UI McDonnell Douglas DC-8 ,
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Date:Sunday 1 December 1974
Time:
Type:McDonnell Douglas DC-8
Owner/operator:Swissair
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: None
Category:UI
Location:Karachi International Airport (KHI) -   Pakistan
Phase: En route
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Bombay-Santacruz Airport (BOM/VABB)
Destination airport:Karachi International Airport (KHI/OPKC)
Narrative:
Swissair flight 319 from Bangkok to Genève, via Colombo, Bombay and Karachi was hijacked on the leg to Karachi.
He demanded to be taken to the Middle East but was overpowered after landing at Karachi.

Sources:

Nouvelliste, 2 Dec. 1974

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