Korean Pilot Gets 2 Years for Libya Crash That Killed 80
<i> Associated Press</i>
SEOUL, South Korea —
A Korean Air pilot has been sentenced to two years in prison for causing a crash that killed 80 people in Libya last year.
Kim Ho-joon, 54, was found guilty last week by the Seoul Criminal Court of neglecting his duty as captain of the DC-10 that crashed at Tripoli Airport on July 27, 1989, with 119 people aboard.
The pilot was accused of trying to land in thick fog without analyzing weather information.
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