# Incident 19981016045749I: Airbus A320233, San Francisco, CA, October 16, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 1998, 22:30 local time
- Place: San Francisco, CA
- Airport: San Francisco International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: RJEF
- Location: 37.6188° N, 122.3754° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN FRANCISCO INTL (SFO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6188&lon=-122.3754&mi=10
- Aircraft: UNKNOWN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320233
- People aboard: 92
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981016045749I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

MR. DAE JIN KANG, A CITIZEN OF EL SALVADOR, WAS SEEN SMOKING IN THE AIRCRAFT AFT LAVATORY ON FLIGHT TA610, ON 10/16/98, BETWEEN SAN SALVADOR AND SAN FRANCISCO, CA. MR. KANG, WAS DETAINED AND QUESTIONED BY POLICE AT SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, THEN RELEASED. HE HAS SINCE RETURNED TO EL SALVADOR, AND ALL ACITONS TO CONTACT HIM HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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