Japan Air Lines Flight 472 (1977)
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For the runway overrun accident, see Japan Air Lines Flight 472 (1972).
Japan Air Lines Flight 472 was an aircraft hijacking carried out by the Japanese Red Army (JRA) on 28 September 1977.
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Hijacking | |
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Date | 28 September 1977 |
Summary | Hijacking |
Site | Dhaka International Airport, Bangladesh |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Douglas DC-8-62[1] |
Operator | Japan Air Lines |
Registration | JA8033[2] |
Flight origin | Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris, France |
Stopover | Santacruz Airport, Bombay, India |
Destination | Tokyo International Airport, Tokyo, Japan |
Passengers | 142 (including 5 hijackers) |
Crew | 14 |
Fatalities | 0 |
Survivors | 156 (all) |
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