written off in serious incidents and accidents with the loss of 700 lives. Two Korean Air aircraft were shot down by the Soviet Union, one operating as Korean Air Lines Flight 902 and the other as Korean Air Lines Flight 007. Korean Air's deadliest incident was Flight 007 which was shot down by the Soviet Union on September 1, 1983. All 269 people on board were killed, including a sitting U.S. Congressman, Larry McDonald. The last fatal passenger accident was the Korean Air Flight 801 crash in 1997, which killed 229 people of the 254 people aboard including Shin Ki-ha, a South Korean parliamentarian. The National Transportation Safety Board concluded that poor communication between the flight crew as the probable cause for the air crash, along with the captain's poor decision-making on the non-precision approach. The last crew fatalities were in the crash of Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509 in 1999 due to instrument malfunction and pilot error. The last aircraft write-off occurred in 2022, when Korean Air Flight 631 overran the runway at Mactan–Cebu International Airport while attempting to land under poor weather conditions. See also List of airlines of South Korea List of airports in South Korea List of companies of South Korea Transport in South Korea References External links Korean Air Aerospace companies of South Korea Aircraft manufacturers of South Korea Airlines established in 1962 Airlines of South Korea Association of Asia Pacific Airlines Companies based in Seoul