KLM Flight 861

KLM Flight 861
Hijacking summary
PH-BUA, the incident aircraft, at Faro Airport in 1988.
Date	November 25, 1973
Summary	Aircraft hijacking
Site	Dubai
Passengers	247^[1]
Crew	17^[1]
Survivors	264 (all)
Aircraft type	Boeing 747-206B^[1]
Aircraft name	Mississippi
Operator	KLM
Registration	PH-BUA^[1]
Flight origin	Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Stopover	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Destination	Tokyo, Japan

KLM Flight 861, operated by a Boeing 747 registered PH-BUA and named "Mississippi", was hijacked on November 25, 1973, by three young Arabs over Iraqi airspace on a scheduled Amsterdam-Tokyo flight with 247 passengers on board.

Incident

The hijackers threatened to blow up the plane when no country would grant landing permission. The hijackers demanded the release of seven Palestinian prisoners. Most of the passengers and the eight stewardesses were released after negotiations with the Prime Minister of Malta, Dom Mintoff. With 11 passengers remaining on board, the jumbo jet left Malta to Dubai where the incident ended without fatalities.^[2]

Aftermath

The hijack was claimed by the Arab Nationalist Youth Organization. The flight number is now used for the Amsterdam to Tokyo route.

References

1 2 3 4 "Hijacking description PP-SNT". Aviation Safety Network.
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