Status: | |
Date: | Thursday 13 May 1971 |
Type: | NAMC YS-11 |
Operator: | All Nippon Airways - ANA |
Registration: | registration unknown |
MSN: | |
First flight: | |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 49 |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Location: | Tokyo-Haneda Airport (HND) ( Japan)
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Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Tokyo-Haneda Airport (HND/RJTT), Japan |
Destination airport: | Sendai Airport (SDJ/RJSS), Japan |
Narrative:A 48-yeard old Korean passenger hijacked the aircraft, claiming to have dynamite under his clothes. He wanted to be flown to North Korea. The pilot returned to Haneda Airport, where the hijacker was arrested.
Classification:
Hijack
Sources:
» Pacific Stars and Stripes 15 May 1971
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does
not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Tokyo-Haneda Airport to Sendai Airport as the crow flies is 303 km (189 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.