Date:	Monday 5 January 1976
Time:
Type:	McDonnell Douglas DC-8-61
Owner/operator:	Japan Air Lines - JAL
Registration:	JA8043
MSN:	46128/514
Year of manufacture:	1970
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney JT3D-
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 223
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	None
Category:	Unlawful Interference
Location:	Manila Airport (MNL) -   Philippines
Phase:	Standing
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Manila Airport (MNL/RPLL)
Destination airport:	Tokyo-Haneda Airport (HND/RJTT)

Narrative:
Two Filipino passengers, armed with a pistol and explosives, hijacked Japan Air Lines flight 768 before it was due to take off from Manila, Philippines on a flight to Tokyo, Japan.
During negotiations 203 of the 211 passengers were released. The hijackers demanded a free flight to Japan. After the Japanese government refused to give the plane permission to land, the hijackers surrendered to.

Sengo-Haijakku-Zenshi / Kouichi Inasaka, 1997
British Pathé

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