| Date: | Tuesday 31 March 1970 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 727-89 |
| Owner/operator: | Japan Air Lines - JAL |
| Registration: | JA8315 |
| MSN: | 19139/255 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 115 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Pyongyang-Sunan Aiport (FNJ) -
 North Korea
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Tokyo-Haneda Airport (HND/RJTT) |
| Fukuoka Airport (FUK/RJFF) |
9 hijackers demanded to be taken to North Korea. Hijackers surrendered. Duration of the hijacking: 4 days.
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