1981 airplane hijacking
Pakistan International Airlines Flight 326A Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 720, similar to the aircraft involved |
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Date | 2 March 1981 |
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Summary | Hijacking |
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Site | en route |
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Aircraft type | Boeing 720 |
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Operator | Pakistan International Airlines |
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IATA flight No. | PK326 |
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ICAO flight No. | PIA326 |
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Registration | AP-AZP |
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Flight origin | Karachi |
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Stopover | Kabul (1st diversion) |
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Last stopover | Damascus (2nd diversion) |
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Destination | Peshawar |
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Occupants | 143 (including 3 terrorists) |
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Passengers | 135 (including 3 terrorists) |
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Crew | 9 |
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Fatalities | 1 |
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Survivors | 143 |
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Pakistan International Airlines Flight 326 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight that was hijacked by al-Zulfikar terrorists with support of Afghanistan's KhAD, from 2 March to 14 March 1981.[1] It was a routine flight scheduled from Karachi to Peshawar, but the hijackers diverted it to Kabul, Afghanistan, and then Damascus, where the hostage situation ended with the release of prisoners by the Pakistani government demanded by the hijackers.