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Yuji Nishizawa (西沢裕司; Nishizawa Yūji, b. September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). ...September 8, 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ...1970, Tokyo (東京; Tōkyō, lit. ...Tokyo) is a direct perpetrator of the Categories: Wikipedia cleanup | Stub | Crimes | Terrorism | IT ...hijack of ANA Boeing 747_481 All Nippon Airways (全日空 Zennikkū or 全日本空輸 Zen_nippon kūyu) ( TYO: 9202) is an airline headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. ...All Nippon Airways Flight 61 in July 23 is the 204th day (205th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 161 days remaining. ...July 23, 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...1999. After he graduated from Hitotsubashi University, he joined the The Japan Freight Railway or JR Freight (日本貨物鉄道 Nihon Kamotsu Tetsudō) is one of the constituent companies of Japan Railway (JR). ...Japan Freight Railway Company. After he retired from the JR Freight, he hijacked and the flight captain was stabbed to death in Tokyo International Airport (Japanese: 東京国際空港 Tōkyō Kokusai Kūkō) is an international airport in Ota, Tokyo, Japan. ...Haneda. Tokyo District Court demanded Life imprisonment is a term used for a particular kind of sentence of imprisonment. ...life imprisonment for him on April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ...April 7, 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...2005.


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Pilot killed as 500 are hijacked in jumbo (683 words)
Yuji Nishizawa, a jobless Tokyo man with an obsession for playing flight simulation computer games, seized control of the aircraft two minutes after it took off when he leapt from his seat, grabbed a stewardess and held a 12-inch knife to her throat.
Yasuhiro Fukuda, 42, a passenger on the flight, said the airliner took a terrifying plunge towards the ground after the hijacker burst into the cockpit.
The terrified passengers were assured by a flight attendant that the situation was under control as the plane climbed and returned to Tokyo.
All Nippon Airways Flight 61 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (321 words)
All Nippon Airways Flight 61 is a flight from Tokyo International Airport (Haneda Airport) in Ota, Tokyo, Japan, to New Chitose Airport in Chitose, Japan, near Sapporo.
On July 24, 1999, the Boeing 747 on this route was hijacked soon after it took off, at about 11:25 A.M. The jet was flying over the Boso Peninsula in the Chiba Prefecture.
A 60-year old female passenger from the Chiba Prefecture, who was on the flight, reported that passengers clapped after the hijacker was subdued.
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