Pan Am Flight 841
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 July 2, 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.
Boeing 747-100, similar to the one hijacked | |
| Hijacking | |
|---|---|
| Date | July 2, 1972 |
| Summary | Hijacking |
| Site | Tan Son Nhut Air Base |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 747-121 |
| Operator | Pan American World Airways |
| Flight origin | San Francisco International Airport |
| Destination | Tan Son Nhut Air Base |
| Passengers | 136 |
| Crew | 17 |
| Fatalities | 1 (hijacker) |
| Survivors | 152 |
| History of Ho Chi Minh City |
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| Vietnam portal |
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