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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, 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).
On March 31, 1970, a Japan Airlines flight 351 was hijacked by a group of radicals who wanted to fly to North Korea. The incident, known as the Yodo affair, involved Cold War intrigue, misguided radicalism, and North Korean opportunism.
Oct 21, 2023 · Dive into the gripping story of the Yodogo Incident, a hijacking that shook the world and changed airport security forever. Explore the events surrounding the hijacking, the challenges faced by...
Feb 14, 2022 · It planned armed uprising as a preliminary stage, performing Japan’s first hijacking incident the next year—the Yodo-gō Hijack, involving Japan Airlines flight 351, a Boeing 727 called...
He was the mastermind behind the hijacking of Japan Air Lines Flight 351 to North Korea in 1970, although his arrest just days prior prevented his direct participation in the incident.
Apr 11, 2021 · It had left Tokyo’s Haneda Airport no more than ten minutes ago, and was set to land in Fukuoka in an hour’s time. This was to be a relatively short flight, a domestic affair, but little did ...
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, 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) .
