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De Tóquio (Japão)

O piloto de um Boeing 747 da companhia All Nippon Airways, seqüestrado nesta sexta-feira, acabou morrendo depois de ser apunhalado em uma briga com sequestrador, segundo informou o Ministério dos Transportes do Japão.

O homem entrou na cabine de comando e ameaçou a tripulação com uma faca de cozinha, e o piloto reagiu. O seqüestrador foi detido em seguida.

O avião, que transportava 517 pessoas, partiu do aeroporto de Haneda, em Tóquio, com destino à ilha de Hokkaido (norte do Japão). Depois que o seqüestrador foi imobilizado, o Boeing voltou a Haneda e aterrissou por volta das 12h (horário local).

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Pilot killed in hijacking of Japan domestic flight
July 23, 1999 TOKYO -- A man with a knife hijacked an All Nippon Airways jumbo jet Friday and fatally stabbed the pilot, Transport Ministry officials said.

The pilot was stabbed while subduing the hijacker and the plane returned to the Tokyo airport about an hour after it took off, officials said. None of the passengers was injured, they said.

The pilot was pronounced dead shortly after the plane landed by a doctor on board, ministry official Satoshi Iwamura said. A Transport Ministry official said the co-pilot probably landed the plane.

The pilot died from loss of blood, said ministry official Fumihiko Oinuma. The pilot's identity was not immediately released, but NHK TV identified him as Naoyuki Nagashima, 51.

His death was the first ever for a passenger or crew member in Japan's 20 hijackings, Oinuma said.

Flight 61, bound for Sapporo on the northern island of Hokkaido and carrying 503 passengers and 14 crew members, reported the hijacking shortly after takeoff from Haneda airport in Tokyo, said Transport Ministry official Hitoshi Ishiyama.

The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.

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