Haneda blocks passageway used in hijacking

Haneda blocks passageway used in hijacking

TOKYO, Japan - A new gateway is installed at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Sept. 28, closing off a security breach that a knife-wielding man used last July to bypass security checks before hijacking an All Nippon Airways passenger plane and killing the captain. A 29-year-old man hijacked the Boeing 747 on July 23, and stabbed Naoyuki Nagashima, 51, to death in the cockpit with a kitchen knife.

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