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CHINA VERKEHR LUFTFAHRT
TO GO WITH AFP STORY: NKOREA-AVIATION HKG01-19980301-HONG KONG, CHINA: A maintainence workers climbs the stairs into the Cathay Pacific flight CX087 cargo freighter, 01 March 1998, after it touched down in Hong Kong following its historic flight through North Korean airspace. The flight, which originated in Anchorage, was the first by a non-communist airline since the 1950-53 Korea War, marking the first test of the official opening of North Korean skies to international commerical flights on 23 April. The route saves time in transpacific flights and will save millions of dollars in fuel costs. - PHOT0 AFP/Robyn BECK/rlb/pp/vg/kr
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TO GO WITH AFP STORY: NKOREA-AVIATION COPYRIGHTPFLICHTIG
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Erstellungsdatum
1998-03-01
Ort
HONG KONG CHINA
Credit
EPA
Source
AFP
Byline
ROBYN BECK
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