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Based on real events, this gripping Korean thriller follows a pilot's struggle as he faces a mid-air threat when a passenger with a bomb hijacks his domestic flight, demanding a course change to North Korea. Find out how and where to watch "Hijack 1971" online on Netflix, Prime Video, and Hotstar today – including 4K and free options. Purchase Hijack 1971 on digital and stream instantly or download offline. Based on a real event, an easy Korean domestic flight bound for Gimpo takes an ill-fated turn when one of the passengers, Yong-dae (Yeo Jin-goo), hijacks the plane with a bomb, demanding to change the flight's path to North Korea, where his brother lives. With the captain (Sung Dong-il) losing his eyesight from the initial bomb blast, co-pilot Tae-in takes over the flight and fights to save the lives of the passengers ... On 30 January 1971, an Indian Airlines domestic Fokker F27, also named "Ganga", flying from Srinagar Airport to the Jammu-Satwari Airport, was hijacked by two Kashmiri separatists belonging to the National Liberation Front (NLF, the antecedent of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front). The hijackers were Hashim Qureshi and his cousin Ashraf Qureshi. The aircraft was flown to Lahore Airport in Pakistan where the passengers and the crew were released and the aircraft was burnt down. [1][2][3 ...
