Flight SQ 117: The Only Singapore Airlines Plane Ever Hijacked

On March 26th, 1991, Singapore Airlines Flight SQ117 from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore was in the air for just ten minutes when four Pakistani hijackers took it over. The two-year-old Airbus A310 was operating a 50-minute shuttle flight between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore and had 114 passengers and 11 crew members onboard.