- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | January 23, 1971 |
Time: | ? |
Location: | Near Sokcho, South Korea |
Operator: | Korean Airlines |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Kangnung - Seoul |
AC Type: | Fokker F-27 Friendship 500 |
Registration: | HL-5212 |
cn / ln: | 10428 |
Aboard: | 60 (passengers:55 crew:5) |
Fatalities: | 2 (passengers:1 crew:1) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | Crash landed on a beach after a hijacker detonated grenades he was carrying. The hijacker and the co-pilot were killed by the grenade explosions. |
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