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Sept. 2, 1997

Guam plane crash claims more victims

SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 2 -- A man and woman severely burned in the Aug. 6 crash of Korean Air Flight 801 in Guam have died in a San Antonio hospital.

Craig Martin, a spokesman at Brooke Army Medical Center, said today that 29-year-old Kyu Hee Han died Saturday, and 39-year-old Yuong Jung died on Sunday at the hospital. Four burn victims were flown to the world-famous burn center after the crash that killed 225 people. One of the four, 10-year-old Grace Chung of Marietta, Ga., died several days later at Brooke. The fourth patient remains in critical condition. The cause of the crash is still under investigation. ---

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