Korean Air

Certificate type not established

Data confidence: Records are linked by certificate number, aircraft registration, or a name match that a reviewer has confirmed. Each record below shows how it was linked.

Also recorded as: KOREAN AIRLINES LTD, Korean Air, Korean Airlines

Accident & enforcement record

Events that happened, regardless of the operator's own reporting. Each links to its public source.

NTSB accidents & incidents

21 records, spanning 1992–2026.

Accident · 2026-07-19 Operator named in NTSB report
BOEING 777 (NHL7783) Serious injury Part 129

Operated by Korean Air (per NTSB report)

Not yet finalized — may be revised.
Source: NTSB case DCA26LA329
Incident · 2024-06-22 Operator named in NTSB report
BOEING 737-8 (NHL8352) Part 129

Operated by Korean Air (per NTSB report)

Source: NTSB case DCA24WA220
Accident · 2022-10-23 Operator named in NTSB report
AIRBUS A330 (NHL7525) No injuries NUSC

Operated by Korean Air (per NTSB report)

Source: NTSB case DCA23WA029
Incident · 2018-06-29 Operator named in NTSB report
BOEING 777 (NHL7573) No injuries Part 129

Operated by Korean Air (per NTSB report)

Source: NTSB case DCA18WA234
Accident · 2018-04-09 Operator named in NTSB report
BOEING 737 (NHL7725) No injuries NUSC

Operated by Korean Air (per NTSB report)

Source: NTSB case DCA18WA123
Incident · 2015-07-23 Operator named in NTSB report
AIRBUS A330 - 223 (NHL8211) No injuries

Operated by Korean Air (per NTSB report)

Source: NTSB case ENG15RA028
Incident · 2015-07-05 Operator named in NTSB report
BOEING 737-800 (NHL8224) No injuries

Operated by Korean Airlines (per NTSB report)

Source: NTSB case WPR15WA225
Incident · 2012-01-17 Operator named in NTSB report
BOEING 747 (NHL7601) No injuries NUSC

Operated by Korean Air (per NTSB report)

Source: NTSB case DCA12WA029
Incident · 2011-05-26 Operator named in NTSB report
AIRBUS A330 (NHL7553) No injuries Part 129

Operated by Korean Airlines (per NTSB report)

Source: NTSB case ENG11WA029
Incident · 2010-10-10 Operator named in NTSB report
BOEING 747 (NHL7489) No injuries Part 129

Operated by Korean Air (per NTSB report)

Source: NTSB case ENG11RA001
Incident · 2007-04-14 Operator named in NTSB report
Boeing B747-400 (NHL7448) No injuries Part 129

Operated by Korean Airlines (per NTSB report)

Source: NTSB case ENG07WA026
Incident · 2007-04-03 Operator named in NTSB report
Boeing 747-400 Cargo (NHL7499) No injuries NUSC

Operated by Korean Airlines (per NTSB report)

Source: NTSB case ENG07RA021
Incident · 2007-02-10 Operator named in NTSB report
Boeing 747 (NHL7488) No injuries Part 129

Operated by Korean Airlines (per NTSB report)

Source: NTSB case ENG07WA025
Incident · 2007-01-23 Operator named in NTSB report
Airbus Industrie A300-600 (NHL7297) No injuries NUSC

Operated by Korean Airlines (per NTSB report)

Source: NTSB case ENG07WA024
Incident · 2006-10-09 Operator named in NTSB report
Boeing 747-400 Cargo (NHL7448) No injuries NUSC

Operated by Korean Air (per NTSB report)

Source: NTSB case ENG07RA001
Accident · 1999-12-22 Operator named in NTSB report
Boeing 747-200F (NHL745) Fatal injury Part 129

Operated by KOREAN AIRLINES, INC. (per NTSB report)

Source: NTSB case DCA00RA017
Accident · 1999-04-15 Operator named in NTSB report
McDonnell Douglas MD-11 (NHL737) Fatal injury Part 129

Operated by KOREAN AIR (per NTSB report)

Source: NTSB case DCA99RA056
Accident · 1999-03-15 Operator named in NTSB report
McDonnell Douglas MD-83 (NHL757) No injuries NUSC

Operated by KOREAN AIR (per NTSB report)

Source: NTSB case DCA99WA048
Incident · 1998-11-27 Operator named in NTSB report
Airbus Industrie A300-600 No injuries NUSC

Operated by KOREAN AIRLINES (per NTSB report)

