JAL 351 'Yodogo' Hijcked

TOKYO, JAPAN - APRIL 05: Japan's Vice Transport Minister Shinjiro Yamamura addresses on arrival at Tokyo at Haneda Airport after sending hijackers to North Korea on April 5, 1970 in Tokyo, Japan. Nine members of the Japanese Communist League Red Army Faction, hijacked the airplane 122 passengers and 7 crews on board bound for Fukuoka on March 31. After releasing 23 passengers, the airplane headed north and landed at Gimpo Airport in Seoul, South Korea. After 3-day negotiations with hijackers, Japan's Vice Transport Minister Shinjiro Yamamura became hostage in return of releasing all the rest of passengers and flied to North Korea. North Korea accepted the hijackers' exile and Yamamura returned to Japan with the airplane and pilots. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)