| - | 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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