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The flight, operated by a Boeing 737-281 registered as B-1870, departed at 16:08 local time and was uneventful until 17:00, when one of the crew members, 34-year-old Shi
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304:"Unlawful Interference Boeing 737-281 B-1870, Thursday 9 March 1978"
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Accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 737 Original
329:"ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-281 B-1870 Hong Kong"
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Huaqiao Daily: March 10, 1978, Hong Kong, No. 2, p. 1
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Business Daily: March 10, 1978, Hong Kong, p. 1, p. 8
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278:The aircraft involved later crashed as
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176:was a scheduled passenger flight from
770:Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182
456:Thai Airways International Flight 601
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650:Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 107
220:as B-1870, that was manufactured by
188:that was hijacked on March 9, 1978.
1148:Assassination of Benigno Aquino Jr.
590:Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314
1068:Taiwan Air Cargo Terminals Limited
286:, killing all 13 people on board.
224:in 1969. It was equipped with two
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556:Aviation accidents and incidents
204:of B-1870, the aircraft involved
1074:China Pacific Catering Services
610:Continental Airlines Flight 603
343:from the original on 2013-12-12
116:Kaohsiung International Airport
1041:Mandarin Airlines destinations
760:Air Ceylon Avro HS 748 bombing
16:1978 hijacked passenger flight
1:
720:Helikopter Service Flight 165
1046:Tigerair Taiwan destinations
800:Finnish Air Force DC-3 crash
670:National Airlines Flight 193
600:British Army Gazelle downing
208:The aircraft involved was a
1036:China Airlines destinations
660:Korean Air Lines Flight 902
222:Boeing Commercial Airplanes
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900:United Airlines Flight 173
860:Indian Airlines Flight 410
850:Indian Airlines Flight 403
730:Olympic Airways Flight 411
640:United Airlines Flight 696
262:at 17:20, after which the
226:Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7
909:
880:Cessna 188 Pacific rescue
700:Iranian Chinook shootdown
630:China Airlines Flight 831
571:
511:Cathay Pacific Flight 780
503:China Airlines Flight 642
480:China Airlines Flight 605
464:China Airlines Flight 831
174:China Airlines Flight 831
24:
20:China Airlines Flight 831
780:Air Caribbean Flight 309
337:Flight Safety Foundation
268:Queen Elizabeth Hospital
1123:Accidents and incidents
820:Valentich disappearance
750:Air Rhodesia Flight 825
690:Yegoryevsk Tu-144 crash
384:Aviation Safety Network
333:Aviation Safety Network
270:due to their injuries.
258:. The flight landed at
45:March 9, 1978
254:, shot and killed the
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972:Conventional airlines
840:LoftleiĆ°ir Flight 001
710:Air Canada Flight 189
264:Airport Security Unit
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958:China Airlines Group
890:Alitalia Flight 4128
830:Aeroflot Flight 6515
810:Aeroflot Flight 1080
680:Aeroflot Flight 6709
580:Air India Flight 855
308:asn.flightsafety.org
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912:1977 ◄
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151:1 (hijacker)
103:Registration
1160:Flight 2265
981:(Member of
458:(June 1967)
440:(1841-1997)
280:Flight 2265
122:Destination
1234:Categories
1214:Flight 120
1208:Flight 611
1202:Flight 642
1196:Flight 676
1190:Flight 140
1184:Flight 605
1178:Flight 358
1172:Flight 204
1166:Flight 334
1154:Flight 006
1142:Flight 831
1136:Flight 825
1130:Flight 206
389:2018-12-16
347:2022-02-17
313:2024-07-29
290:References
218:registered
148:Fatalities
132:Passengers
49:1978-03-09
274:Aftermath
232:Hijacking
228:engines.
178:Kaohsiung
164:Survivors
71:Hong Kong
37:Hijacking
1107:CAL Park
965:Airlines
341:Archived
256:hijacker
192:Aircraft
156:Injuries
92:Operator
77:Aircraft
1116:History
1070:(TACTL)
983:SkyTeam
560: (
558:in 1978
495:(1997-)
243:Captain
216:20226,
57:Summary
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1198:(1998)
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1186:(1993)
1180:(1991)
1174:(1989)
1168:(1986)
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1150:(1983)
1144:(1978)
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1084:Hotels
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1064:(TIAS)
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886:Dec 23
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182:Taiwan
107:B-1870
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726:Aug 9
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616:Mar 3
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