Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Boeing 747-4B5
Operator
Korean Air
Registration
HL7404
Flight origin
Incheon International Airport, Incheon, South Korea
Stopover
Anchorage International Airport, Anchorage, Alaska, United States
Destination
John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City, New York, United States[1]
Passengers
215
On September 11, 2001, Korean Air Flight 085 (originating from Incheon International Airport in Seoul, South Korea) 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 (a "hijack" code), the pilot complied, despite miscommunication that implied he would disregard the instruction.[2][3]
Flight 085 was ordered to divert to Whitehorse International Airport in Canada's Yukon territory. U.S. officials and Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien authorized the aircraft to be shot down if it did not cooperate.[4] The airliner pilots complied and the 747 landed safely in Whitehorse, with U.S. F-15 military jets escorting it. The suspected hijacking turned out to be a false alarm.
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