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Date: | jeudi 20 avril 1978 |
Heure: | 22:17 |
Type/Sous-type: | Boeing 707-321B |
Compagnie: | Korean Air Lines - KAL |
Immatriculation: | HL7429 |
Numéro de série: | 19363/623 |
Année de Fabrication: | 1967 |
Moteurs: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B |
Equipage: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 12 |
Passagers: | victimes: 2 / à bord: 97 |
Total: | victimes: 2 / à bord: 109 |
Dégats de l'appareil: | Substantiels |
Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Lieu de l'accident: | Korpijärvi Lake ( Fédération de Russie)
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Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
Nature: | Transport de Passagers Intern. |
Aéroport de départ: | Paris-Orly Airport (ORY/LFPO), France |
Aéroport de destination: | Anchorage International Airport, AK (ANC/PANC), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
Numéro de vol: | KE902 |
Détails:Flight 902 departed Paris for a flight to Seoul with an intermediate stop at Anchorage, AK. The aircraft passed the Canadian Station "Alert", located 400 miles from the North Pole where the crew corrected their course. However this brought them on a course directly across the Barents Sea towards Soviet airspace. The plane was initially recognized by Soviet anti-aircraft defense radars as a Boeing 747. Sukhoi Su-15TM interceptor jets were sent to intercept the intruder. When both Sukhoi jets were flying next to the Korean airliner, the captain said he slowed down plane and switched on landing lights. Nevertheless the Su-15 crews were ordered to shoot down the plane. According to the U.S. the Su-15 pilot for several minutes tried to convince his superiors to cancel the attack, because the aircraft was a civilian Boeing 707 instead of a reconnaissance Boeing RC-135. After an additional order two P-60 rockets were launched. One of them missed the 707 but the other rocket exploded, severely damaging part of the left wing. Shrapnel punctured the fuselage, causing a rapid decompression and killing two passengers. The Korean pilot initiated an emergency descent from FL350 to 5000 feet and entered clouds. Both Sukhoi jets lost the 707 in the clouds. The aircraft continued at low altitude, crossing the Kola Peninsula and looking for a place to land. After several unsuccessful attempts in the evening dusk landed on the ice of Korpijärvi lake. All occupants were rescued by Russian helicopters.
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Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Paris-Orly Airport et Anchorage International Airport, AK est de 7493 km (4683 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from official accident report.
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tel qu'ils sont connus à ce jour.