Thai Airways International Flight 620

When

26 Oct 1986

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

35.00° N, 136.00° E

Description

Thai Airways flight damaged by in-flight explosion

Injured

109

Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.

Thai Airways flight damaged by in-flight explosion

Thai Airways International Flight 620 was a scheduled Thai Airways International passenger flight from Bangkok to Osaka via Manila. On 26 October 1986, the Airbus A300 aircraft, which originated in Bangkok, suffered an explosion mid-flight. The aircraft was later repaired and there were no fatalities. The cause was a hand grenade brought onto the plane by a Japanese gangster of the Yamaguchi-gumi.

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