Pan Am Hijacker Killed After Landing

In 1972, a man attempted to hijack Pan Am Flight 841 from San Francisco to Saigon with a "bomb" that turned out to be a package full of lemons. He did this as an act of protest against U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. The hijacking ended when the captain and passengers overpowered and killed the lone hijacker after the plane landed in Saigon.

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