City to Seoul via Anchorage, Alaska. On September 1, 1983...
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  • Flight 85 or Flight 085 may refer to: Korean Air Flight 085, mistakenly thought hijacked on 11 September 2001 Northwest Airlines Flight 85, experienced...
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    Norton A. Schwartz (category Air University (United States Air Force) alumni)
    in-order to intercept the Korean Air Flight 85 and ordered the F-15 pilot to establish direct radio contact with the Korean Air Flight 85 pilot. Schwartz then...
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  • originally aired on the History Channel around early 2006. The documentary focuses on three people who, through a twist of fate, missed the flight. The first...
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  • have been hijacked in addition to American Airlines Flight 11. 11:08: The pilot of Korean Air Flight 85 includes the letters "HJK" a code for hijacked, in...
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  • 11, 1969: a Korean Air Lines YS-11 en route from Gangneung to Seoul-Gimpo was hijacked by a North Korean agent and flown to North Korea. All four crew...
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  • believed Korean Air Flight 85 might have been hijacked. Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and U.S. authorities ordered the United States Air Force to...
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    Aerial refueling, also referred to as air refueling, in-flight refueling (IFR), air-to-air refueling (AAR), and tanking, is the process of transferring...
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  • Asiana Airlines Inc. (Korean: 아시아나항공; Hanja: 아시아나航空; RR: Asiana Hanggong KRX: 020560) is a South Korean airline headquartered in Seoul. In 2019, it accounted...
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    Iven Carl Kincheloe Jr. (category United States Air Force personnel of the Korean War)
    July 26, 1958) was an American pilot. He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War, in which he was recognized as a flying ace. He continued...
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    LeRoy Homer Jr. (category United Airlines Flight 93 victims)
    Panel S-67, along with other crew and passengers on Flight 93. On May 7, 2021, United States Air Force Academy's graduating class of 2024 named Homer...
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    Transponder (aeronautics) (category Air traffic control)
    Proteus Airlines Flight 706 — July 30, 1998 (mid-air collision; one of the aircraft had its transponder switched off) Korean Air Flight 85 — September 11...
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    vivid example, on 11 September 2001, a Korean Air Flight 85 Boeing 747 en route to New York City from Seoul, Korea, headed to Anchorage, Alaska, for a refuelling...
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    500km 300miles    Air India Flight 182 was a passenger flight operating on the Montreal–London–Delhi–Bombay route, that on 23 June 1985, disintegrated...
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    consecutive terms and a third. During the September 11 attacks, Korean Air Flight 85 from Seoul was feared to have been hijacked. Worried that a possible...
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  • office in the Immeuble El-Djazair in Algiers. With flights operating from Houari Boumedienne Airport, Air Algérie operates scheduled international services...
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  • member are killed. March 15 – Korean Air Flight 1533, a McDonnell Douglas MD-83 operating a domestic flight in South Korea, overshoots the runway on landing...
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    South Korean and United States air forces near the Korean Peninsula. Major units of the JASDF are the Air Defense Command, Air Support Command, Air Training...
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  • Thumbnail for Adam Air Flight 574
    Adam Air Flight 574 (KI574 or DHI574) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by Adam Air between the Indonesian cities of Surabaya and Manado...
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    (Hangul: KT-1 웅비) is a South Korean single-engined turboprop, basic training aircraft. It was jointly developed by Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) and...
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    disciplinary action. Korean Air Flight 480: After having two-and-a-half glasses of whiskey with his meal, a Korean passenger on the December 20 flight from Hanoi...
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  • Operation Yellow Ribbon (category Air traffic control in Canada)
    Whitehorse International Airport in Yukon. One of the intercepted flights was Korean Air Flight 85, destined for John F. Kennedy International Airport with a...
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    Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport (category Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces Air Transport Command in Alaska)
    part of Operation Yellow Ribbon. One of these flights, a Boeing 747 operating as Korean Air Flight 85, was feared to be hijacked; this was not the case...
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  • 537 mi; 8,288 nmi). The longest ever scheduled passenger flight was Air Tahiti Nui's flight TN64 using a Boeing 787-9, flying non-stop from Faa'a International...
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    The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea from 1950 to 1953. It began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea and ceased...
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  • security were removed while passenger processing was slowed. 27 May Korean Air Flight 2708 Boeing 777-300 aborted its takeoff due to an engine failure and...
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  • Korean Air Flight 858 was destroyed by a bomb planted by North Korean agents on 29 November 1987. All 115 on board died. South African Airways Flight...
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    Jeju International Airport (category CS1 Korean-language sources (ko))
    holiday spot in South Korea, the air route from Jeju to Seoul is the busiest airline route in the world. In 2019, there were 85 000 flights from eight different...
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