| Date: | Monday 23 July 1973 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 747-246B |
| Owner/operator: | Japan Air Lines - JAL |
| Registration: | JA8109 |
| MSN: | 20503/180 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1972 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4203 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Benghazi-Benina International Airport (BEN) -
 Libya
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM) |
| Anchorage International Airport, AK (ANC/PANC) |
Flight 404 was hijacked by 4 men and a woman, shortly after leaving Amsterdam. The woman hijacker got killed in an accidental explosion of the explosive device she was carrying. The aircraft landed at Dubai and later took off for Damascus and Benghazi. All passengers and crew were released and the aircraft blown up.
Sources:
Aviation Lettter 184
Location
Images:
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS); 19 August 1972
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