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.
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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.
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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]