KLM Flight 861

KLM Flight 861
Hijacking summary
Date November 25, 1973
Type Aircraft hijacking
Site Dubai
Passengers 247[1]
Crew 17[1]
Survivors All
Aircraft type Boeing 747-206B[1]
Aircraft name Mississippi
Operator KLM
Tail number PH-BUA[1]
Flight origin Amsterdam, Netherlands
Stopover Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Destination Tokyo, Japan

KLM Flight 861, called "Mississippi", was a Boeing 747 that was hijacked by three young Arabs over Iraqi airspace on a scheduled Amsterdam-Tokyo flight with 247 passengers on board. The hijackers threatened to blow up the plane when no country would grant landing permission. Most of the passengers and the eight stewardesses were released after negotiations with the Maltese PM Dom Mintoff. With 11 passengers on board the jumbo jet left Malta to Dubai where the incident ended without fatalities.[2] The hijack was claimed by the Arab Nationalist Youth Organization.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Hijacking description PP-SNT". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19731125-0. 
  2. ^ Dutch KLM Boeing 747
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