Source: NTSB case DCA99WA011
Accident · 1998-08-05 Operator named in NTSB report
Boeing 747-400 (NHL749) No injuries NUSC

Operated by KOREAN AIRLINES (per NTSB report)

Source: NTSB case DCA98WA079
Accident · 1992-08-23 Operator named in NTSB report
BOEING 747-300 (NHL746) Fatal injury Part 129

Operated by KOREAN AIRLINES (per NTSB report)

AN UNSAFE/HAZARDOUS CONDITION THAT WAS NOT IDENTIFIED BY THE VEHICLE DRIVER, AND AN INADEQUATE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE AIRPLANE AND VEHICLE AS THE DRIVER DROVE THE VEHICLE BEHIND THE AIRPLANE.

Source: NTSB case CHI92LA250

FAA enforcement actions

Civil penalty ordered · 2000-12-21 Name match — reviewer confirmed
SecurityForeign air carrier

Sanction: $4,000 · case closed 2001-08-15

Source: FAA case 2001EA710102
Civil penalty ordered · 2000-12-11 Name match — reviewer confirmed
SecurityForeign air carrier

Sanction: $4,000 · case closed 2001-10-04

Source: FAA case 2001EA710071
Civil penalty ordered · 1999-04-19 Name match — reviewer confirmed
Hazardous materialsForeign air carrier

Sanction: $5,000 · case closed 1999-10-26

Source: FAA case 1999SW710244
Penalty · 1999-04-13 Name match — reviewer confirmed
SecurityForeign air carrier

Sanction: $6,000 · case closed 2000-01-12

Source: FAA case 1999WP760116
Civil penalty ordered · 1998-11-16 Name match — reviewer confirmed
Hazardous materialsForeign air carrier

Sanction: $11,000 · case closed 1999-06-17

Source: FAA case 1999AL700021
Civil penalty ordered · date unknown Name match — reviewer confirmed
Maintenance

Sanction: $1,100 · case closed 2002-05-01

Source: FAA case 2000NM710191

Maintenance disclosure history

No maintenance difficulty reports on file. Note: SDR filing is largely voluntary, so absence is not evidence of a clean maintenance history.

Linked aircraft

N-numberMake / modelYearStatusLink basis
NHL7297Operator named in NTSB report
NHL737Operator named in NTSB report
NHL7448Operator named in NTSB report
NHL745Operator named in NTSB report
NHL746Operator named in NTSB report
NHL7488Operator named in NTSB report
NHL7489Operator named in NTSB report
NHL749Operator named in NTSB report
NHL7499Operator named in NTSB report
NHL7525Operator named in NTSB report
NHL7553Operator named in NTSB report
NHL757Operator named in NTSB report
NHL7573Operator named in NTSB report
NHL7601Operator named in NTSB report
NHL7725Operator named in NTSB report
NHL7783Operator named in NTSB report
NHL8211Operator named in NTSB report
NHL8224Operator named in NTSB report
NHL8352Operator named in NTSB report

Aircraft with earlier records under this certificate

Maintenance and accident records on this page also cover aircraft that are not in this operator's current FAA fleet list. Charter and management fleets change — owners switch management companies, sell, or export aircraft. Where the registry shows what became of a tail, it is noted below.

1 aircraft filed records under this certificate within the last two years but are not in the fleet list we hold — fleet lists can lag actual operations.

  • NHL8352 — records 2024 · no longer on the FAA registry
  • NHL7525 — records 2022 · no longer on the FAA registry
  • NHL7573 — records 2018 · no longer on the FAA registry
  • NHL7725 — records 2018 · no longer on the FAA registry
  • NHL8211 — records 2015 · no longer on the FAA registry
  • NHL8224 — records 2015 · no longer on the FAA registry
  • NHL7601 — records 2012 · no longer on the FAA registry
  • NHL7553 — records 2011 · no longer on the FAA registry
  • NHL7489 — records 2010 · no longer on the FAA registry
  • NHL7448 — records 2006–2007 · no longer on the FAA registry
  • NHL7499 — records 2007 · no longer on the FAA registry
  • NHL7488 — records 2007 · no longer on the FAA registry
6 more aircraft
  • NHL7297 — records 2007 · no longer on the FAA registry
  • NHL745 — records 1999 · no longer on the FAA registry
  • NHL737 — records 1999 · no longer on the FAA registry
  • NHL757 — records 1999 · no longer on the FAA registry
  • NHL749 — records 1998 · no longer on the FAA registry
  • NHL746 — records 1992 · no longer on the FAA registry