| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | November 29, 1987 |
| Time: | 1130 |
| Location: | Over the Andaman Sea |
| Operator: | Korean Airlines |
| Flight #: | 858 |
| Route: | Abu Dhabi - Bangkok |
| AC Type: | Boeing B-707-3B5C |
| Registration: | HL-7406 |
| cn / ln: | 20522/855 |
| Aboard: | 115 (passengers:104 crew:11) |
| Fatalities: | 115 (passengers:104 crew:11) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The plane crashed while on a flight from Abu Dhabi to Bangkok. Detonation of an explosive device in the passenger cabin left by two passengers who exited the plane at Abu Dhabi. A 75 year old man and Korean woman were arrested as they tried to use fake passports to fly to Rome. While under guard, the man bit into a cyanide capsule and died. The woman, a North Korean agent, confessed to the crime. |
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