Armed with samurai swords and pipe bombs, the hijackers took 129 hostages (122 passengers and seven crew members), later releasing them at Fukuoka Airport and Seoul's Gimpo Airport (after an abortive attempt to disguise the airport as North Korean).
Armados con espadas samurai e bombas tubo, os secuestradores tomaron 129 reféns (122 pasaxeiros e 7 tripulantes), liberándoos posteriormente no aeroporto de Fukuoka e no aeroporto de Gimpo en Seúl (despois dun intento inútil de facerlles pensar aos secuestradores que o aeroporto estaba en Corea do Norte).