- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: April 20, 1978
Time: 2217
Location: Near Murmansk, Russia
Operator: Korean Airlines
Flight #: 902
Route: Paris - Seoul
AC Type: Boeing B-707-321B
Registration: HL-7429
cn / ln: 19363/623
Aboard: 109   (passengers:97  crew:12)
Fatalities: 2   (passengers:2  crew:0)
Ground: 0
Summary: The aircraft, which deviated off course, suffered rapid decompression after being fired upon by a Russian fighter. The aircraft made an emergency landing on a frozen lake.
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