Hijacking description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 16 FEB 1958 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Operator: | Korean National Airlines |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 34 |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Pyongyang-Sunan Aiport (FNJ) (North Korea) |
| Phase: | (WE) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Busan-Gimhae (Pusan) International Airport (PUS/RKPK), South Korea |
| Seoul-Gimpo (Kimpo) International Airport (SEL/RKSS), South Korea |
8 hijackers demanded to be taken to North Korea. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
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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 Busan-Gimhae (Pusan) International Airport to Seoul-Gimpo (Kimpo) International Airport as the crow flies is 325 km (203 miles).
Distance from Busan-Gimhae (Pusan) International Airport to Seoul-Gimpo (Kimpo) International Airport as the crow flies is 325 km (203 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.
