![]() The crash happened in the Southern Malaysian state of Johor. Decem– Malaysian Airline System Flight 653, a 737-200 registration 9M-MBD, crashed following a phugoid oscillation that saw the aircraft diving into a swamp after both its pilots were shot following a hijacking attempt.On October 17, members of West Germany's GSG-9 stormed the aircraft and killed three of the hijackers, capturing the other. Octo– Lufthansa Flight 181 was hijacked by four Palestinians, who demanded the release of seven Red Army Faction members in West German prisons and $15,000,000. ![]() Four of the 99 aboard were injured, and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. ![]() Ma– Western Airlines Flight 470, a 737-200 (registration N4527W) overshot a runway coated with snow at Casper/Natrona County International Airport in Casper, Wyoming in the United States.The crew were then forced to fly the aircraft to Athens and then on to several other airports, until the ordeal ended at Kuwait International Airport the next day, where the hijackers surrendered. Two pilots and two flight attendants were on board preparing the aircraft for departure to Munich when five Palestinian terrorists entered the aircraft with ten Italian hostages taken from the airport. Decem– In the wake of the events surrounding Pan Am Flight 110, a parked Lufthansa 737-100 (registered D-ABEY) was hijacked at Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport in Rome.48 of the 65 passengers and crew on board died. The cause was determined to be crew error in letting the aircraft descend below glidepath. – Indian Airlines Flight 440, a 737-200, hit power lines and crashed on approach to Palam International Airport in New Delhi, India. ![]() This was the first fatal accident involving a 737. Two people on the ground and 43 of the 61 passengers and crew on board died.
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