As the stand-off progressed that evening, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police led a nationwide background search of each passenger on the flight and concluded that the hijacker was the only suspicious individual on board.
A medida que a situación avanzaba sen progresos durante a noitiña, a policía metropolitana de Tokyo realizou unha busca de antecedentes de cada pasaxeiro e concluíu que o secuestrador era o único individuo sospeitoso a bordo.