Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 8 May 1977
Aircraft Type: Boeing 747
Owner/operator: Northwest Orient Airlines
Location: Tokyo-Haneda Airport (HND) –
ÿ Japan
Phase of Flight: En route
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 266
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
Category: Unlawful Interference
A 25-year-old American passenger hijacked a flight an hour after takeoff, demanding to be flown to Moscow and holding another passenger hostage using a razor blade. A flight attendant struck the hijacker with a fire axe, causing the aircraft to return to Tokyo.A 25-year-old American passenger hijacked a flight an hour after takeoff, demanding to be flown to Moscow and holding another passenger hostage using a razor blade. A flight attendant struck the hijacker with a fire axe, causing the aircraft to return to Tokyo.
Description
A 25-year old American passenger hijacked the flight an hour after takeoff by taking another passenger hostage using a razor blade. He demanded to be flown to Moscow. A flight attendant struck the hijacker with a fire axe. The aircraft then returned to Tokyo.
Primary Cause
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