- Date
- December 23, 2015
- Place
- Gwangju-Si, South Korea
- Injuries
- 158 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- HL8049Boeing 737
- Defining event
- Enroute-climb to cruise: Unknown or undetermined
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 92559
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Unknown or undeterminedAll aircraft: 1,703 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
The government of Republic Of Korea has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Boeing 737 airplane that occurred on December 23, 2015. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Republic Of Korea's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacturer and Design of the airplane.All investigative information will be released by the government of Republic Of Korea.
Aircraft
- Registration
- HL8049
- Reported as
- Boeing 737 (8AS)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 36570
- Damage
- No damage
- Operator
- Jeju air
- Registered owner
- SMBC Aviation Capital Ireland Leasing 3 ltd