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. Formerly Japans largest domestic carrier, it is now the countrys second-largest domestic and international carrier... All Nippon Airways Flight 61 is a flight from Tokyo International Airport (Japanese: 東京国際空港 Tōkyō Kokusai Kūkō) is an international airport in Ota, Tokyo, Japan. It is more commonly known as Haneda Airport (羽田空港 Haneda Kūkō). Its IATA airport code is HND... Tokyo International Airport (Haneda Airport) in Ota can refer to the ward of Ōta in Tokyo the city of Ota, Nigeria in Nigeria the city of Ōta in Gunma prefecture of Japan. the commune in the Corse-du-Sud département of France on the island of Corsica, Ota. the Japanese family name... Ota, Tokyo (東京; Tōkyō, lit. eastern capital) is the capital of Japan as well as the most populous conurbation in Japan, and the worlds largest metropolitan area by population with 33,750,000 people living within its urban influence. A little more than 12 million people... Tokyo, Official language Japanese Capital Tokyo Largest City Tokyo Emperor Akihito Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 60th 377,835 km² 0.8% Population  - Total ( 2004)  - Density Ranked 10th 127,333,002 337/km² GDP  - Total (PPP, 2005)  - Total (nominal)  ... Japan, to New Chitose Airport (新千歳空港 Shin-Chitose Kūkō) is an airport in Chitose, Japan near Sapporo. It has the IATA Airport Code CTS. By land area, it is the largest airport in Japan. Chitose was Japans first 24-hour airport (1994). During the... New Chitose Airport in Chitose (千歳市 Chitose-shi) is a city located in Ishikari, Hokkaido, Japan. As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 90,231 and the density of 151.66 persons per km². The total area is 594.95 km&sup2. The city was founded on July... Chitose, Japan, near Sapporo scene Sapporo White Illumination Sapporo (札幌市; -shi) is the fifth-largest city in Japan and it is the capital of Hokkaido Prefecture. The city has an estimated population of 1,854,837 as of 2003 and the density of 1,654.45 persons per km². The total... Sapporo.

On July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 160 days remaining. Events 1500-1899 1567 - Mary Queen of Scots is deposed. 1701 - Detroit, Michigan founded. 1814 - War of 1812: General Phineas Riall advances toward Niagara to halt Jacob Browns... July 24, 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. Events Kosovo War Shooting in Littleton, Colorado, United States, leaves several high school students dead. Y2K preparation was a major event in 1999 both in... 1999, the The Boeing 747, which is also known as the jumbo jet, is the second largest passenger airliner after the Airbus A380. Until the first commercial flight of the A380 in 2006, however, it remains the largest passenger aircraft in commercial service. The four-engine 747, produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes... Boeing 747 on this route was hijacked soon after it took off, at about 11:25 A.M. The jet was flying over the Location Landsat image with high-resolution data from Space Shuttle. Boso Peninsula (房総半島 B -hant ) is a peninsula in Chiba prefecture on Honshu, the largest island of Japan, forming the eastern edge of Tokyo Bay, separating it from the Pacific Ocean. Most of the peninsula is hilly... Boso Peninsula in the Chiba Prefecture (千葉県 Chiba-ken) is located in the Greater Tokyo Area of Honshu Island, Japan. Its capital is Chiba City. History Chiba Prefecture was established on June 15, 1873 with the merger of Kisarazu Prefecture and Inba Prefecture. Historically, the prefecture constituted three provinces of Awa, Kazusa... Chiba Prefecture. It was carrying 503 passengers, including 14 children, as well as 14 crew members at the time. The traditional Norse knife A knife is a sharp-edged hand tool used for cutting. A knife usually consists of a blade, usually less than 12 inches (30cm) in length, attached to a handle. The blade of a knife is usually pointed and may have one or two cutting edges. Knives... knife-wielding man forced the flight attendant to let him into the cockpit.

He then made 34-year old copilot Kazayuki Koga get out of the cockpit. He told Captain Naoyuki Nagashima to land the airplane at the Yokota Air Base (横田空軍基地), a base of the United States Air Force, is located in Fussa City (福生市) and nearby communities in the suburbs of Tokyo, Japan. The base serves as the headquarters for United States Forces Japan, and is currently used for... Yokota Air Base in Tokyo. At 12:09 P.M., crew members subdued the man, but the pilot had been fatally stabbed in the neck. A 60-year old female passenger from the Chiba Prefecture, who was on the flight, reported that passengers clapped after the hijacker was subdued.

Copilot Koga got back into the cabin and told the air traffic controllers, "It's an emergency. The captain was stabbed. Prepare an ambulance." The man said that he hijacked the plane because he wanted to fly one. The plane made an emergency landing at Haneda Airport at 12:14 P.M. The hijacker, Yuji Nishizawa was arrested on the spot. Nishizawa was, at the time, a 28-year old unemployed man from the ward of Edogawa (Japanese: 江戸川区; -ku) is a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan. As of 2003, the ward has an estimated population of 637,571 and a density of 12,787.22 persons per km². The total area is 49.86 km². The ward was founded on March... Edogawa in Tokyo. A doctor confirmed the death of Nagashima, of For the town of Yokohama in Aomori Prefecture, see Yokohama, Aomori. Categories: Cities in Kanagawa Prefecture | Coastal cities | Japan geography stubs ... Yokohama, thirty minutes after he died.

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• Citing the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, an aviation accident is defined as an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight and all such persons have disembarked, and in which any person... List of accidents and incidents on commercial airliners
• Tokyo International Airport (Japanese: 東京国際空港 Tōkyō Kokusai Kūkō) is an international airport in Ota, Tokyo, Japan. It is more commonly known as Haneda Airport (羽田空港 Haneda Kūkō). Its IATA airport code is HND... Tokyo International Airport (Haneda Airport)
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• See also Airport security D. B. Cooper Categories: Pages needing attention | Law stubs | Terrorism ... Aircraft hijacking

External links

• Family demands 280 mil. yen over ANA hijacking death (http://www12.mainichi.co.jp/news/mdn/search-news/914773/ANA20hijacker-0-2.html) - The Mainichi Shimbun (毎日新聞, lit. Daily News) is one of the largest newspapers in Japan. The Tokyo main office of the newspaper is located in Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, and the Osaka main office in Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka. The newspaper was formed by the merger of... Mainichi Shimbun article (English)
• ANA jet hijacker faces life behind bars (http://www12.mainichi.co.jp/news/mdn/search-news/914773/All20Nippon20Airways-0-5.html) - Mainichi Shimbun article (English)
• Hijacker fatally stabs ANA pilot (http://www.mainichi.co.jp/english/news/archive/199907/24/news01.html) - Mainichi Shimbun article (Japanese)