Hijacking
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 23 JAN 1971 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Fokker F-27 Friendship 500 |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Korean Air Lines - KAL |
| Kennzeichen: | HL5212 |
| Werknummer: | 10428 |
| Baujahr: | 1969 |
| Betriebsstunden: | 2302 |
| Anzahl Zyklen der Zelle: | 3171 |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 1 / Insassen: 5 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 1 / Insassen: 55 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 2 / Insassen: 60 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | nahe Sokcho (Südkorea) |
| Flugphase: | Landung (LDG) |
| Betriebsart: | Inländischer planmäßiger Passagierflug |
| Flug von: | Kangnung Airport (KAG/RKNN), Südkorea |
| Seoul-Gimpo (Kimpo) International Airport (SEL/RKSS), Südkorea |
The Fokker crash-landed on a beach after an attempted hijack by a man carrying grenades. The hijacker and the co-pilot were killed by grenade explosions.
Informationsquelle:
» Aircraft hijackings and other criminal acts against civil aviation : statistics and narrative reports / FAA
» Gooi/Eemlander 1.7.72
» Willem Wendt
Fotos
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.
