More than 4 years ago, nine Japanese college students hijacked a plane with fake Japanese knives and flew directly to Pyongyang.

Nowadays, many people are familiar with the hijacking of airplanes. Most of the hijacking of airplanes is a terrorist attack, just like the 911 incident, which crashed into a building and caused huge losses. More than 4 years ago, there was a famous hijacking in Japan, but the hijackers were only nine Japanese college students. They successfully hijacked a plane to North Korea with prop guns and Japanese knives and stayed there forever.

The oldest of these nine college students is only 27 years old, and the youngest is only 16 years old. They have a similar organization called the Red Army School. This organization was an internationalist fighter at that time, opposed to imperialism, and was a military organization of the extreme left in Japan. Its main purpose was to overthrow the Japanese "puppet" government and oppose western imperialism, which was later defined as a terrorist organization by the United States. At that time, they were severely attacked, arrested and assassinated by the Japanese government. Therefore, these Red Army factions turned their attention to socialist North Korea.

on the morning of March 31st, 197, these nine students boarded a JAL flight 351 from Tokyo to Banfu Airport. When the plane took off on Mount Fuji, the nine college students took out guns, Japanese knives and other tools from their bags, immediately announced the hijacking, and quickly controlled the crew to fly to North Korea. However, the crew claimed that flying to North Korea would not be enough fuel. Therefore, they hoped to refuel at Banfu Airport before taking off. The nine students had no choice but to agree.

When we arrived at Banfu Airport, the news of hijacking spread like wildfire. The Japanese police arrived and the captain persuaded them to release 23 women, children, patients and elderly hostages first. Moreover, they agreed to their demand, refueled the plane, and took off again at 1 pm, flying to the Korean peninsula and entering the Korean airspace. At this time, in order to paralyze the hijackers, South Korea's Gimpo Airport sent a radio signal "This is Pyongyang, entering navigation" to the plane. At 3: 16, the plane landed at "Pyongyang International Airport", and there were people wearing Korean military uniforms outside the cabin. Not only was there a portrait of Kim Il Sung on the chest, but also a welcome slogan was played.

Just as nine hijackers were getting off the plane, one of them suddenly found that there was an American military plane at the airport, so he became suspicious. It was suggested to the airport that only the huge portrait of Kim Il Sung would come out, but the Koreans didn't have it at all, so it was revealed directly. At that time, South Korea was prepared to send special forces to rescue the hostages, but it was rejected by Japan. At that time, Yamamura Shinjiro, the Japanese transportation minister who arrived at the scene, called the hijackers, hoping to replace the hostages with himself. The hijackers agreed, and Yamamura Shinjiro boarded the plane.

On April 1st, April Fool's Day, the plane took off again, this time flying directly to Pyongyang, North Korea. It quickly crossed the 38th latitude line and landed at Merrill Lynch Airport in North Korea at 7 o'clock. The hijackers immediately announced their surrender to North Korea. After laying down their weapons, the hijackers walked out of the cabin and handed over their weapons. Surprisingly, the so-called guns and Japanese knives are all fake, just props. This hijacking incident is unprecedented, and the fake gun completed the whole hijacking.

Since then, Japan has strengthened the security inspection of aircraft, and prop guns and Japanese knives are not allowed to be taken on board. After the plane arrived in Pyongyang, North Korea issued a statement that "the aircraft and crew will be returned from a humanitarian point of view", and Yamamura Shinjiro and the remaining three crew members returned home safely. Nine hijackers stayed in North Korea and lived in the "Japanese village", and the authorities also married their daughters-in-law. At present, these nine people are still on Japan's international wanted list, but only four are alive, and the remaining five, three of whom died and two were arrested by Japan.

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