| Date: | Thursday 9 March 1978 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-281 |
| Owner/operator: | China Airlines |
| Registration: | B-1870 |
| MSN: | 20226/168 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Hong Kong -
 Hong Kong
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Kaohsiung International Airport (KHH/RCKH) |
| Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport (HKG/VHHH) |
A crewmember armed with an ax and scissors was killed by a security guard when he commandeered the plane and demanded it be flown to mainland China. The pilot and co-pilot were injured in the incident. The aircraft landed in Hong Kong.
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| 16 February 1986 | B-1870 | China Airlines | 13 | 19 km N off Magong Airport (MZG) |  |
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