Bad weather, including heavy rainfall, at Seoul forced the flight crew to divert to Jeju.

The flight was cleared to land on runway 14R with a crosswind component as the wind was from 220 degrees at 22 knots.

[citation needed] The aircraft involved was the fourth of five Boeing 747s (2 -200B, 1 -300, this -400 and 1 -200F) to be written off by Korean Air in a span of 15 years.

The flight was cleared to land on runway 14R with a crosswind component as the wind was from 220 degrees at 22 knots.

[1] Coupled with the fact the captain was confused with crosswind conditions and the first officer was preoccupied and not paying attention to the landing, the 747 failed to stop before the end of the runway.