Hijacking description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 05 JAN 1976 |
| Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-8 |
| Operator: | Japan Air Lines - JAL |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Manila (Philippines) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Manila Airport (MNL/RPLL), Philippines |
| Tokyo-Haneda Airport (HND/RJTT), Japan |
Two hijackers. Hijackers surrendered. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
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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 Manila Airport to Tokyo-Haneda Airport as the crow flies is 2979 km (1862 miles).
Distance from Manila Airport to Tokyo-Haneda Airport as the crow flies is 2979 km (1862 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.
