Hijacking of Flight 117

Date: March 26, 1991 • Location: Pasir Ris, Singapore

Singapore Airlines Flight 117 was a regularly-scheduled Singapore Airlines flight from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore. On 26 March 1991 the Airbus A310 serving the flight was hijacked en route by four terrorists. The aircraft landed in Singapore. The hijackers, who were members of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), demanded the release from jail of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto's husband, Asif Ali Zardari, who later became President of Pakistan, as well as other PPP members.