Synopsis

A Boeing 767 bound for Gimhae International Airport in South Korea plummeted into a hillside, miles from the runway. The country collectively mourned its deadliest aviation accident to date, while investigators grappled with perplexing clues. The surviving captain of Air China Flight 129 maintained that the flight had proceeded normally, yet air traffic controllers reported a starkly different picture: the crew’s radio communications had been far from routine.