- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | July 23, 1999 |
Time: | 1125 |
Location: | Tokyo, Japan |
Operator: | All Nippon Airways |
Flight #: | 61 |
Route: | Tokyo, Japan - Chitose, Japan |
AC Type: | Boeing B-747 |
Registration: | JA8966 |
cn / ln: | 27442/1066 |
Aboard: | 517 (passengers:503 crew:14) |
Fatalities: | 1 (passengers:0 crew:1) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | Two minutes after taking off from Haneda Airport, a man carrying a knife forced a flight attendant to take him in the cockpit of the plane. A fan of computer flight-simulation games, he stated he just wanted to fly a real plane. After forcing the co-pilot out of the cockpit he ordered the captain to fly to a U.S. Air Force base in western Tokyo. When he refused, he stabbed the captain and seized the controls. After a sudden drop in altitude, the co-pilot and an off duty crew member entered the cockpit and overpowered the hijacker. A one point the plane plunged to within 984 feet of the ground. The plane ultimately landed safely but the captain died of his injuries. |
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