Singapore Airlines Flight 117

1991 CE.

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Singapore Airlines Flight 117 was a regularly-scheduled Singapore Airlines flight from Kuala Lumpur (Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport) to Singapore (Changi Airport). On 26 March 1991 the Airbus A310 serving the flight was hijacked en route by four terrorists. The aircraft landed in Singapore. The hijackers, who were members of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), demanded the release from jail of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto's husband, Asif Ali Zardari, who later became President of Pakistan, as well as other PPP members. As their demands were not being met, the hijackers threatened to begin killing the hostages; before their deadline expired, commandos from the Special Operations Force (SOF) stormed the plane, killing the hijackers and freeing all hostages unhurt. This was the first and only hijacking involving a Singapore Airlines aircraft.

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