- 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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