Elmina plane crash the second air tragedy to hit the area following 1977 JAL tragedy

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The site of the plane crash - Elmina township in Shah Alam - was also the site of another air crash back in 1977.  On Sept 27, 1977, a McDonnell Douglas aircraft of Japan Airlines Flight 715 also crashed at the site - then known as Elmina Estate - some 6km from the Sultan Abdul Aziz Airport in Subang, formerly known as Subang International Airport.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/37at3j9e  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 [aircraft noise]

00:03 The site of the plane crash at the Elmina Township

00:06 was also the site of another air crash back in 1977.

00:11 A McDonnell Douglas passenger aircraft crashed at the site,

00:14 then known as Elmina Estate, on September 27th in 1977.

00:20 At that time, the site was a rubber plantation.

00:23 The Japan Airlines Flight 715 was on its way

00:27 from Kai Tak International Airport in Hong Kong

00:30 to the then Subang Airport.

00:32 The crash killed 34 people on board the plane.

00:36 There were 43 survivors.

00:38 The aircraft struck a hill during a thunderstorm.

00:42 The plane was due to stop in Malaysia

00:44 before flying on to Singapore.

00:46 [silence]

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