Pan Am Flight 841
Boeing 747-100, similar to the one hijacked | |
| Hijacking | |
|---|---|
| Date | 2 July 1972 |
| Summary | Hijacking |
| Site | Tan Son Nhut Air Base |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 747-121 |
| Operator | Pan American World Airways |
| Call sign | CLIPPER 841 |
| Flight origin | San Francisco International Airport |
| 1st stopover | Honolulu (Daniel K. Inouye) International Airport |
| 2nd stopover | Guam (Antonio Won Pat) International Airport |
| Last stopover | Manila (Ninoy Aquino) International Airport |
| Destination | Tan Son Nhut Air Base |
| Occupants | 152 |
| Passengers | 136 |
| Crew | 17 |
| Fatalities | 1 (hijacker) |
| Survivors | 152 |
| History of Ho Chi Minh City |
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Pan Am Flight 841 was a commercial passenger flight of a Boeing 747 from San Francisco, California to Saigon, South Vietnam which was hijacked over the South China Sea on 2 July 1972, ostensibly as an act of protest concerning United States involvement in the Vietnam War as well as the expulsion from the U.S. of the South Vietnamese hijacker, a recent graduate of a U.S. university. The hijacking ended when the captain and passengers overcame and killed the lone hijacker after the plane landed at Tan Son Nhut Airport in Saigon.