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Girl, 11, dies after surgery

Published Aug. 12, 1997
Updated Oct. 1, 2005

An 11-year-old girl severely burned in last week's Korean Air plane crash on the Pacific island of Guam has died at a U.S. military hospital.

Three other survivors being treated for burns at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, were in critical condition, a hospital spokesman said Monday.

The girl, Grace Chung, died Sunday after undergoing four hours of surgery for burns over 45 percent of her body.

She was a U.S. citizen from Marietta, Ga., whose family emigrated from Taiwan. Her mother, brother and sister all died in the crash.

Chung and others were flown Saturday to the San Antonio hospital's burn-treatment center.

The three other survivors were identified as SeJin Ju, Kyu HeeHan and Young Hak Jung, all Koreans.

Korean Air Lines Flight 801, with 254 people on board, slammed into hillside jungle near Guam's international airport Wednesday.

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