Korean Air Flight 085
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korean-air-flight-085-170-1798066
title:
Korean Air Flight 085
text:
On September 11, 2001, Korean Air Flight 085 was en-route to Ted Stevens International Airport in Anchorage, Alaska, when information about the September 11 attacks was relayed to the crew. The pilot in command's ACARS message reply included the letters "HJK", a prompt interpreted as a distress signal indicating that the flight had been hijacked. When ordered to squawk 7500, the pilot complied, despite miscommunication that implied he would disregard the instruction. Flight 085 was ordered to di
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Suspected hijacked flight on September 11, 2001
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Air_Flight_085
date created:
2009-03-19T10:02:20Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T17:46:12Z
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