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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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Accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 737 Original
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Huaqiao Daily: March 10, 1978, Hong Kong, No. 2, p. 1
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289:The aircraft involved later crashed as
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467:Thai Airways International Flight 601
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661:Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 107
231:as B-1870, that was manufactured by
199:that was hijacked on March 9, 1978.
1159:Assassination of Benigno Aquino Jr.
601:Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314
1079:Taiwan Air Cargo Terminals Limited
297:, killing all 13 people on board.
235:in 1969. It was equipped with two
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567:Aviation accidents and incidents
215:of B-1870, the aircraft involved
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621:Continental Airlines Flight 603
354:from the original on 2013-12-12
127:Kaohsiung International Airport
1052:Mandarin Airlines destinations
771:Air Ceylon Avro HS 748 bombing
27:1978 hijacked passenger flight
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731:Helikopter Service Flight 165
1057:Tigerair Taiwan destinations
811:Finnish Air Force DC-3 crash
681:National Airlines Flight 193
611:British Army Gazelle downing
219:The aircraft involved was a
1047:China Airlines destinations
671:Korean Air Lines Flight 902
233:Boeing Commercial Airplanes
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911:United Airlines Flight 173
871:Indian Airlines Flight 410
861:Indian Airlines Flight 403
741:Olympic Airways Flight 411
651:United Airlines Flight 696
273:at 17:20, after which the
237:Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7
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891:Cessna 188 Pacific rescue
711:Iranian Chinook shootdown
641:China Airlines Flight 831
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522:Cathay Pacific Flight 780
514:China Airlines Flight 642
491:China Airlines Flight 605
475:China Airlines Flight 831
185:China Airlines Flight 831
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31:China Airlines Flight 831
791:Air Caribbean Flight 309
348:Flight Safety Foundation
279:Queen Elizabeth Hospital
1134:Accidents and incidents
831:Valentich disappearance
761:Air Rhodesia Flight 825
701:Yegoryevsk Tu-144 crash
395:Aviation Safety Network
344:Aviation Safety Network
281:due to their injuries.
269:. The flight landed at
56:March 9, 1978
265:, shot and killed the
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983:Conventional airlines
851:LoftleiĆ°ir Flight 001
721:Air Canada Flight 189
275:Airport Security Unit
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969:China Airlines Group
901:Alitalia Flight 4128
841:Aeroflot Flight 6515
821:Aeroflot Flight 1080
691:Aeroflot Flight 6709
591:Air India Flight 855
319:asn.flightsafety.org
929:► 1979
923:1977 ◄
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114:Registration
18:Shi Mingzhen
1171:Flight 2265
992:(Member of
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451:(1841-1997)
291:Flight 2265
133:Destination
1245:Categories
1225:Flight 120
1219:Flight 611
1213:Flight 642
1207:Flight 676
1201:Flight 140
1195:Flight 605
1189:Flight 358
1183:Flight 204
1177:Flight 334
1165:Flight 006
1153:Flight 831
1147:Flight 825
1141:Flight 206
400:2018-12-16
358:2022-02-17
324:2024-07-29
301:References
229:registered
159:Fatalities
143:Passengers
60:1978-03-09
285:Aftermath
243:Hijacking
239:engines.
189:Kaohsiung
175:Survivors
82:Hong Kong
48:Hijacking
1118:CAL Park
976:Airlines
352:Archived
267:hijacker
203:Aircraft
167:Injuries
103:Operator
88:Aircraft
1127:History
1081:(TACTL)
994:SkyTeam
571: (
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506:(1997-)
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68:Summary
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118:B-1870
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767:Sep 7
757:Sep 3
737:Aug 9
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