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

Starpix By : C.H. Loh Date : 29.09.1977 Rescuers look in wonder at a piece of the plane which ended up on a broken tree.

PETALING JAYA: 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.