While attempting to land at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripoli_International_Airport" id="mwAR8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tripoli International Airport">Tripoli International Airport</a> in Libya, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Air_Flight_803" id="mwASA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Korean Air Flight 803">Korean Air Flight 803</a> crashes just short of the runway. Seventy-five of the 199 passengers and crew and four people on the ground are killed, in the second accident involving a <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC-10" id="mwASE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="DC-10">DC-10</a> in less than two weeks, the first being <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Flight_232" id="mwASI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United Airlines Flight 232">United Airlines Flight 232</a>.