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1.3
Injuries to persons
Injuries:
Flight crew Cabin attendants
Fatal:
3
20
Positioning crew
6
Passengers Total
240
269
The following were the number of casualties by nationality:
1.4
Republic of Korea 105, United States 62, Japan 28, Taiwan 23, Philippines 16, Hong Kong 12, Canada 8, Thailand 5, Australia 2, United Kingdom 2, Dominican Republic 1, India 1, Islamic Republic of Iran 1, Malaysia 1, Sweden 1 and Viet Nam 1.
Damage to aircraft
1.4.1
The aircraft was struck by one or two air-to-air missiles fired from an SU-15 fighter aircraft. In-flight damage resulting from the detonation lead in eleven seconds to a decompression of the aircraft's cabin to a pressure of less than the equivalent of that at 10 000 ft. It also resulted in some aircraft controllability problems. One rudder control cable was apparently severed. The crew was able to retain limited control of the aircraft and to respond to the loss of cabin pressure. The power supply to the DFDR and CVR was subsequently interrupted one minute forty-four seconds after the attack. Radar data showed that the aircraft flew for at least nine minutes in a descending spiral after the attack. Subsequently KE 007 collided with the sea and sank.
1.5
1.5.1
1.5.1.1
Personnel information
General
The factual information regarding the licences, qualifications and experience of the flight crew, cabin crew and other personnel involved remained valid as contained in section 1.5 of the 1983 ICAO report.
1.5.2
1.5.2.1
Rest and flight hours
Rest in excess of the minimum required by the KAL Operations Manual was obtained by the flight crew of KE 007 between the route segments which they operated subsequent to their departure from Seoul on 27 August 1983. This roster included flights from Seoul to Anchorage, Anchorage to New York, New York to Toronto and Toronto to Anchorage. There were rest periods of 22 hours on the first visit to Anchorage, 31 hours in New York and 11 hours 43 minutes on returning to Anchorage. Their flying hours during the previous month had been 80 hours for the pilot-in-command, 71 hours for the co- pilot, and 66 hours for the flight engineer; the maximum flight time allowed being 90 hours.