Date:	Wednesday 11 August 1982
Time:
Type:	Boeing 747-121
Owner/operator:	Pan American World Airways (Pan Am)
Registration:	N754PA
MSN:	19658/47
Year of manufacture:	1970
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 285
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Minor, repaired
Category:	Unlawful Interference
Location:	225 km from Hawaii -   Pacific Ocean
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Tokyo-Narita Airport (NRT/RJAA)
Destination airport:	Honolulu International Airport, HI (HNL/PHNL)

Narrative:
On a flight from Tokyo one passenger was killed when a bomb, located under the seat cushion, exploded. The explosion also resulted in a hole in the floor and damage to the ceiling and overhead racks. A safe landing was made at Honolulu.
The bomb allegedly was placed by Mohammed Rashed, a Jordanian connected to the 15 May Organization. In 1988, he was arrested in Greece. He was later convicted of murder.

Aircraft hijackings and other criminal acts against civil aviation : statistics and narrative reports / FAA
The Bryan Times - Aug 17, 1982

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