KLM Flight 861

KLM Flight 861
	PH-BUA, the incident aircraft, at Faro Airport in 1988.
Hijacking
Date	25 November 1973
Summary	Aircraft hijacking
Site	Dubai
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Boeing 747-206B
Aircraft name	The Mississippi
Operator	KLM
Registration	PH-BUA
Flight origin	Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Stopover	Ellinikon International Airport, Athens, Greece
1st stopover	Beirut International Airport, Beirut, Lebanon
2nd stopover	Palam Airport, Delhi, India
Destination	Tokyo International Airport, Tokyo, Japan
Passengers	247
Crew	17
Fatalities	0
Survivors	264

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

Incident

KLM Flight 861, captained by Issac Risseeuw, was a scheduled flight from Amsterdam (AMS) to Tokyo-Haneda (HND) with planned stops at Athens (ATH), Beirut (BEY) and Delhi (DEL). The airplane was en route over Iraq when it was hijacked by three passengers, claiming to be members of the Arab Youth Organization for the Liberation of Palestine. They forced the plane to Damascus, Nicosia, Tripoli, Malta, and finally Dubai where the hijackers surrendered to authorities. All 247 passengers and 17 crew survived the hijacking.

Aftermath

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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Hijacking description PP-SNT". Aviation Safety Network.

[ASN-1] "Hijacking description PP-SNT". Aviation Safety Network.

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