Hijacking description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 11 DEC 1969 |
| Type: | NAMC YS-11-125 |
| Operator: | Korean Air Lines - KAL |
| Registration: | HL5208 |
| C/n / msn: | 2043 |
| First flight: | 1967 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Pyongyang (North Korea) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Kangnung Airport (KAG/RKNN), South Korea |
| Seoul-Gimpo (Kimpo) International Airport (SEL/RKSS), South Korea |
Hijacked to North Korea. Damaged on landing.
Sources:
» Aircraft hijackings and other criminal acts against civil aviation : statistics and narrative reports / FAA
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Kangnung Airport to Seoul-Gimpo (Kimpo) International Airport as the crow flies is 189 km (118 miles).
Distance from Kangnung Airport to Seoul-Gimpo (Kimpo) International Airport as the crow flies is 189 km (118 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
