 The aircraft involved in the hijacking in 1988 while in service with Hapag-Lloyd Flug. | |
| Hijacking | |
|---|---|
| Date | March 31, 1970 |
| Summary | Hijacking, subsequent emergency landing |
| Site | Japan |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 727-89 |
| Aircraft name | Yodo |
| Operator | Japan Air Lines |
| Registration | JA8315 |
| Flight origin | Tokyo International Airport |
| Destination | Fukuoka Airport |
| Occupants | 138 (including 9 hijackers) |
| Passengers | 131 (including 9 hijackers) |
| Crew | 7 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Survivors | 138 (including 9 hijackers) |
Japan Air Lines Flight 351 was a scheduled passenger flight from Tokyo Haneda Airport to Fukuoka that was hijacked by members of the Red Army Faction of the Japan Communist League on March 31, 1970,[1] in an incident usually referred to in Japanese as the Yodogo Hijacking Incident (よど号ハイジャック事件, Yodogō Haijakku Jiken).[2]
- ^ "Annual Report 2011 Review and Prospect of Internal and External Situations" (PDF). Public Security Intelligence Agency JAPAN. January 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 13, 2021.
- ^ "日本赤軍及び「よど号」グループの動向" [Trends of the Japanese Red Army and the "Yodo-go" group]. www.npa.go.jp (in Japanese).