Word: ploymekha
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Though the blast badly damaged the plane's hydraulic controls, Pilot Ampole Ploymekha somehow righted the aircraft and landed safely at Osaka International Airport. Of the 246 passengers and crew, 62 were injured, five of them seriously. Investigators traced the incident to a yakuza (Japanese gangster) who, it is believed, was trying to hide a hand grenade, purchased in Manila as a "souvenir," in the plane's bathroom when the grenade suddenly exploded...
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