Pakistan International Airlines Flight 326

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Pakistan International Airlines Flight 326

A Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 720, similar to the aircraft involved
Hijacking
Date	2 March 1981
Summary	Hijacking
Site	en route
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Boeing 720
Operator	Pakistan International Airlines
IATA flight No.	PK326
ICAO flight No.	PIA326
Registration	AP-AZP
Flight origin	Karachi
Stopover	Kabul (1st diversion)
Last stopover	Damascus (2nd diversion)
Destination	Peshawar
Occupants	143 (including 3 terrorists)
Passengers	135 (including 3 terrorists)
Crew	9
Fatalities	1
Survivors	143

Pakistan International Airlines Flight 326 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight that was hijacked by al-Zulfikar terrorists with support of Afghanistan's KhAD, from 2 March to 14 March 1981.^[1] It was a routine flight scheduled from Karachi to Peshawar, but the hijackers diverted it to Kabul, Afghanistan, and then Damascus, where the hostage situation ended with the release of prisoners by the Pakistani government demanded by the hijackers.