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December 22nd, 1999

Flying an airliner is a complex task. It requires highly trained pilots working together to get hundreds of tonnes of metal and people safely into the air. The margin for error is small, and when mistakes do happen, they can be catastrophic.

When things go well, this complexity looks like clockwork – each of the components interlinking seamlessly, and ticking away the flight.

The story of Korean Air flight 8509 is a dark and complex one. Its cogs and wheels are psychological, technological, and even cultural. When the clockwork of this flight burst open just seconds after takeoff on December 22nd 1999, it revealed deep rooted problems in the aviation industry problems which would need to be reckoned with, fast.

This is the story of Korean air flight 8509.