Seven years earlier, a forerunner to the Japanese Red Army hijacked another Japan Airlines flight – the “Yodogo” – and demanded to be taken to North Korea. The Japanese authorities got lucky: When the pilot landed first in South Korea, the hijackers released their 129 hostages in exchange for permission to continue to Pyongyang, where they gained asylum.
达卡事件不是第一次针对日本公民的威胁暴露出这一缺陷。七年前，日本赤军的一位先驱劫持了另一架日本航空航班——“淀”号，要求前往朝鲜。日本当局运气不错：当飞行员第一次在韩国降落时，劫匪释放了129名人质以换取继续飞往平壤的许可。他们在平壤获得了避难身份。