What is Korean Air Flight 803?
{{Infobox aircraft occurrence | name = Korean Air Flight 803 | image = Air Siam McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 Volpati.jpg | image_upright = 1.2 | alt = | caption = The aircraft involved in the accident, while still in service with [[Air Siam]] | occurrence_type = Accident | date = {{start date|1989|07|27|df=y}} | summary = [[Pilot error]] in low visibility leading to [[Controlled Flight into Terrain]] | site = On approach to runway 27 at [[Tripoli International Airport]] in Tripoli, Libya | coordinates = <!--{{coord|LAT|LON|type:event|display = inline,title}} --> | total_fatalities = 79 | total_injuries = | total_missing = | ground_fatalities = 4 | ground_injuries = | aircraft_type = [[McDonnell Douglas DC-10|McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30]] | aircraft_name = | operator = [[Korean Air]] | IATA = KE803 | ICAO = KAL803 | callsign = KOREAN AIR 803 | tail_number = HL7328 | origin = [[Gimpo International Airport|Seoul-Gimpo International Airport]] | stopover = | stopover0 = [[Don Mueang International Airport|Bangkok-Don Mueang International Airport]] | last_stopover = [[King Abdulaziz International Airport|Jeddah-King Abdulaziz International Airport]] | destination = [[Tripoli International Airport]] | occupants = 199 | passengers = 181 | crew = 18 | fatalities = 75 | injuries = | missing = | survivors = 124 }} On 27 July 1989, a [[Korean Air]] [[McDonnell Douglas DC-10|DC-10]] crashed while attempting to land in [[Tripoli]], Libya. 75 of the 199 passengers and crew on board plus 4 persons on the ground were killed in the crash. == Accident == Flight 803 was a scheduled International passenger service from [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]] to [[Tripoli]], [[Libya]] with intermediate stops in [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]] and [[Jeddah]], Saudi Arabia. On the final approach to Tripoli, the aircraft crashed into an orchard about 1.5 miles short of the runway 27.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/28/world/75-die-in-libya-in-korean-dc-10-crash.html 75 Die in Libya in Korean DC-10 Crash]. Nytimes.com.</ref> The weather at the tim