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Draft:1971 Korean Air Lines F27 hijacking

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The Korean Air Lines F27 hijacking occurred on 23 January 1971, when a KAL Fokker F27 turboprop airliner was skyjacked by a single skyjacker with grenades. no real weapons were used

A scheduled Korean Air flight from Sokcho to Seoul in South Korea was hijacked by a man with hand grenades demanding to be taken to North Korea. Several hand grenades exploded and the aircraft crashed on a beach in South Korea leading to a total hull loss. Two people died in the incident, the hijacker and the first officer, and several passengers were injured by explosions during the incident.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Hijacker and a Pilot‐Killed On South Korean Airliner". The New York Times. 24 January 1971.

See also

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  • Hijack 1971, a 2024 South Korean film dramatizing the incident