All Nippon Airways Flight 61
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On July 23, 1999, an All Nippon Airways Boeing 747-481D with 503 passengers on Flight 61, including 14 children and 14 crew members on board, took off from Tokyo Haneda Airport in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan and was en route to New Chitose Airport in Chitose, Japan, near Sapporo[1] when it was hijacked by Yūji Nishizawa.[lower-alpha 1]
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Hijacking | |
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Date | July 23, 1999 |
Summary | Hijacking |
Site | Haneda Tokyo, Yokota, Izu Island, Japan 35.5570°N 139.7813°E / 35.5570; 139.7813 |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Boeing 747-481D |
Operator | All Nippon Airways |
Registration | JA8966 |
Flight origin | Haneda Airport, Ōta, Tokyo, Japan |
Destination | New Chitose Airport, Chitose, Hokkaido, Japan |
Occupants | 517 |
Passengers | 503 (including the hijacker) |
Crew | 14 |
Fatalities | 1 (Captain) |
Injuries | 0 |
Survivors | 516 |
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