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Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509

1999 CE · United Kingdom, Europe · Disaster

Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509
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Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509 was a Boeing 747-2B5F, registered HL7451 bound for Milan Malpensa Airport, that crashed due to instrument malfunction and pilot error on 22 December 1999 shortly after take-off from London Stansted Airport where the final leg of its route from South Korea to Italy had begun.

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