What the records say
- When
- 5 Aug 1998
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 37.46° N, 126.44° E
- Description
- aviation accident
- Deaths
- 0
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Korean Air Flight 8702
1998 aviation accident in South Korea
Korean Air Flight 8702, operated by a Boeing 747-400, departed Tokyo, Narita International Airport on 5 August 1998 at 16:50 for a flight to Seoul, scheduled to arrive there at 19:20. Bad weather, including heavy rainfall, at Seoul forced the flight crew to divert to Jeju. The aircraft took off from Jeju at 21:07 for Seoul.
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