Shortly after taking off from Bombay, five armed JRA members, led by Osamu Maruoka, hijacked the aircraft and ordered it flown to Dhaka, Bangladesh.

[5] The next day (29 September), five hostages were released, including American actress Carole Wells,[3] who was on her honeymoon with her husband, former California assemblyman Walter J.

On 1 October Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda announced that the Japanese government would accept the hijackers' demands, on the principle that "the life of a single person outweighs the earth."

[1] A chartered Japan Airlines flight carried the money and the six released JRA members to Dhaka, where the exchange took place on 2 October.

Shortly after the incident, Japan's National Police Agency established a Special Assault Team to deal with future acts of terrorism.