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=== Hijackings ===
*26 March 1991: [[Singapore Airlines Flight 117]], registration 9V-STP, carrying 123 passengers and crew, was hijacked by 4 male Pakistanis en route to Singapore. The aircraft landed at Singapore safely where the [[Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation]] stormed it and killed the hijackers. Two occupants were injured during the process.
*4 September 1992: [[Vietnam Airlines Flight 850]], registration LZ-JXB, leased from [[Jes Air]], with 127 occupants on board en route from [[Bangkok]] to Ho Chi Minh City, hijacked by [[Ly Tong]], a former pilot in the [[Republic of Vietnam Air Force]]. He then dropped anti-communist leaflets over Ho Chi Minh City before parachuting out. Vietnamese security forces later arrested him on the ground. The aircraft landed safely, and no one on board was injured. Tong was incarcerated in a Hanoi prison, where he remained until 1998.<ref>{{ASN accident|title= VN850|id= 19920904-1|access-date= 3 June 2018}}</ref>
* On 11 February 1993, [[Lufthansa Flight 592]], registration D-AIDM from [[Frankfurt]] to [[Addis Ababa]] via [[Cairo]] with 94 passengers and 10 crew members was hijacked during the first leg by 20-year-old Nebiu Zewolde Demeke, who forced the pilots to divert to the United States, with the intent of securing the [[right of asylum]] there. Demeke, who had been on the flight to be [[deportation|deported]] back to his native [[Ethiopia]], surrendered to authorities upon arrival at [[John F. Kennedy International Airport]] in New York City. No passengers or crew members were harmed during the 12-hour ordeal.<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19930211-0 Flight 595 at the Aviation Safety Network]. Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved on 8 July 2011.</ref>
*25 October 1993, [[1993 Nigerian Airways hijack|Nigeria Airways Flight 470 ]] was hijacked en route from [[Lagos]] to [[Abuja]]. The hijackers demanded the resignation of Nigeria's government and to be flown to [[Frankfurt]]. The aircraft was denied permission to land in [[N'Djamena]], and was diverted to the [[Niamey Airport]] for refuelling. It was stormed by [[Gendarmerie Nationale (Niger)|Niger National Gendarmerie]] four days later; the co-pilot was killed during the operation.<ref name="siteadmin">{{Cite web |date=2009-06-20 |title='Our June 12 Plane hijack story'-Richard Ogunderu |url=https://saharareporters.com/2009/06/20/%E2%80%98our-june-12-plane-hijack-story%E2%80%99-richard-ogunderu |access-date=2025-02-11|website=Sahara Reporters}}</ref>