| Date: | Friday 20 January 1978 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fokker F-27 Friendship 400 |
| Owner/operator: | Pakistan International Airlines - PIA |
| Registration: | AP-ALW |
| MSN: | 10187 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1961 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 29 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Karachi -
 Pakistan
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Sukkur Airport (SKZ/OPSK) |
| Karachi International Airport (KHI/OPKC) |
The aircraft was hijacked by a passenger who demanded money to pay for a cancer-treatment. The first person to contact the hijacker was the Chairman of PIA Malik Nur Khan who went up to the aircraft and communicated with the hijacker.
The hijacker was eventually overpowered.
Sources:
Images:
photo (c) PIA, Frank Ellemers Collection; January 1969
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