Date: 29 November 1987

Location: Andaman Sea

Type of event: terrorism

Description:

A Korean Air Lines Boeing 707 was destroyed in a bombing by two North Korean agents. The two planted a bomb aboard the jet and deplaned in Abu Dhabi. The plane exploded en route to Bangkok at about 11:30 AM while over the Andaman Sea, killing all 115 aboard. The agents were arrested in Bahrain but consumed poison concealed in cigarettes. The male died, but the female survived and later implicated North Korea in plotting the bombing.

Consequences: 115 killed

References:

• "Accident Database," PlaneCrashInfo.com, on line [http://www.planecrashinfo.com/database.htm].
• Dobson, Christopher, and Ronald Payne, The Never-Ending War: Terrorism in the 80's, 1987, Facts on File (New York, NY).

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