Word: ishida
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...youths stood guard over the 122 other passengers, the leader, 27-year-old Takamaro Tamiya, pushed aside the stewardesses, who were handing out hot towels, and made his way into the unlocked cockpit of the tri-jet Boeing 727. At sword's point, he ordered Captain Shinji Ishida to set a course for the North Korean capital of Pyongyang, 625 miles away. Using the public address mike, the skyjackers warned that they carried bombs and would blow up the plane if their orders were not obeyed. In their belts and sticking out of their pockets were objects that...
During the five-hour stop at Fukuoka, the tower operators managed to slip Ishida a secret message. When the skyjackers were not listening, he was to tune his radio to a special frequency for instructions. A special message instructed the pilot to fly to Seoul, South Korea, rather than to Pyongyang...