On Sept 5th 1986, Pan Am Flight 73 landed in Karachi, Pakistan. Four men wearing Karachi airport security guard uniforms and armed with rifles, pistols, grenades and explosive belts, drove a van painted to look like an airport security vehicle to the base of the boarding stairs and forced their way onto the plane, taking 379 hostages. The Abu Nidal Organization terrorists planned to force the plane to fly to Cyprus where they would exchange passengers for Palestinian militants. The flight attend

In 1986, PAN AM Flight 73 was hijacked during a stopover in Karachi as it was carrying 360 passengers from Bombay to New York. Senior photojournalist, Zahid Hussein takes us back to how he managed to take the pictures of the plane despite restrictions from the Army. Support independent journalism in Pakistan and get exclusive access to the full-length version of our videos: https://www.patreon.com/thecentrummedia | TCM Originals

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