Top 10 most terrifying aircraft hijackings
china.org.cn / chinagate.cn by Xu Lin, March 28, 2014 Adjust font size:
Malaysian Airline Flight 653 tragedy, 1977
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Malaysian Airline Flight 653 tragedy, 1977 [File photo] |
Malaysia Airlines Flight 653 was a scheduled domestic flight from Penang to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia on Dec. 4, 1977. When the aircraft passed the Batu Arang, it was hijacked by a man who spoke Japanese. The plane finally crashed at Tanjung Kupang, Johor in Malaysia. All 93 passengers and 7 crew members were killed instantly. The details of the hijacking still remain unsolved.
