Korean Air Incidents and Accidents - 2000s

2000s

• 11 September 2001 - Korean Air Flight 85 from Seoul to Anchorage, Alaska, was forced to divert to Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada with an F-15 escort after a suspected hijacking, the flight landed safely in Whitehorse and the problem was a misunderstanding with the plane's transponder signal
• 6 January 2007 - Korean Air Lines Flight 769 from Seoul to Akita, Japan, landed on an unoccupied taxiway instead of the intended runway 10, which was the airport's only runway. The Boeing 737-900 aircraft with 124 passengers and 9 crew landed without any injury or damage.